From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: cygwin browse-url bug Date: 09 Dec 2003 12:26:15 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <7t2Bb.374145$pT1.189705@twister.nyc.rr.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070965970 3608 80.91.224.253 (9 Dec 2003 10:32:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:32:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 09 11:32:46 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ATfAc-0005cT-00 for ; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:32:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ATg6C-0006vX-QT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 06:32:16 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ATg0d-0003jW-6g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 06:26:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ATg01-0003ey-9D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 06:26:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [207.232.27.5] (helo=WST0054) by monty-python.gnu.org with asmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ATfzp-0003dM-8o for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 06:25:41 -0500 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <7t2Bb.374145$pT1.189705@twister.nyc.rr.com> (message from Bruce Ingalls on Mon, 08 Dec 2003 17:24:19 GMT) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15079 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15079 > From: Bruce Ingalls > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help > Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 17:24:19 GMT > > I'm not sure where to report this bug. > cygwin-apps? > emacs? > author of browse-url? > all of the above? Who knows? but see below. > Here's the problem: > On most systems, I can run emacs -q and eval the lines below, > and the browser will show the google usenet archives just fine. > > With Emacs on Cygwin, no matter whether I use console or X Window, > Firebird does launch, but it does not load the URI as an argument. > Instead, the homepage comes up. > Is the problem that I am launching a native Windows app from Cygwin? I'm guessing that Cygwin invokes the browser with a URL that is munged by the file-name transformation stuff. I'd try to write a simple application that prints its command-line arguments, then force Emacs to invoke that application as a Web browser, and see what args it gets from Emacs. Perhaps then you will know where to complain about this ;-)