GNU bug report logs - #69627
30.0.50; [PATCH] Allow 'browse-url-interactive-arg' to return the actual prefix arg

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Message #8 received at 69627 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 69627 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69627: 30.0.50;
 [PATCH] Allow 'browse-url-interactive-arg' to return the actual
 prefix arg
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 09:43:42 +0200

> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 22:04:39 -0800
> From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
> 
> By default this shouldn't do anything different from before. However, 
> with this patch, functions for 'browse-url-browser-function' can look at 
> the argument (as modified by 'browse-url-new-window-flag') and do 
> something special. For example, with this patch, I have a custom browser 
> function that works like this:
> 
>    M-x browse-url      Open in Firefox
>    C-u M-x browse-url  Open in EWW
>    C-- M-x browse-url  Open in Firefox Private Browsing

Shouldn't the effect of this change be documented in some doc string?

Thanks.

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