GNU bug report logs - #71999
29.3; Add link previews when viewing plain text MIME too

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 15:37:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: confirmed

Found in version 29.3

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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 29.3; Add link previews when viewing plain text MIME too
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 23:36:04 +0800
In browsers when we TAB to a hyperlink, in the bottom of the screen the
URL will appear, so we know where clicking will take us, before we
click.

But in Gnus, when reading the text/plain part of a message, it is
assumed that we are already looking at a link so don't need the preview.

Well, for
<https://talk.taichung.gov.tw/SAT/Survey?id=674ccbc0-44e5-4d43-88d0-85e5
933927fc&caseId=blabla____________________________1b&rGuid=69b98561-ba6f
-453a-a_______a06fe> 
the user sees three bold lines which turn out to be three hyperlinks
instead of one, so the preview is still needed always, I say!




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