From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chad Brown Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: mailclient-send-it usage of browse-url Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:35:10 -0700 Message-ID: <058327FF-1C50-40D2-BD95-65A69A60D1FF@mit.edu> References: <090B076C-712C-42BD-B1F6-3B48F0C0C61C@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1271263887 11667 80.91.229.12 (14 Apr 2010 16:51:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:51:27 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Christian Lynbech Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 14 18:51:26 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O25oB-0003qS-JS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:51:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35936 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O25gD-0002g5-L4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:43:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O25Yu-0001Ha-FM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:35:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59225 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O25Ym-0000KK-R9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:35:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O25Yd-0004Oy-6z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:35:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-iw0-f176.google.com ([209.85.223.176]:55122) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O25Yd-0004OY-1p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:35:19 -0400 Original-Received: by iwn6 with SMTP id 6so244888iwn.26 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:35:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:content-type:mime-version :subject:from:in-reply-to:date:content-transfer-encoding:message-id :references:to:x-mailer; bh=n1SphIhkCIomCXx0qES/+UQvvqJhj/PXgczByxsgBVc=; b=HQg1CrkgzlokfODnuHi1Bui6PRjkw7K/0tWrThPwjJPFFEx8gK2fL2/mdRNr7h4oJl SgWf1BWnQ6JgEw85Hm/QZAh3QJ/Fa5UfEqzxHuRfriBnMvPG8gvxE7Ye5Lpng0xeqK6N 1z2c9SyUw0E3YHQJSDGPaykAEXk5pq4vmc+F8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=OaThj/5m8MvBQW4EszedII0XBOF1ehh+wsdbWyzswdqv4IrmZO4KaR/JGx8YE6CFpa OfUkxI+36TdIWNC2kKeclN2+vxIqOo67h4hibuqbyah0YvCcmMUJ2WUjTLt0KfOW4Z9l gPc/jGVongtU0WobKHzD8pflS5UqbW0Nif2YY= Original-Received: by 10.142.1.22 with SMTP id 22mr3564737wfa.345.1271262917249; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:35:17 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from [10.0.1.6] (c-98-247-149-76.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [98.247.149.76]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 21sm448786pzk.4.2010.04.14.09.35.11 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:35:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <090B076C-712C-42BD-B1F6-3B48F0C0C61C@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1078) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:43:01 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:123649 Archived-At: Calling `open' is clearly the right thing to do here, and it's what the = code does by default. Christian Lynbech should investigate how/why his = installation of the emacs-w3m package caused the unexpected change to = the system defaults. I would not expect emacs-w3m to make those changes = itself, so it's possible that Christian configured the change himself = and forgot or didn't realize the consequences of the change. =20 Without making some configuration change to either Emacs or the system, = browse-url on a mailto URL does the right thing - calls open, which = calls the configured mail client, which (by default) is Mail.app. Even = in the odd case where Mail.app isn't the right tool for sending mail, it = will be obvious to the user what is going on, and only they can figure = out the next steps. *Chad=