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Eww in Emacs 24.4 refuses to open local files

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Message #43 received at 19472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, kelly <at> prtime.org, 19472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19472: Eww in Emacs 24.4 refuses to open local files
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 10:18:48 +0100

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

> 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.

Usually, it is the other way around: if `url-handler-mode' is enabled,
one shall be able to open a URL like "ssh://user <at> host/path/to/file".

Hmm, doesn't seem to work just now. Need to debug.

Best regards, Michael.

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