* bug#25717: 25.1.1; "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a specific search engine @ 2017-02-14 4:29 Andrew Robbins 2017-09-02 13:56 ` Eli Zaretskii 2018-04-14 18:32 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen 0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Andrew Robbins @ 2017-02-14 4:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 25717 The ERC variable "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a specific search engine in its name and certainly not a privacy-disrespecting one at that in a GNU program[1]. I would suggest renaming the variable to something more generic such as "erc-button-web-search-url" or "erc-button-search-url" and changing the default value from "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s" to any of the following (or similar) at the developers' preference: * "http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s" * "http://www.startpage.com/do/search?cat=web&query=%s" * "http://www.ixquick.com/do/search?cat=web&query=%s" * "http://search.yacy.net/yacysearch/index.html?query=%s" (requires javascript) [1] https://stallman.org/google.html Cordially, Andrew Robbins ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* bug#25717: 25.1.1; "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a specific search engine 2017-02-14 4:29 bug#25717: 25.1.1; "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a specific search engine Andrew Robbins @ 2017-09-02 13:56 ` Eli Zaretskii 2018-04-14 18:32 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2017-09-02 13:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Andrew Robbins; +Cc: 25717 unblock 24655 by 25717 thanks > From: Andrew Robbins <contact@andrewrobbins.info> > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 23:29:32 -0500 > > The ERC variable "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a > specific search engine in its name and certainly not a > privacy-disrespecting one at that in a GNU program[1]. > > I would suggest renaming the variable to something more generic > such as "erc-button-web-search-url" or "erc-button-search-url" > and changing the default value from > "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s" to any of the following (or > similar) at the developers' preference: > > * "http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s" > * "http://www.startpage.com/do/search?cat=web&query=%s" > * "http://www.ixquick.com/do/search?cat=web&query=%s" > * "http://search.yacy.net/yacysearch/index.html?query=%s" (requires javascript) > > [1] https://stallman.org/google.html I have nothing against this suggestion, but I see no reason to block the release of Emacs 26.1 due to it, especially since no one is interested in fixing it. Thanks. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* bug#25717: 25.1.1; "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a specific search engine 2017-02-14 4:29 bug#25717: 25.1.1; "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a specific search engine Andrew Robbins 2017-09-02 13:56 ` Eli Zaretskii @ 2018-04-14 18:32 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen 2018-04-14 18:41 ` Romanos Skiadas 1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2018-04-14 18:32 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Andrew Robbins; +Cc: 25717 Andrew Robbins <contact@andrewrobbins.info> writes: > The ERC variable "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a > specific search engine in its name and certainly not a > privacy-disrespecting one at that in a GNU program[1]. > > I would suggest renaming the variable to something more generic > such as "erc-button-web-search-url" or "erc-button-search-url" > and changing the default value from > "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s" to any of the following (or > similar) at the developers' preference: > > * "http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s" This is now fixed in Emacs 27.1. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* bug#25717: 25.1.1; "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a specific search engine 2018-04-14 18:32 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2018-04-14 18:41 ` Romanos Skiadas 2018-04-14 18:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Romanos Skiadas @ 2018-04-14 18:41 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Lars Ingebrigtsen, Andrew Robbins; +Cc: 25717 [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 958 bytes --] On 14/04/18 19:32, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote: > Andrew Robbins <contact@andrewrobbins.info> writes: > >> The ERC variable "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a >> specific search engine in its name and certainly not a >> privacy-disrespecting one at that in a GNU program[1]. >> >> I would suggest renaming the variable to something more generic >> such as "erc-button-web-search-url" or "erc-button-search-url" >> and changing the default value from >> "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s" to any of the following (or >> similar) at the developers' preference: >> >> * "http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s" > This is now fixed in Emacs 27.1. > Looks like the docstring needs to change as well (emphasis mine): -(defcustom·erc-button-google-url "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s" +(defcustom·erc-button-search-url "http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s" · "URL used to browse *Google* search references. %s·is replaced by the search string." +· :version "27.1" [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2216 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* bug#25717: 25.1.1; "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a specific search engine 2018-04-14 18:41 ` Romanos Skiadas @ 2018-04-14 18:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2018-04-14 18:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Romanos Skiadas; +Cc: 25717, Andrew Robbins Romanos Skiadas <rom.skiad@gmail.com> writes: > Looks like the docstring needs to change as well (emphasis mine): Thanks; fixed now. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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