Diff between my luakit configuration and the default. Can’t find any weirdness that may cause https://github.com/mason-larobina/luakit/issues/182.

globals.lua.patch

diff --git a/etc/xdg/luakit/globals.lua b/home/robbie/.config/luakit/globals.lua
index b8b4a25..14a3417 100644
--- a/etc/xdg/luakit/globals.lua
+++ b/home/robbie/.config/luakit/globals.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- Global variables for luakit
 globals = {
-    homepage            = "http://luakit.org/",
+    homepage            = "http://www.questionablecontent.net/",
  -- homepage            = "http://github.com/mason-larobina/luakit",
     scroll_step         = 40,
     zoom_step           = 0.1,
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ globals = {
     max_srch_history    = 100,
  -- http_proxy          = "http://example.com:3128",
     default_window_size = "800x600",
+    -- Default terminal
+    term                = "/usr/bin/urxvt"
 
  -- Disables loading of hostnames from /etc/hosts (for large host files)
  -- load_etc_hosts      = false,
@@ -51,11 +53,33 @@ soup.accept_policy = cookie_policy.always
 -- it to avoid collisions with lua's string.format characters.
 -- See: http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-string.format
 search_engines = {
-    duckduckgo  = "https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s",
-    github      = "https://github.com/search?q=%s",
-    google      = "https://google.com/search?q=%s",
-    imdb        = "http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=%s",
-    wikipedia   = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s",
+    google = "http://google.com/search?q=%s",
+    translate = "http://translate.google.com/?source=osdd#auto|auto|%s",
+    duckduckgo = "http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s",
+    -- Wikipedia searching
+    wikipedia = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s",
+    wiktionary = "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%s",
+    -- Arch Linux specific
+    archlinux = "https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=%s",
+    aur = "https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?O=0&K=%s&do_Search=Go",
+    archwiki = "https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=%s",
+    -- Stack Exchange sites
+    stackoverflow = "http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%s",
+    texoverflow = "http://tex.stackexchange.com/search?q=%s",
+    -- Film and Video
+    vimeo = "http://vimeo.com/search?q=%s",
+    youtube = "http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s&page={startPage?}&utm_source=opensearch",
+    dailymotion = "http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/%s/1",
+    -- Others
+    flickr = "http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=%s",
+    pitchfork = "http://pitchfork.com/search/?query=%s",
+    lastfm = "http://www.last.fm/search?q=%s",
+    gumtree = "http://gumtree.com.au/s-search-results.html?keyword=%s",
+    urbandictionary = "http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%s",
+    debbugs = "http://bugs.debian.org/%s",
+    imdb = "http://imdb.com/find?s=all&q=%s",
+    sourceforge = "http://sf.net/search/?words=%s",
 }
 
 -- Set google as fallback search engine
@@ -65,21 +89,25 @@ search_engines.default = search_engines.google
 
 -- Per-domain webview properties
 -- See http://webkitgtk.org/reference/webkitgtk/stable/WebKitWebSettings.html
-domain_props = { --[[
+domain_props = {
     ["all"] = {
-        enable_scripts          = false,
-        enable_plugins          = false,
+        enable_scripts          = true,
+        enable_plugins          = true,
         enable_private_browsing = false,
-        user_stylesheet_uri     = "",
     },
     ["youtube.com"] = {
         enable_scripts = true,
         enable_plugins = true,
     },
-    ["bbs.archlinux.org"] = {
-        user_stylesheet_uri     = "file://" .. luakit.data_dir .. "/styles/dark.css",
-        enable_private_browsing = true,
-    }, ]]
+    }, 
 }
 
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rc.lua.patch

diff --git a/etc/xdg/luakit/rc.lua b/home/robbie/.config/luakit/rc.lua
index c03a6bd..f2b0e7c 100644
--- a/etc/xdg/luakit/rc.lua
+++ b/home/robbie/.config/luakit/rc.lua
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ require "go_input"
 require "go_next_prev"
 require "go_up"
 
+-- Extra plugins
+require "plugins"
+
 -----------------------------
 -- End user script loading --
 -----------------------------
@@ -178,4 +181,116 @@ if unique then
     end)
 end
 
