GNU bug report logs - #40269
Emacs should recognize "file:" when opening files

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Message #21 received at 40269 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 40269 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40269: Emacs should recognize "file:" when opening files
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:41:41 +0300

> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
>  <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2020 13:55:45 +0800
> Cc: 40269 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> >>>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
> LI> 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:
> 
> >> Emacs should recognize file:///home/bla/bla/h.html
> >> That way users could do
> >> $ set file:///home/bla/bla/h.html
> >> $ $BROWSER $@
> >> $ emacs $@
> >> etc. and they would all work the same!
> >> No I don't want to use extensions.
> 
> LI> What should it do with this input?  Start eww?  Edit h.html?
> 
> Well emacs is an editor so I suppose it should edit it.
> But OK it could also browse if it insists.
> Anything is better than the current behavior of totally not being
> prepared for file:/// .

Is there an actual use case here, or are we inventing it as we go?

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