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28.2.50; Unexpected thing-at-point URL in eww input field

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: 58091 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58091: 28.2.50; Unexpected thing-at-point URL in eww input field
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:16:32 +0200

"Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie> writes:

> I see the following in Emacs 28 and 29 but not in 27 or 26:
>
> 0. emacs -Q
> 1. M-x eww RET https://gnu.org/cgi-bin/estseek.cgi RET
> 2. TAB TAB
>    [Point is now in the input field.]
> 3. M-: (thing-at-point 'url) RET
>
> This gives:
>
>   (input
>    ((type . "text")
>     (name . "phrase")
>     (value . "")
>     (size . "80")
>     (id . "phrase")
>     (class . "text")
>     (tabindex . "1")
>     (accesskey . "0")))
>
> Whereas I'd expect a string or nil.

I've now fixed this in Emacs 29.

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