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[PATCH] Retain the <base> tag when making a page in EWW document readable

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Steven Allen <steven <at> stebalien.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Retain the <base> tag when making a page in EWW document
 readable
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:37:27 -0700

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Tags: patch


Retain the <base> tag when making a page in EWW document
readable. Otherwise, relative links aren't resolved correctly.

In GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, cairo version
 1.18.4) of 2025-07-02 built on Laptop
Repository revision: bf7d9f3c47ee59d45129d08490411e572a737db5
Repository branch: makepkg
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12101018
System Description: Arch Linux

Configured using:
 'configure
 'CPPFLAGS=-I/run/user/1000/build/emacs-git/src/mps-git/build/include '
 'LDFLAGS=-L/run/user/1000/build/emacs-git/src/mps-git/build/lib -Wl,-O1
 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now
 -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs -flto=auto' --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
 --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var --mandir=/usr/share/man
 --with-gameuser=:games --with-modules --without-m17n-flt
 --without-selinux --without-pop --without-gconf --disable-gc-mark-trace
 --with-mps=yes --enable-link-time-optimization
 --with-native-compilation=yes --with-xinput2 --with-x-toolkit=no
 --without-toolkit-scroll-bars --without-xaw3d --without-gsettings
 --with-cairo-xcb --without-xft --with-sound=no --with-tree-sitter
 --without-gpm --without-compress-install
 '--program-transform-name=s/\([ec]tags\)/\1.emacs/'
 'CFLAGS=-march=native -mtune=native -O3 -pipe -fno-plt -fexceptions
 -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wformat -Werror=format-security
 -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -fomit-frame-pointer
 -fno-math-errno -fno-trapping-math -fno-math-errno -fno-trapping-math
 -flto=auto''

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Message #8 received at 78948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Steven Allen <steven <at> stebalien.com>, 78948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: Re: bug#78948: [PATCH] Retain the <base> tag when making a page in
 EWW document readable
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 20:49:18 -0700

On 7/2/2025 2:37 PM, Steven Allen via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the 
Swiss army knife of text editors wrote:
> Retain the <base> tag when making a page in EWW document
> readable. Otherwise, relative links aren't resolved correctly.

This makes sense to me. Just one small question to be sure: this isn't a 
new regression, right? I know I merged a patch to this code recently, 
but I don't think the previous version was doing anything about <base> 
tags either...

Message #11 received at 78948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Steven Allen <steven <at> stebalien.com>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>, 78948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: Re: bug#78948: [PATCH] Retain the <base> tag when making a page in
 EWW document readable
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2025 21:03:38 -0700

Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On 7/2/2025 2:37 PM, Steven Allen via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the 
> Swiss army knife of text editors wrote:
>> Retain the <base> tag when making a page in EWW document
>> readable. Otherwise, relative links aren't resolved correctly.
>
> This makes sense to me. Just one small question to be sure: this isn't a 
> new regression, right? I know I merged a patch to this code recently, 
> but I don't think the previous version was doing anything about <base> 
> tags either...

No, this isn't a new regression as far as I can tell.

Message #14 received at 78948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Steven Allen <steven <at> stebalien.com>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, larsi <at> gnus.org, 78948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78948: [PATCH] Retain the <base> tag when making a page in EWW
 document readable
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:10:14 +0300

> Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
>  Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:37:27 -0700
> From:  Steven Allen via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> Retain the <base> tag when making a page in EWW document
> readable. Otherwise, relative links aren't resolved correctly.

Thanks.  Could you please show a recipe for reproducing the problem?
Also, would it make sense to have a test for this?

Message #17 received at 78948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Steven Allen <steven <at> stebalien.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, larsi <at> gnus.org, 78948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78948: [PATCH] Retain the <base> tag when making a page in
 EWW document readable
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:18:31 -0700

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

>> Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
>>  Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:37:27 -0700
>> From:  Steven Allen via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
>>
>> Retain the <base> tag when making a page in EWW document
>> readable. Otherwise, relative links aren't resolved correctly.
>
> Thanks.  Could you please show a recipe for reproducing the problem?

1. Start emacs.
2. M-x eww RET https://stebalien.com/tags/emacs/ RET
3. R (readable mode)
4. Try to follow the top link and get a 404 error code.

> Also, would it make sense to have a test for this?

Good point, see attached.

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Message #22 received at 78948-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Steven Allen <steven <at> stebalien.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 78948-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78948: [PATCH] Retain the <base> tag when making a page in
 EWW document readable
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 21:04:52 -0700

On 7/3/2025 8:18 AM, Steven Allen via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the 
Swiss army knife of text editors wrote:
> Good point, see attached.

Thanks. This all looks good to me, so I've merged it to the master 
branch as f10bf71151b. (I hope... I got an error while pushing, but I 
think everything's in sync. I guess Savannah's under attack again.)

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