Subject: Re: bug#14954: 24.3.50; eww doesn't not use browse-url-xdg-open properly?

From: Jambunathan K <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:07:57 +0530

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> writes:

> Jambunathan K <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> 1. Put cursor on inside the URL below.
>>
>>     http://thread.gmane.org/[email-masked]
>>
>> 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...