Index: khotkeys/shared/actions.cpp
===================================================================
--- khotkeys/shared/actions.cpp.orig
+++ khotkeys/shared/actions.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <kaccel.h>
 #include <kservice.h>
 #include <kprocess.h>
+#include <qregexp.h>
 
 #include "windows.h"
 #include "action_data.h"
@@ -116,7 +117,6 @@ void Command_url_action::execute()
     {
     if( command_url().isEmpty())
         return;
-    KURIFilterData uri;
     QString cmd = command_url();
     static bool sm_ready = false;
     if( !sm_ready )
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ void Command_url_action::execute()
         kapp->propagateSessionManager();
         sm_ready = true;
         }
+    if( substituteAndHandleSpecial( cmd ))
+        return;
+    KURIFilterData uri;
 //    int space_pos = command_url().find( ' ' );
 //    if( command_url()[ 0 ] != '\'' && command_url()[ 0 ] != '"' && space_pos > -1
 //        && command_url()[ space_pos - 1 ] != '\\' )
@@ -176,6 +179,38 @@ void Command_url_action::execute()
     timeout.start( 1000, true ); // 1sec timeout
     }
 
+// do special command substitutions, return true if also already handled
+bool Command_url_action::substituteAndHandleSpecial( QString& cmd )
+    {
+    if( cmd.contains( "KHOTKEYS_BROWSER" ))
+        { // the default browser
+        KConfig config( QString::fromLatin1("kfmclientrc")); // see KRun
+        config.setGroup("General");
+        QString browser = config.readEntry("BrowserApplication");
+        if( browser.startsWith( QString::fromLatin1( "!" )))
+            browser = browser.mid( 1 );
+        else
+            {
+            KService::Ptr service = KService::serviceByStorageId( browser );
+            if( service )
+                {
+                browser = service->exec();
+                browser.replace( QRegExp( " %.?" ), "" ); // remove " %u" and others
+                }
+            }
+        if( browser.isEmpty())
+            browser = QString::fromLatin1( "konqueror" ); // opens in webbrowsing profile by default
+        cmd = cmd.replace( "KHOTKEYS_BROWSER", browser );
+        }
+    if( cmd.contains( "KHOTKEYS_TERMINAL" ))
+        { // the default terminal application
+        KConfigGroup config( KGlobal::config(), "General" );
+        QString terminal = config.readPathEntry( "TerminalApplication", "konsole" );
+        cmd = cmd.replace( "KHOTKEYS_TERMINAL", terminal );
+        }
+    return false;
+    }
+
 QString Command_url_action::description() const
     {
     return i18n( "Command/URL : " ) + command_url();
Index: khotkeys/shared/actions.h
===================================================================
--- khotkeys/shared/actions.h.orig
+++ khotkeys/shared/actions.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class KDE_EXPORT Command_url_action
     protected:
         QTimer timeout;
     private:
+        bool substituteAndHandleSpecial( QString& cmd );
         QString _command_url;
     };