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[PATCH] New command 'eww-copy-alternate-url'

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Message #29 received at 64126 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com>
Cc: 64126 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64126: [PATCH] New command 'eww-copy-alternate-url'
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:04:14 +0300

> From: Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com>
> Cc: 64126 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 17:08:24 +0300
> 
> >> +*** New command 'eww-copy-alternate-url'.
> >> +It copies an alternate link to the page currently visited in EWW into
> >> +the kill ring.
> >
> > Searching the Internet for "alternate link" brings this:
> >
> >   A type of hyperlink that gives alternate representations of the
> >   current document.
> >
> > Is this what is meant here?  If so, why are you talking about RSS
> > feeds?
> >
> 
> Yes, websites very often use these alternate links to point to their
> RSS/Atom feeds.  Should I add a couple of words about that in the NEWS
> entry as well?

Yes, a few more words of explanation would be good there.

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