diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 12004043..02a3467c 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ const DEFAULTS = o({
         bdelete: "tabclose",
         sanitize: "sanitise",
         tutorial: "tutor",
+        openwith: "hint -W",
     }),
     followpagepatterns: o({
         next: "^(next|newer)\\b|»|>>|more",
diff --git a/src/excmds.ts b/src/excmds.ts
index 76af8e3f..788158d2 100644
--- a/src/excmds.ts
+++ b/src/excmds.ts
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ export async function editor() {
     // to everything written using editor
 }
 
+//#background
+export async function exclaim(...str: string[]) {
+    fillcmdline((await Native.run(str.join(" "))).content)
+}
+
 //#background
 export async function native() {
     const version = await Native.getNativeMessengerVersion()
@@ -1864,6 +1869,7 @@ import * as hinting from "./hinting_background"
           - `bind ;c hint -c [class*="expand"],[class="togg"]` works particularly well on reddit and HN
         - -w open in new window
             -wp open in new private window
+        - `-W excmd...` append hint href to excmd and execute, e.g, `hint -W open` and other such bad ideas.
 
     Excepting the custom selector mode and background hint mode, each of these
     hint modes is available by default as `;<option character>`, so e.g. `;y`
@@ -1877,7 +1883,7 @@ import * as hinting from "./hinting_background"
         "relatedopenpos": "related" | "next" | "last"
 */
 //#background
-export function hint(option?: string, selectors = "") {
+export function hint(option?: string, selectors = "", ...rest: string[]) {
     if (option === "-b") hinting.hintPageOpenInBackground()
     else if (option === "-y") hinting.hintPageYank()
     else if (option === "-p") hinting.hintPageTextYank()
@@ -1893,6 +1899,7 @@ export function hint(option?: string, selectors = "") {
     else if (option === "-c") hinting.hintPageSimple(selectors)
     else if (option === "-r") hinting.hintRead()
     else if (option === "-w") hinting.hintPageWindow()
+    else if (option === "-W") hinting.hintPageExStr([selectors, ...rest].join(" "))
     else if (option === "-wp") hinting.hintPageWindowPrivate()
     else hinting.hintPageSimple()
 }
diff --git a/src/hinting.ts b/src/hinting.ts
index 74ce0826..7a8b53f6 100644
--- a/src/hinting.ts
+++ b/src/hinting.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import * as config from "./config"
 import * as TTS from "./text_to_speech"
 import { HintSaveType } from "./hinting_background"
 import Logger from "./logging"
+import * as Messaging from "./messaging"
 const logger = new Logger("hinting")
 
 /** Simple container for the state of a single frame's hints. */
@@ -602,6 +603,15 @@ function hintPageSimple(selectors = HINTTAGS_selectors) {
     })
 }
 
+function hintPageExStr(...exStr: string[]) {
+    let selectors = HINTTAGS_selectors
+    hintPage(hintables(selectors, true), hint => {
+        Messaging.message("commandline_background", "recvExStr", [
+            exStr.join(" ") + " " + hint.target.href,
+        ])
+    })
+}
+
 function hintPageTextYank() {
     hintPage(elementswithtext(), hint => {
         messageActiveTab("commandline_frame", "setClipboard", [
@@ -716,6 +726,7 @@ addListener(
         selectFocusedHint,
         reset,
         hintPageSimple,
+        hintPageExStr,
         hintPageYank,
         hintPageTextYank,
         hintPageAnchorYank,
diff --git a/src/hinting_background.ts b/src/hinting_background.ts
index 76ad920a..4c1855c7 100644
--- a/src/hinting_background.ts
+++ b/src/hinting_background.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ export async function hintPageSimple(selectors?) {
     ])
 }
 
+export async function hintPageExStr(...exstr: string[]) {
+    return await messageActiveTab("hinting_content", "hintPageExStr", [
+        ...exstr,
+    ])
+}
+
 export async function hintPageOpenInBackground() {
     return await messageActiveTab("hinting_content", "hintPageOpenInBackground")
 }