GNU bug report logs - #14954
24.3.50; eww doesn't not use browse-url-xdg-open properly?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 03:08:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3.50

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

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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: 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...
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