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Proposed changes to implement opening URLs on macOS

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Message #27 received at 58626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Perry Smith <pedzsan <at> icloud.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 58626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#58626: Proposed changes to implement opening URLs on macOS
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 07:44:12 -0600

> On Feb 26, 2025, at 07:41, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
>> Cc: 58626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, pedzsan <at> icloud.com
>> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
>> 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.

> 
> Sorry, but could you please resend this as formatted by
> 
>    git format-patch -1
> 

I do not have those directories any more.  Sorry

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