diff --git a/_regex_builds.py b/_regex_builds.py
index 9034646..fb9c2aa 100644
--- a/_regex_builds.py
+++ b/_regex_builds.py
@@ -1,5 +1,69 @@
+# Note: The regexes in this file are not intended to correctly validate
+# all instances of the given type.  They are designed to match the most
+# common variants while specifically excluding less-common ones that could
+# introduce false matches.
+
 import re
 
+def make_path_regexes():
+	# This is not intended to match all valid paths - that would result in too many matches.
+	# Note: Spaces, as a common delimiter, are handled specially.  They are only allowed in
+	# paths with at least 3 elements, and never in the first or last element.  There cannot
+	# be more than one consecutive space, and it cannot be at the beginning or end of the
+	# element.
+	edge_delimiters = r'[][\s:=,#$"{}<>()' + "'" + ']'
+	edge_delimiters_w_slash = r'[][\s:=,#$"{}<>()/' + "'" + ']'
+	leader = r'(?:^|' + edge_delimiters + ')'
+	leader_w_slash = r'(?:^|' + edge_delimiters_w_slash + ')'
+	follower = r'(?:$|' + edge_delimiters + ')'
+	path_el = r'[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}'
+	inner_path_el = r'[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}'
+	either_path_el = r'(?:' + path_el + '|' + inner_path_el + ')'
+	basic_filename = path_el + r'\.' + r'[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]{0,5}'
+	path_filename = either_path_el + r'\.' + r'[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,6}'
+	sep = r'[\\/]'
+	root = r'(?:/|~/|[A-Z]:' + sep + ')'
+	abspath = root + r'(?:' + either_path_el + sep + ')*' + r'(?:' + path_filename + '|' + path_el + sep + '?)'
+	relpath2 = path_el + sep + r'(?:' + path_el + sep + '?|' + path_filename + ')'
+	relpath3 = path_el + sep + r'(?:' + either_path_el + sep + r')+' + r'(?:' + path_el + sep + '?|' + path_filename + ')'
+	anypath = r'(?:' + abspath + '|' + relpath2 + '|' + relpath3 + ')'
+	rabspath = leader + '(' + abspath + ')' + follower
+	ranypath = leader + '(' + anypath + ')' + follower
+	rfilename = leader_w_slash + '(' + basic_filename + ')' + follower
+	return rabspath, ranypath, rfilename
+
+def test_path_regexes():
+	testpaths = r'''
+	foo
+	foo/bar
+	foo/bar/baz
+	baz.mp3
+	123.456
+	C:\fooo
+	C:\fooo.bar
+	C:/fooo.bar
+	/fooo
+	/fooo.bar
+	/abc/def/ghi
+	foo bar/baz
+	foo/bar baz/fiz
+	foo/bar baz/fiz.buz
+	'''.split('\n')
+	testpaths = [ p.strip() for p in testpaths if len(p.strip()) ]
+
+	abspath, anypath, filename = make_path_regexes()
+
+	print('abspath: ' + abspath)
+	print('anypath: ' + anypath)
+	print('filename: ' + filename)
+
+	for p in testpaths:
+		m1 = re.fullmatch(abspath, p)
+		m2 = re.fullmatch(anypath, p)
+		m3 = re.fullmatch(filename, p)
+		print(f'{p} - {"ABS" if m1 else ""} {"PATH" if m2 else ""} {"FILE" if m3 else ""}')
+
+
 # Note: This url regex is not a validator, nor is it intended to be.  It is intended
 # to match the most common kinds of URLs that are used and avoid unintended matches.
 # Notably, spaces in urls are not matched; with spaces there's too great a chance
@@ -119,8 +183,25 @@ def test_url_regex():
 		else:
 			print(f'{u} - No Match')
 
-test_url_regex()
+def print_rex(name, r, comment=None):
+	rxstr = "r'" + r.replace("'", "'+\"'\"+r'") + "'"
+	if comment:
+		print(f"\t# {comment}")
+	print(f"\t'{name}': {rxstr}")
 
-r = make_url_regex()
-print("r'" + r.replace("'", "'+\"'\"+r'") + "'")
+#test_url_regex()
+
+#print('URL:')
+print_rex('urls', make_url_regex(), 'matches common types of urls and things that look like urls')
+print
+
+#test_path_regexes()
+
+absp, anyp, fn = make_path_regexes()
+#print('ABS PATH:')
+print_rex('abspaths', absp, 'Unix and window style absolute paths')
+#print('PATH:')
+print_rex('paths', anyp, 'Absolute or relative paths')
+#print('FILE:')
+print_rex('filenames', fn, 'Isolated filenames without paths')
 
diff --git a/copytk.py b/copytk.py
index dfa3e26..99e8bac 100644
--- a/copytk.py
+++ b/copytk.py
@@ -31,8 +31,25 @@ tmux_command = find_command_path('tmux')
 
