GNU bug report logs - #65346
30.0.50; *lisp/net/eww.el: new function 'eww-open-in-new-buffer-background'

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Lin Sun <sunlin7 <at> yahoo.com>, 65346 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65346: 30.0.50; *lisp/net/eww.el: new function 'eww-open-in-new-buffer-background'
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 04:15:57 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> "Background" is a problematic word for this, since that's not what you
> mean: you mean not to select the window displaying the URL.

Right - but isn't that the wording known from other browsers?

> And I don't think we need a separate command for that: how about doing
> this in eww-open-in-new-buffer instead, if the user invokes it with a
> prefix argument C-u?

That's not very convenient, though.  How about adding an option that
toggles the meaning of the prefix arg?

Michael.

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