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

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Message #20 received at 65346 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: sunlin7 <at> yahoo.com, 65346 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65346: 30.0.50; *lisp/net/eww.el: new function
 'eww-open-in-new-buffer-background'
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 09:07:28 +0300

> From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
> Cc: Lin Sun <sunlin7 <at> yahoo.com>,  65346 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 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?

Not AFAIK, no.  And in Emacs, "background" has several other meanings,
which could confuse.

> > 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?

Fine by me.

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