GNU bug report logs - #19472
Eww in Emacs 24.4 refuses to open local files

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: kelly <at> prtime.org, ivan <at> siamics.net, 19472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19472: Eww in Emacs 24.4 refuses to open local files
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:29:30 +0200

> From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: 19472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  kelly <at> prtime.org,  ivan <at> siamics.net
> Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 11:46:43 +0100
> 
> > What about "d:/some/file/that/exists" on Windows?
> 
> Sure, that too.  The DWIM code should call `file-exists-p' a bit on
> strings that look like they could possibly be files.

Beware: file-exists-p calls file handlers, and can return non-nil for
remote files.  Not sure you want that here.

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