Subject: bug#74792: 29.2.50; goto-address-mode should support RET in special-mode buffers

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:09:27 +0200

> Cc: [email-masked]
> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:10:53 -0500
> From:  Spencer Baugh via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <[email-masked]>
> 
> 
> goto-address-mode binds C-c RET to goto-address-at-point when point is
> on a URL or email address.  In special-mode buffers (or maybe any
> read-only buffer?) it should also bind RET while point is on the URL or
> email address.

I don't think it's a good idea, since many special-mode descendants
bind RET to useful commands.  For goto-address-at-point to override
that would be a nuisance, I think.