Subject: bug#20028: 24.4; `eww' feature request: if point is on an eww-supported URL, make that URL the default value with which to call `eww'

From: Alexis <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:18:38 +1100

Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> writes:

> Alexis <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> If point is on a URL such as:
>>
>>    http://www.gnu.org/
>>
>> and the user then does M-x eww RET, it would be nice if that 
>> URL could be used as the default value for the "Enter URL ..." 
>> prompt, e.g.
>>
>>    Enter URL or keywords (default: http://www.gnu.org/):
>>
>> (Or, if a customizable variable was available to enable such 
>> behaviour.)
>
> `M-n' allows you to edit the URL on the Emacs trunk, so this 
> seems like it's fixed.

Just compiled from the emacs-25 branch (HEAD at d2937aa0), and 
yes, the functionality is present. :-) Closing.