GNU bug report logs - #2543
w32-shell-execute removes target from local URLs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: rezonatix3 <at> yahoo.no

Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 21:05:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 2543-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: rezonatix3 <at> yahoo.no, 2543-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2543: w32-shell-execute removes target from local URLs
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:55:01 +0800

Marius Andersen wrote:
> The (Windows) function w32-shell-execute strips anchors from URLs to
> local files. For instance, given that the file C:/index.html exists, executing
>
>     (w32-shell-execute "open" "file:///C:/index.html#test")
>   

Anchors are not valid in file URLs, but it is not Emacs that is 
stripping it, as Emacs makes no attempt to decode the parameters that 
you supply.
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