From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: 42432@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42432: 26.3; Doc of `browse-url*' functions
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 19:50:23 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7b421460-c539-46a0-af04-be2d1555169d@default> (raw)
The doc of the `browse-url*' functions that says that the function uses
a WWW browser is, in general, incorrect when it comes to functions that
can browse a file. The doc should be corrected in this regard.
For example, any function that directly or indirectly uses
`browse-url-default-windows-browser' does NOT, even in general, use a
web browser. It typically uses `w32-shell-execute' with action "open"
to open the file. In general, the program that does that is determined
by the file type, and in generalt it is NOT a web browser.
In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
of 2019-08-29
Repository revision: 96dd0196c28bc36779584e47fffcca433c9309cd
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.18362
Configured using:
`configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
--without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''
next reply other threads:[~2020-07-19 19:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-19 19:50 Drew Adams [this message]
2020-07-19 19:55 ` bug#42432: 26.3; Doc of `browse-url*' functions Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-07-19 20:24 ` Drew Adams
2021-06-12 13:07 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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