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 #8 received at 9153 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 9153 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9153: 23.3; browse-url too greedy
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:03:41 -0400

Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:

> 1. Put this in an empty buffer:
>
>     (http://www.codesourcery.com/public/cxx-abi/abi-eh.html)
>
> 2. `M-x browse-url RET'
>
> Note that the default in the minibuffer includes the final `)'.  I don't
> think it should.

Since many URLs contain parentheses, I'm not sure there is a sane way to
handle this.  If you want parentheses to delimit URLs, try changing the
variable thing-at-point-url-regexp in thingatpt.el.
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