Subject: bug#58626: Proposed changes to implement opening URLs on macOS

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:41:47 +0200

> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
> From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
> Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:45:07 -0500
> 
> This new function seems to add a feature of visiting a web page
> by specifying a URL.  It is a reasonable future in principle,
> but this implementation seems to be limited to some systems.
> 
> Which platfors does Emacs support this deature for?
> Is it, perhaps, limited to MacOS and GNUstep?

No, it is supported on all systems.

> Is it supported on ordinary GNU/Linux?

Yes; see url-handler-mode.

> If it is supported on ordinary GNU/Linux,
> it is ok to add support for GNUstep and MacOS.
> But otherwise, we should add the support for ordinary GNU/Linux
> first and add this after that.