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24.3.50; eww doesn't not use browse-url-xdg-open properly?

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From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3.50; eww doesn't not use browse-url-xdg-open properly?
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 08:38:40 +0530

0. Install xdg-open
1. Put cursor on inside the URL below.

    http://thread.gmane.org/47B4E3B2.3050402 <at> gmail.com

1. M-x browse-url-xdg-open or M-x browse-url or Left mouse click
   
   See firefox getting launched.

2. M-x eww-browse-with-external-browser

   See following backtrace.

    Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
      call-process("xdg-open" nil 0 nil nil)
      browse-url-xdg-open(nil)
      apply(browse-url-xdg-open nil nil)
      browse-url-default-browser(nil)
      eww-browse-with-external-browser()
      call-interactively(eww-browse-with-external-browser record nil)
      command-execute(eww-browse-with-external-browser record)
      execute-extended-command(nil "eww-browse-with-external-browser")
      call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)
      command-execute(execute-extended-command)

I have no fancy customization of browse-url-* options.  Just the
standard defaults on a debian.

In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.24 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
 of 2013-07-26 on debian-6.05
Bzr revision: 113547 rgm <at> gnu.org-20130726015506-xqc4ksyjl4qxvh8f
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10707000
Important settings:
  value of $LANG: en_IN
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

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From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
To: 14954-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14954: 24.3.50;
 eww doesn't not use browse-url-xdg-open properly?
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:30:42 +0530

OP here.  Closed.

Message #13 received at 14954 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14954 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14954: 24.3.50;
 eww doesn't not use browse-url-xdg-open properly?
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 14:30:15 +0100

Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 1. Put cursor on inside the URL below.
>
>     http://thread.gmane.org/47B4E3B2.3050402 <at> gmail.com
>
> 1. M-x browse-url-xdg-open or M-x browse-url or Left mouse click
>
>    See firefox getting launched.
>
> 2. M-x eww-browse-with-external-browser
>
>    See following backtrace.

`eww-browse-with-external-browser' is a command only usable in eww mode
buffers, so I don't think that's a bug...

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14954 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14954: 24.3.50;
 eww doesn't not use browse-url-xdg-open properly?
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 15:16:19 +0100

Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I just did
>
>     M-x eww-browse-with-external-browser
>
> in a Message mode buffer and I see this

But why would you call an eww mode command in a different buffer?

Having all mode-specific commands check that they're in the right buffer
before doing anything would be kinda odd.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 14954 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14954: 24.3.50;
 eww doesn't not use browse-url-xdg-open properly?
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:07:57 +0530

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 1. Put cursor on inside the URL below.
>>
>>     http://thread.gmane.org/47B4E3B2.3050402 <at> gmail.com
>>
>> 1. M-x browse-url-xdg-open or M-x browse-url or Left mouse click
>>
>>    See firefox getting launched.
>>
>> 2. M-x eww-browse-with-external-browser
>>
>>    See following backtrace.
>
> `eww-browse-with-external-browser' is a command only usable in eww mode
> buffers, so I don't think that's a bug...

I just did

    M-x eww-browse-with-external-browser

in a Message mode buffer and I see this

    browse-url-xdg-open: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

As a layman, it is difficult for me to understand what that means...

Anyways...

Message #22 received at 14954 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14954 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14954: 24.3.50;
 eww doesn't not use browse-url-xdg-open properly?
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 07:51:06 +0100

Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>
>> But why would you call an eww mode command in a different buffer?
>
> Shouldn't the command ask for what it needs, a URL?

Nope.  That's not how that command is meant to be used.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

Message #25 received at 14954 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 14954 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14954: 24.3.50;
 eww doesn't not use browse-url-xdg-open properly?
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:07:24 +0530

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> But why would you call an eww mode command in a different buffer?

Shouldn't the command ask for what it needs, a URL?

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