+-------------------------------------------
+-- Key Binding
+-------------------------------------------
+
+-- Binding aliases
+local key, buf, but = lousy.bind.key, lousy.bind.buf, lousy.bind.but
+local cmd, any = lousy.bind.cmd, lousy.bind.any
+
+add_binds("all", {
+    -- Open link in new tab or navigate to selection
+    but({}, 2, [[Open link under mouse cursor in new tab or navigate to the
+        contents of `luakit.selection.primary`.]],
+        function (w, m)
+            -- Ignore button 2 clicks in form fields
+            if not m.context.editable then
+                -- Open hovered uri in new tab
+                local uri = w.view.hovered_uri
+                if uri then
+                    w:new_tab(uri, false)
+                end
+            end
+        end
+    ),
+}, true)
+
+add_binds("normal", {
+    key({}, "D", "Scroll half page down.",
+        function (w) w:scroll{ ypagerel =  0.5 } end),
+
+    key({}, "d", "Scroll half page down.",
+        function (w) w:scroll{ ypagerel =  0.5 } end),
+
+    key({}, "u", "Scroll half page up.",
+        function (w) w:scroll{ ypagerel = -0.5 } end),
+
+    key({"Control"}, "w", "Close current tab.",
+        function (w) if w.tabs:count() > 1 then w:close_tab() else w:close_win() end end),
+
+    key({}, "x", "Close current tab (or `[count]` tabs).",
+        function (w, m) 
+            for i=1,m.count do 
+                if w.tabs:count() > 1 then w:close_tab() else w:close_win() end 
+            end 
+        end, {count=1}),
+
+    key({}, "X", "Undo last closed tab (or `[count]` tabs).",
+        function (w, m) for i=1,m.count do w:undo_close_tab() end end, {count=1}),
+
+    -- Clipboard
+    key({}, "p", [[Open a URL based on the current primary selection contents
+        in the current tab.]],
+        function (w)
+            local uri = luakit.selection.primary
+            if not uri then w:notify("No primary selection...") return end
+            w:navigate(w:search_open(uri))
+        end),
+
+    key({"Control"}, "p", [[Open a URL based on the current primary selection contents
+        in `[count=1]` new tab(s).]],
+        function (w, m)
+            local uri = luakit.selection.primary
+            if not uri then w:notify("No primary selection...") return end
+            for i = 1, m.count do w:new_tab(w:search_open(uri)) end
+        end, {count = 1}),
+
+    key({}, "P", [[Open a URL based on the current clipboard contents
+        in the current tab.]],
+        function (w)
+            local uri = luakit.selection.clipboard
+            if not uri then w:notify("Nothing in clipboard...") return end
+            w:navigate(w:search_open(uri))
+        end),
+
+    key({"Shift","Control"}, "P", [[Open a URL based on the clipboard selection contents
+        in `[count=1]` new tab(s).]],
+        function (w, m)
+            local uri = luakit.selection.primary
+            if not uri then w:notify("Nothing in clipboard...") return end
+            for i = 1, m.count do w:new_tab(w:search_open(uri)) end
+        end, {count = 1}),
+
+    -- Yanking
+    key({}, "y", "Yank current URI to primary selection.",
+        function (w)
+            local uri = string.gsub(w.view.uri or "", " ", "%%20")
+            luakit.selection.primary = uri
+            w:notify("Yanked uri: " .. uri)
+        end),
+
+    key({}, "Y", "Yank current URI to clipboard.",
+        function (w)
+            local uri = string.gsub(w.view.uri or "", " ", "%%20")
+            luakit.selection.clipboard = uri
+            w:notify("Yanked uri (to clipboard): " .. uri)
+        end),
+
+}, true)
+
+-------------------------------------------
+-- Webview extras
+-------------------------------------------
+
+-- Custom magnet: URI handlers
+webview.init_funcs.magnet_hook = function (view, w)
+    view:add_signal("navigation-request", function (v, uri)
+        if string.match(string.lower(uri), "^magnet:") then
+            luakit.spawn(string.format("%s %q", "transmission-gtk", uri))
+            return false
+        end
+    end)
+end
+
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