From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#42432: 26.3; Doc of `browse-url*' functions Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 21:55:32 +0200 Message-ID: <87d04rl1or.fsf@gnus.org> References: <7b421460-c539-46a0-af04-be2d1555169d@default> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="35857"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 42432@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 19 21:56:33 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jxFQG-0009DO-R1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 21:56:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36276 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jxFQF-000196-C9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 15:56:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38508) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jxFPm-00014r-9t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 15:56:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:49790) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jxFPm-0001UP-0x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 15:56:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jxFPl-0003kS-Vy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 15:56:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 19:56:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 42432 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 42432-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B42432.159518854514386 (code B ref 42432); Sun, 19 Jul 2020 19:56:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 42432) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Jul 2020 19:55:45 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33103 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jxFPV-0003jy-9e for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 15:55:45 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:36890) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jxFPT-0003jl-Nv for 42432@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 15:55:44 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=itKB2AbUPMl7wbCXWG0PLypUQ86bcPTQJiPyMtohNjw=; b=rjnWZH/4pHfo0j2HmHA9GIVOAO ooM2Pmyjv7aTPD8o7VizkYtEEbvPr+NrLb9VRHybSsXCr0P51SANt5vyN8NxT+Q+gjGQ2sa3eOE3q YQGLPOdFNgAz5IAvz+HhMvmy4MFDRS23YxPpUB8cRvQYh3EZUKhTSmmvHrTGOlsBzI1k=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jxFPJ-0004H0-8t; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 21:55:37 +0200 In-Reply-To: <7b421460-c539-46a0-af04-be2d1555169d@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 19 Jul 2020 19:50:23 +0000 (UTC)") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:183264 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > 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. You're right about the doc string being misleading, but it's incorrect for new reasons in more modern versions of Emacs. :-) These days, that action is only called for files that have with .htm{l,} in the file names, so it's more correct in that regard. But all other files are opened using Emacs itself now, so there's no web browser involved. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no