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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "積丹尼 Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Cc: 45779@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45779: Once FFAP sniffs a URL, its taste buds no longer recognize filenames
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 23:39:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87turnayk7.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87eeirxfye.5.fsf@jidanni.org> ("積丹尼 Dan Jacobson"'s message of "Tue, 12 Jan 2021 06:32:25 +0800")

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:

> The usual case is: for FFAP users: Let's say the cursor is sitting on
> top of a URL. Or say a file full of URLs.
>
> Now there is no way to expand filenames!

Indeed, because you've asked Emacs to guess based on what's under point.

> Sure, one could remember to do C-u C-x C-f etc.
>
> But that isn't natural.

Why not?

> What is natural is if we clean up the whole minibuffer, then FFAP should
> reset its thinking.

What if the user deleted the contents because they wanted to type in a
different URL?

> Or, at least not prompt us with the "lie" of "File or URL..." when it is
> already in "URL expansion only mode"...

You can type in a file name and it'll be opened.

I don't see anything to fix here; closing.

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-11 22:39 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 [this message]
2021-01-11 22:53       ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson

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