GNU bug report logs - #9153
23.3; browse-url too greedy

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:08:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 23.3

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #34 received at 9153-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>,
	Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>, 9153-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9153: 23.3; browse-url too greedy
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:04:05 +0800

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Recognising URLs in free text is all heuristics.
>
> URLs like this "http://emacs.org)" are exceedingly rare, while
> "http://wikipedia.org/thing(something)" are not uncommon.  I fail to
> see how catering to the more common case is akin to "generating bugs".

I've committed a change to thingatpt.el to fix this.
This bug report was last modified 12 years and 206 days ago.

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