 # strings that can be used to map to regexes in the quickcopy matches
 match_expr_presets = {
-	# generated by _regex_builds.py
-	'urls': r'(?:^|[][\s:=,#"{}()'+"'"+r'])([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}://(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_]+(?::[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)?@)?(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9][\w-]*\.)*[a-zA-Z][\w-]*|(?:[0-2]?[0-9]{1,2}\.){3}[0-2]?[0-9]{1,2})(?::[0-9]{1,5})?(?:/(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?/?)?(?:\?(?:(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)+(?:=(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?)?&)*(?:(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)+(?:=(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?)?)?)?(?:#(?:(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)+(?:=(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?)?&)*(?:(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)+(?:=(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?)?)?)?)(?:$|[][\s:=,#"{}()'+"'"+r'])'
+	# matches common types of urls and things that look like urls
+	'urls': r'(?:^|[][\s:=,#"{}()'+"'"+r'])([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}://(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_]+(?::[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)?@)?(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9][\w-]*\.)*[a-zA-Z][\w-]*|(?:[0-2]?[0-9]{1,2}\.){3}[0-2]?[0-9]{1,2})(?::[0-9]{1,5})?(?:/(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?/?)?(?:\?(?:(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)+(?:=(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?)?&)*(?:(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)+(?:=(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?)?)?)?(?:#(?:(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)+(?:=(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?)?&)*(?:(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)+(?:=(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?)?)?)?)(?:$|[][\s:=,#"{}()'+"'"+r'])',
+	# Unix and window style absolute paths
+	'abspaths': r'(?:^|[][\s:=,#$"{}<>()'+"'"+r'])((?:/|~/|[A-Z]:[\\/])(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25})[\\/])*(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25})\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,6}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}[\\/]?))(?:$|[][\s:=,#$"{}<>()'+"'"+r'])',
+	# Absolute or relative paths
+	'paths': r'(?:^|[][\s:=,#$"{}<>()'+"'"+r'])((?:(?:/|~/|[A-Z]:[\\/])(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25})[\\/])*(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25})\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,6}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}[\\/]?)|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}[\\/](?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}[\\/]?|(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25})\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,6})|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}[\\/](?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25})[\\/])+(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}[\\/]?|(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25})\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,6})))(?:$|[][\s:=,#$"{}<>()'+"'"+r'])',
+	# Isolated filenames without paths
+	'filenames': r'(?:^|[][\s:=,#$"{}<>()/'+"'"+r'])([a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}\.[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]{0,5})(?:$|[][\s:=,#$"{}<>()'+"'"+r'])'
+
+	# long regexes generated by _regex_builds.py
+	# matches things that look like common URLs.  does not match esoteric URLs.
+#	'urls': r'(?:^|[][\s:=,#"{}()'+"'"+r'])([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}://(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_]+(?::[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)?@)?(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9][\w-]*\.)*[a-zA-Z][\w-]*|(?:[0-2]?[0-9]{1,2}\.){3}[0-2]?[0-9]{1,2})(?::[0-9]{1,5})?(?:/(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?/?)?(?:\?(?:(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)+(?:=(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?)?&)*(?:(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)+(?:=(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?)?)?)?(?:#(?:(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)+(?:=(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?)?&)*(?:(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)+(?:=(?:[\w.~%/&-]+|(?:[\w.~%/&-]*\([\w.~%/&-]*\)[\w.~%/&-]*)+)?)?)?)?)(?:$|[][\s:=,#"{}()'+"'"+r'])',
+	# matches things that look like UNIX or Windows style absolute paths
+#	'abspaths': r'(?:^|[][\s:=,#$"{}()'+"'"+r'])((?:/|~/|[A-Z]:[\\/])(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25})[\\/])*(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25})\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,6}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}[\\/]?))(?:$|[][\s:=,#$"{}()'+"'"+r'])',
+	# matches both things that look like absolute paths, and relative paths with at least one separator
+	# may also match spaces in path components, but never at the beginning or end, and only in an inner component
+#	'paths': r'(?:^|[][\s:=,#$"{}()'+"'"+r'])((?:(?:/|~/|[A-Z]:[\\/])(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25})[\\/])*(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25})\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,6}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}[\\/]?)|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}[\\/](?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}[\\/]?|(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25})\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,6})|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}[\\/](?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25})[\\/])+(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}[\\/]?|(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}|[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25}\\? [a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,25})\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,6})))(?:$|[][\s:=,#$"{}()'+"'"+r'])',
+	# matches things that look like an isolated filename (no path)
+#	'filenames': r'(?:^|[][\s:=,#$"{}()'+"'"+r'])([a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30}\.[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]{0,5})(?:$|[][\s:=,#$"{}()'+"'"+r'])'
 }
 
 
@@ -764,6 +781,8 @@ class EasyMotionAction(PaneJumpAction):
 		locs = self._em_filter_locs(locs)
 		if filter_locs:
 			locs = [ l for l in locs if filter_locs(l) ]
+		if len(locs) == 0:
+			raise ActionCanceled()
 		self._em_sort_locs_cursor_proximity(locs, sort_close_to)
 
 		# Assign each match a label
@@ -1024,6 +1043,7 @@ class QuickCopyAction(PaneJumpAction):
 		log('quickcopy run')
 		# Get a list of all matches
 		matches = self.find_matches()
+		if len(matches) == 0: return
 		log('got matches')
 
 		# Group them into display batches
diff --git a/copytk.tmux b/copytk.tmux
index 3071a3e..da9bbd0 100755
--- a/copytk.tmux
+++ b/copytk.tmux
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ tmux bind-key -T copy-mode-vi S switch-client -T copytk
 tmux bind-key -T copy-mode S switch-client -T copytk
 
 
+# Match URLs
 tmux set -g @copytk-quickcopy-match-0-0 urls
-tmux set -g @copytk-quickcopy-match-1-0 '[0-9]{4,}'
-tmux set -g @copytk-quickcopy-match-2-0 lines
+tmux set -g @copytk-quickcopy-match-0-1 abspaths
+tmux set -g @copytk-quickcopy-match-1-0 paths
+tmux set -g @copytk-quickcopy-match-1-0 filenames
+# Match numbers
+tmux set -g @copytk-quickcopy-match-2-0 '-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE]-?[0-9]+)?'
+# Match whole lines
+tmux set -g @copytk-quickcopy-match-3-0 lines