Madhu <enometh@meer.net> writes:

Hi Madhu,

>> I've checked the problem in ffap.el. It looks like we could use a much
>> simpler solution: implement unhandled-file-name-directory in
>> ffap--url-file-handler. Something like
>
> In a quick test with the "M-! echo foo" (in a recursive minibuffer at
> the ffap prompt), call-shell-region still fails "Setting current
> directory" error,

Indeed. The following patch seems to work better, could you pls test?