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26.1; Fragment/bookmark part of URL omitted in default offered by `eww'

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "N. Jackson" <nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com>, 31927 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31927: 26.1;
 Fragment/bookmark part of URL omitted in default offered by `eww'
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 15:10:42 +0200

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

>>   1. On a new line in scratch type
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer#History
>> 
>>   2. C-a	; Move point to beginning of the just-typed URL.
>> 
>>   3. M-: (thing-at-point-url-at-point) RET
>>   => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer#History
>> 
>>   4. M-: (url-get-url-at-point) RET
>>   => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer
>> 
>> Is it expected for these two functions to behave differently here?
>
> Yes, that's the question.  I hope Lars (CC'ed) could comment on that.

I think the behaviour of `url-get-url-at-point' is suboptimal here.
Perhaps we should just make eww use `thing-at-point-url-at-point'
instead?  And mark `url-get-url-at-point' as obsolete, as it doesn't
seem very actively maintained and duplicates thingatpt functionality.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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