* bug#47809: emacs file:///
@ 2021-04-15 19:19 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-04-15 19:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson @ 2021-04-15 19:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 47809
$ emacs file:///home/jidanni/jidanni.org/geo/house_numbering/presentation.html
File mode specification error: (file-missing Setting current directory No such file or directory /home/jidanni/file:/home/jidanni/jidanni.org/geo/house_numbering/)
Can't it be smarter?
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2021-04-15 19:19 bug#47809: emacs file:/// 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
@ 2021-04-15 19:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-15 19:40 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-16 7:40 ` Michael Albinus
2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2021-04-15 19:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson; +Cc: 47809-done
tags 47809 notabug wontfix
thanks
> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> <jidanni@jidanni.org>
> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 03:19:42 +0800
>
> $ emacs file:///home/jidanni/jidanni.org/geo/house_numbering/presentation.html
> File mode specification error: (file-missing Setting current directory No such file or directory /home/jidanni/file:/home/jidanni/jidanni.org/geo/house_numbering/)
That's a URL, not a file.
Closing.
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* bug#47809: emacs file:///
2021-04-15 19:19 bug#47809: emacs file:/// 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-04-15 19:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2021-04-15 19:40 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-16 7:40 ` Michael Albinus
2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Gregory Heytings @ 2021-04-15 19:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson; +Cc: 47809
>
> $ emacs file:///home/jidanni/jidanni.org/geo/house_numbering/presentation.html
>
> File mode specification error: (file-missing Setting current directory
> No such file or directory
> /home/jidanni/file:/home/jidanni/jidanni.org/geo/house_numbering/)
>
> Can't it be smarter?
>
emacs --eval '(ffap "file:///home/jidanni/jidanni.org/geo/house_numbering/presentation.html")
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* bug#47809: emacs file:///
2021-04-15 19:19 bug#47809: emacs file:/// 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-04-15 19:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-15 19:40 ` Gregory Heytings
@ 2021-04-16 7:40 ` Michael Albinus
2021-04-16 11:38 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Michael Albinus @ 2021-04-16 7:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson; +Cc: 47809
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
> $ emacs file:///home/jidanni/jidanni.org/geo/house_numbering/presentation.html
> File mode specification error: (file-missing Setting current directory No such file or directory /home/jidanni/file:/home/jidanni/jidanni.org/geo/house_numbering/)
>
> Can't it be smarter?
M-x url-handler-mode
Although it visits the file, there's a spurious "File exists, but cannot
be read" message, likely something goes wrong internally.
Best regards, Michael.
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* bug#47809: emacs file:///
2021-04-16 7:40 ` Michael Albinus
@ 2021-04-16 11:38 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-04-16 12:14 ` Michael Albinus
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson @ 2021-04-16 11:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Albinus; +Cc: 47809
Anyway, emacs is real powerful when it comes to the *ends* of the
arguments you give it.
It knows just the right modes for .../bla.pl vs. .../bla.html vs.
.../bla.txt vs. hundreds perhaps. Much smarter than the average
$BROWSER.
But emacs (-q) is totally baffled by the *front* ends of things you give
it. E.g., file:///somedir/right_under_your_nose is a big mystery to emacs.
$ $BROWSER file:$PWD/.emacs #No problem. Voosh. Butter.
$ emacs -q file:$PWD/.emacs #Totally baffled. Reminds me of
Waldo in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4_Ommfvv0
Van Halen - Hot For Teacher .
Nope, nobody told Waldo about the file: protocol all the other kids know about.
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* bug#47809: emacs file:///
2021-04-16 11:38 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
@ 2021-04-16 12:14 ` Michael Albinus
2021-04-16 16:43 ` Glenn Morris
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Michael Albinus @ 2021-04-16 12:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson; +Cc: 47809
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
Hi Dan,
> Anyway, emacs is real powerful when it comes to the *ends* of the
> arguments you give it.
>
> It knows just the right modes for .../bla.pl vs. .../bla.html vs.
> .../bla.txt vs. hundreds perhaps. Much smarter than the average
> $BROWSER.
>
> But emacs (-q) is totally baffled by the *front* ends of things you give
> it. E.g., file:///somedir/right_under_your_nose is a big mystery to emacs.
The vast majority of Emacs users don't need this. Don't want this.
So it isn't the default, but you can configure it if you like.
> $ $BROWSER file:$PWD/.emacs #No problem. Voosh. Butter.
> $ emacs -q file:$PWD/.emacs #Totally baffled. Reminds me of
> Waldo in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4_Ommfvv0
> Van Halen - Hot For Teacher .
>
> Nope, nobody told Waldo about the file: protocol all the other kids know about.
Emacs is not a browser.
Best regards, Michael.
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