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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Kelly Dean" <kelly <at> prtime.org>

Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.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 13:15:46 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

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

Hm...  I think that would usually be fine?  If it's a file accessible
via Tramp (for instance), I think the user would normally want eww to
display it.

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