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23.1.91; browse-url-of-dired-file vs. files::with::colons

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Message #26 received at 5362 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 5362 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#5362: 23.1.91;
 browse-url-of-dired-file vs. files::with::colons
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 14:26:57 +0100

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

> However, Andreas changed the regexp to only react to colons in the first
> part of the file name, which works, I guess.  But files like
>
> /www::foo.html
>
> (in the root) will still be mishandled, I think...

Such local files would be mishandled everywhere in Emacs, because they
use the remote file name syntax. They must be prefixed like
/:www::foo.html , see (info "(elisp) Magic File Names") .

Best regards, Michael.

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