GNU bug report logs - #42768
emacs http://example.com

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2020 17:59:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.1

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

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: emacs http://example.com
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2020 01:58:25 +0800

In bug#40269 the emacs maintainers probably feel file:/// isn't so
common, so not worth recognizing.

But http, and https are certainly common.

So how about emacs make an appropriate response when somebody does
$ emacs http://www.example.com/

"Use M-x make-directory RET RET to create the directory and its parents"
is not an appropriate response.

As to what is, you decide.
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 42768 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42768: emacs http://example.com
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2020 13:07:35 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> In bug#40269 the emacs maintainers probably feel file:/// isn't so
> common, so not worth recognizing.
>
> But http, and https are certainly common.
>
> So how about emacs make an appropriate response when somebody does
> $ emacs http://www.example.com/

No, that would be rather confusing.

But you've reminded me that you can't use Emacs as a MIME handler for
URLs, and that should really be possible.

So I've added the trivial eww-browse command to Emacs 28.1, so that you
can now say

$ emacs -f eww-browse https://gnu.org

and register Emacs as a handler for the text/x-uri MIME type with

emacs -f eww-browse %u

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