GNU bug report logs - #30389
26.0.91; url-handler-mode needs to be documented

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 10:17:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.0.91

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30389: 26.0.91; url-handler-mode needs to be documented
Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 13:15:22 +0100

On Wed 15 May 2019, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:
>
>> url-handler-mode is not documented in any manual shipped with
>> Emacs. This shall be done.
>
> The doc string isn't very helpful either.  I have no idea what it's
> trying to say here.  :-)
>
> ---
>
> Toggle using `url' library for URL filenames (URL Handler mode).

The doc is indeed not very helpful. The code shows it is toggling
support for file handlers which allow URLs to the treated as filenames:

(file-exists-p "https://www.gnu.org/")
=> nil
(url-handler-mode)
=> t
(file-exists-p "https://www.gnu.org/")
=> t
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