From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: [Reuben Thomas] browse-url.el Opera support Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:28:09 +0100 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074177382 26922 80.91.224.253 (15 Jan 2004 14:36:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:36:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Dave Love Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 15 15:36:16 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ah8bY-000475-01 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:36:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Ah8ab-0003wU-Q6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:35:17 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Ah8aW-0003vw-KQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:35:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Ah8a0-0003p3-OH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:35:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.13.230.178] (helo=yxa.extundo.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1Ah8Tx-0002iP-D0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:28:25 -0500 Original-Received: from latte.josefsson.org (yxa.extundo.com [217.13.230.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0FESKAn018093 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:28:21 +0100 Original-To: Reuben Thomas X-Hashcash: 0:040115:rrt@mupsych.org:ffc7ff87b79df9f3 X-Hashcash: 0:040115:bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org:0914ac2bbd197352 X-Hashcash: 0:040115:d.love@dl.ac.uk:74f438d820c16acf In-Reply-To: (Reuben Thomas's message of "Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:12:04 +0100 (CET)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:6569 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:6569 If someone remember more details about the prior Opera browse-url discussion, that would be useful. I tried searching a little, but didn't find anything. I might have just imagined it... No, I found it, here's a link: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.xemacs.beta/1280/match=emacs+browse+url+opera Reuben Thomas writes: > use a free web browser or we won't support you. Sorry, browse-url should support any browser, just use the 'browse-url-generic' browser and specify the name of the application in `browse-url-generic-program'. Giving an explicit reference to a commercial product is a step further, and I can understand why a free program might not want to do that. > Funnily enough, I wouldn't even be involved in this discussion if it > weren't that browse-url.el sucks anyway: I can't remember another program > that I've had to throw several kb of script at before it can open URLs in > my web browser the way I want: in most programs, I just have to configure > a string that looks something like > > foobrowser -remoteWindow("%u") > > and it Just Works. This, of course, is an Emacs problem, not a GNU > problem, but it adds injury to insult [sic]. Can you describe what your script does? Using the generic URL browser, and then customizing `browse-url-generic-program' and `browse-url-generic-args' seems rather flexible. I'm not sure how it can be made more flexible.