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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)
Cc: 31927 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31927: 26.1; Fragment/bookmark part of URL omitted in default offered by `eww'
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:47:39 +0300

> From: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)
> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 11:05:13 -0400
> 
> 
> When `eww' is invoked interactively with point in an URL, that URL is
> offered in the minibuffer as the default web page to open. However, if
> the URL has a fragment (aka bookmark) part, the fragment part is ignored
> by EWW.
> 
> For example:
> 
>   0. $ emacs -Q
> 
>   1. In scratch type https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer#History
> 
>   2. Move point back into the just-typed URL
> 
>   3. M-x eww RET
> 
> Expected result:
> EWW offers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer#History as the
> default.
> 
> Actual result:
> EWW offers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer as the default.

You could customize eww-suggest-uris to add, say
thing-at-point-url-at-point.  I think this should give you what you
want.

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