Re: url-handler-file-remote-p

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>>> Just being curious: url-handlers.el misses an own implementation of
>>> `file-remote-p'; shouldn't it be there?
>> 
>> Yes, it should.  Patches welcome ;-)

> What about this one:

> (defun url-handler-file-remote-p (filename &optional identification connected)
>   ;; Maybe we can find a suitable check for CONNECTED.
>   ;; FIXME: if `filename' is a "file://" URL it shall be nil.  But this
>   ;; must be introduced together with other primitive functions, like
>   ;; `unhandled-file-name-directory'.
>   (let ((url (url-generic-parse-url filename)))
>     (when (url-type url)
>       (cond
>        ((eq identification 'method) (url-type url))
>        ((eq identification 'user) (url-user url))
>        ((eq identification 'host) (url-host url))
>        ((eq identification 'localname) (url-filename url))
>        (t (url-recreate-url
> 	   (url-parse-make-urlobj (url-type url) (url-user url) nil
> 				  (url-host url) (url-port url))))))))

Looks good.


        Stefan