From: "積丹尼 Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@jidanni.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 45779@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45779: Once FFAP sniffs a URL, its taste buds no longer recognize filenames
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 06:53:45 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8735z7xeyu.5.fsf@jidanni.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sg77ln8r.5.fsf@jidanni.org>
>>>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>> Sure, one could remember to do C-u C-x C-f etc.
>>
>> But that isn't natural.
LI> Why not?
Because the computer should be smarter than needing that. We have
cleaned up the minibuffer. So, just like the prompt (always) says, we
should be able to enter a filename (and have it expanded._
>> What is natural is if we clean up the whole minibuffer, then FFAP should
>> reset its thinking.
LI> What if the user deleted the contents because they wanted to type in a
LI> different URL?
They could just type in the URL fine in that case.
>> Or, at least not prompt us with the "lie" of "File or URL..." when it is
>> already in "URL expansion only mode"...
LI> You can type in a file name and it'll be opened.
Ah, but not TAB expanded. All of the sudden it's like (year) 1967 and MS-DOS.
LI> I don't see anything to fix here; closing.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-11 22:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-11 11:35 bug#45779: Once FFAP sniffs a URL, its taste buds no longer recognize filenames 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-01-11 15:29 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-01-11 22:32 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-01-11 22:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-01-11 22:53 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson [this message]
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