diff --git a/doc/terminator_config.5 b/doc/terminator_config.5
index a7232766..2874fbac 100644
--- a/doc/terminator_config.5
+++ b/doc/terminator_config.5
@@ -175,5 +175,9 @@ Default value: \fBFalse\fR
 .B extreme_tabs \fB(boolean)\fR
 If set to True, tabs can be created within other tabs. Be warned that this can be very confusing and hard to use.
 Default value: \fBFalse\fR
+.TP
+.B try_posix_regexp \fB(boolean)\fR
+If set to True, URL matching regexps will try to use POSIX style first, and fall back on GNU style on failure.  If you are on Linux but URL matches don't work, try setting this to True.  If you are not on Linux, but you get VTE warnings on startup saying "Error compiling regular expression", set this to False to silence them (they are otherwise harmless).
+Default value: \fBFalse\fR on Linux, \fBTrue\fR otherwise.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR gnome\-terminal(1)
diff --git a/terminatorlib/config.py b/terminatorlib/config.py
index 1cff5eac..ee36cfe1 100755
--- a/terminatorlib/config.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/config.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ AttributeError. This is by design. If you want to look something
 up, set a default for it first."""
 
 # import standard python libs
-import os, sys, re
+import os, platform, sys, re
 
 # import unix-lib
 import pwd
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ class TerminatorConfValuestore:
     'copy_on_selection'     : False,
     'close_button_on_tab'   : True,
     'enable_real_transparency'  : False,
+    'try_posix_regexp'      : platform.system() != 'Linux',
   }
 
   def __getattr__ (self, keyname):
diff --git a/terminatorlib/terminatorterm.py b/terminatorlib/terminatorterm.py
index 516e56f6..1222af0e 100755
--- a/terminatorlib/terminatorterm.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/terminatorterm.py
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ class TerminatorTerm (gtk.VBox):
     self._vte.connect ("grab-focus", self.on_vte_focus)
     self._vte.connect ("focus-out-event", self.on_vte_focus_out)
     self._vte.connect ("focus-in-event", self.on_vte_focus_in)
-    
-    
+    self._vte.connect ("resize-window", self.on_resize_window)
 
     exit_action = self.conf.exit_action
     if exit_action == "restart":
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ class TerminatorTerm (gtk.VBox):
     self._vte.add_events (gtk.gdk.ENTER_NOTIFY_MASK)
     self._vte.connect ("enter_notify_event", self.on_vte_notify_enter)
 
-    self.add_matches()
+    self.add_matches(posix = self.conf.try_posix_regexp)
 
     dbg ('SEGBUG: Setting http_proxy')
     env_proxy = os.getenv ('http_proxy')
@@ -186,11 +185,17 @@ class TerminatorTerm (gtk.VBox):
       except:
         dbg ('openurl: url_show failed. No URL for you')
         pass
- 
+
+
+  def on_resize_window(self, widget, width, height):
+    dbg ('Resize window triggered on %s: %dx%d' % (widget, width, height))
+
+
   def on_drag_begin(self, widget, drag_context, data):
     dbg ('Drag begins')
     widget.drag_source_set_icon_pixbuf(self.terminator.icon_theme.load_icon (APP_NAME, 48, 0))
-    
+
+
   def on_drag_data_get(self,widget, drag_context, selection_data, info, time, data):
     dbg ("Drag data get")
     selection_data.set("vte",info, str(data.terminator.term_list.index (self)))
@@ -217,7 +222,8 @@ class TerminatorTerm (gtk.VBox):
     #context.pop_group_to_source()
     #context.paint()
     return False
-    
+
+
   def on_drag_motion(self, widget, drag_context, x, y, time, data): 
     dbg ("Drag Motion on ")
     """
@@ -280,11 +286,12 @@ text/plain
     widget.disconnect(connec)
     widget._expose_data = None
 
-    
+
   def on_drag_drop(self, widget, drag_context, x, y, time):
     parent = widget.get_parent()
     dbg ('Drag drop on %s'%parent)
-    
+
+
   def on_drag_data_received(self, widget, drag_context, x, y, selection_data, info, time, data):
     dbg ("Drag Data Received")
     if selection_data.type == 'text/plain':
@@ -317,6 +324,7 @@ text/plain
     data.terminator.add(self, widgetsrc,pos)
     return
 
+
   def get_location(self, vte, x, y):
     pos = ""
     #get the diagonales function for the receiving widget
@@ -345,7 +353,8 @@ text/plain
       pos = "bottom"
     return pos
 
-  def add_matches (self, lboundry="\\<", rboundry="\\>"):
+
+  def add_matches (self, posix = True):
     userchars = "-A-Za-z0-9"
     passchars = "-A-Za-z0-9,?;.:/!%$^*&~\"#'"
     hostchars = "-A-Za-z0-9"
@@ -354,14 +363,23 @@ text/plain
     user      = "[" + userchars + "]+(:[" + passchars + "]+)?"
     urlpath   = "/[" + pathchars + "]*[^]'.}>) \t\r\n,\\\"]"
 
-    dbg ('add_matches: trying a Linux-friendly match')
+    if posix:
+      dbg ('add_matches: Trying POSIX URL regexps.  Set try_posix_regexp = False in config to only try GNU if you get (harmless) VTE warnings.')
+      lboundry = "[[:<:]]"
+      rboundry = "[[:>:]]"
+    else: # GNU
+      dbg ('add_matches: Trying GNU URL regexps.  Set try_posix_regexp = True in config if URLs are not detected.')
+      lboundry = "\\<"
+      rboundry = "\\>"
+
     self.matches['full_uri'] = self._vte.match_add(lboundry + schemes + "//(" + user + "@)?[" + hostchars  +".]+(:[0-9]+)?(" + urlpath + ")?" + rboundry + "/?")
 
-    # FreeBSD works with [[:<:]], Linux works with \<
     if self.matches['full_uri'] == -1:
-      if lboundry != "[[:<:]]":
-        err ('add_matches: Linux match failed, trying alternative')
-        self.add_matches(lboundry = "[[:<:]]", rboundry = "[[:<:]]")
+      if posix:
+        err ('add_matches: POSIX match failed, trying GNU')
+        self.add_matches(posix = False)
+      else:
+        err ('add_matches: Failed adding URL match patterns')
     else:
       self.matches['addr_only'] = self._vte.match_add (lboundry + "(www|ftp)[" + hostchars + "]*\.[" + hostchars + ".]+(:[0-9]+)?(" + urlpath + ")?" + rboundry + "/?")
       self.matches['email'] = self._vte.match_add (lboundry + "(mailto:)?[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9.+-]*@[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]*\.[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[.a-zA-Z0-9-]*" + rboundry)