* [PATCH] Fix browse-url not working when browse-url-browser-function is a list (regexp . function) pairs
@ 2015-04-24 17:54 vibhavp
2015-04-25 16:14 ` vibhavp
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From: vibhavp @ 2015-04-24 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
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If browse-url-browser-function is defined as a list of pairs
(REGEXP . FUNCTION), like:
(setq browse-url-browser-function '(("i\.imgur\.com" browse-url-emacs)
("." browse-url-chromium)))
browse-url (with an "i.imgur.com" url) will print an error saying that
"(invalid-function (browse-url-chromium))". This is probably because of
how browse-url handles such pairs:
;; The `function' can be an alist; look down it for first match
;; and apply the function (which might be a lambda).
(catch 'done
(dolist (bf function)
(when (string-match (car bf) url)
(apply (cdr bf) url args)
^^^^^^ (cdr bf) returns (browse-url-emacs) instead of browse-url-emacs
(throw 'done t)))
This can be easily fixed by replacing "(cdr bf)" with "(cadr bf)". I
have attached a patch which does the same. If it looks good, I'll push
it to master.
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diff --git a/lisp/net/browse-url.el b/lisp/net/browse-url.el
index 3f8cb84..fbf2b46 100644
--- a/lisp/net/browse-url.el
+++ b/lisp/net/browse-url.el
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ The default is to pass `browse-url-new-window-flag'."
(catch 'done
(dolist (bf function)
(when (string-match (car bf) url)
- (apply (cdr bf) url args)
+ (apply (cadr bf) url args)
(throw 'done t)))
(error "No browse-url-browser-function matching URL %s"
url))
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Thanks,
Vibhav
--
Vibhav Pant
vibhavp@gmail.com
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* Re: [PATCH] Fix browse-url not working when browse-url-browser-function is a list (regexp . function) pairs
2015-04-24 17:54 vibhavp
@ 2015-04-25 16:14 ` vibhavp
2015-04-25 16:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: vibhavp @ 2015-04-25 16:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
Are there any objections to the patch?
--
Vibhav Pant
vibhavp@gmail.com
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* Re: [PATCH] Fix browse-url not working when browse-url-browser-function is a list (regexp . function) pairs
2015-04-25 16:14 ` vibhavp
@ 2015-04-25 16:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-25 17:10 ` vibhavp
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2015-04-25 16:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: vibhavp; +Cc: emacs-devel
> From: vibhavp@gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 21:44:29 +0530
>
> Are there any objections to the patch?
But the way browse-url-browser-function is documented, it should be a
list of conses, not a list of lists. With your change, if
browse-url-browser-function is an alist, like the doc string implies,
the function will now fail. So other users out there might suffer.
I'd be okay with a backward compatible change that would work with
both forms, but such a change will have to be accompanied by a
suitable change in documentation.
Thanks.
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* Re: [PATCH] Fix browse-url not working when browse-url-browser-function is a list (regexp . function) pairs
2015-04-25 16:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2015-04-25 17:10 ` vibhavp
2015-04-25 17:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: vibhavp @ 2015-04-25 17:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: emacs-devel
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> But the way browse-url-browser-function is documented, it should be a
> list of conses, not a list of lists. With your change, if
> browse-url-browser-function is an alist, like the doc string implies,
> the function will now fail. So other users out there might suffer.
I phrased that wrong. Making browse-url-browse-function a list of lists
will not make sense to being with. The way browse-url works is by
iterating thorough every (REGEXP . FUNCTION) pair in
browse-url-browse-function, and applying string-match to the REGEXP
(which is the car of the pair) to the url. If the url matches the
REGEXP, browse-url opens the URL with it's associated function (the cdr
of the pair).
However (for some reason), (car bf) returns (browser-function) instead
of browse-function, which can be demonstrated with this piece of code:
(defun abc ()
(dolist (bf '(("i.imgur.com" browse-url-emacs)
("youtube.com" browse-url-firefox)
("." browse-url-chromium)))
(print (cdr bf))))
The output of this is:
(browse-url-emacs)
(browse-url-firefox)
(browse-url-chromium)
nil
This is not what we want, because applying (browse-url-emacs) to the URL
results in an "invalid function" error. If the "car" is replaced with a
"cadr", this is the output:
"browse-url-emacs"
"browse-url-youtube"
"browse-url-chromium"
nil
This is the desired outcome. So, I'm not sure if this change requires a
documentation change, because it is merely fixing a bug with how
browse-url function handles the variable.
Thanks,
Vibhav
--
Vibhav Pant
vibhavp@gmail.com
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* Re: [PATCH] Fix browse-url not working when browse-url-browser-function is a list (regexp . function) pairs
2015-04-25 17:10 ` vibhavp
@ 2015-04-25 17:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2015-04-25 17:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: vibhavp; +Cc: emacs-devel
> From: vibhavp@gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 22:40:14 +0530
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> However (for some reason), (car bf) returns (browser-function) instead
> of browse-function, which can be demonstrated with this piece of code:
>
> (defun abc ()
> (dolist (bf '(("i.imgur.com" browse-url-emacs)
> ("youtube.com" browse-url-firefox)
> ("." browse-url-chromium)))
> (print (cdr bf))))
Shouldn't this be
(defun abc ()
(dolist (bf '(("i.imgur.com" . browse-url-emacs)
("youtube.com" . browse-url-firefox)
("." . browse-url-chromium)))
(print (cdr bf))))
instead?
> The output of this is:
>
> (browse-url-emacs)
>
> (browse-url-firefox)
>
> (browse-url-chromium)
>
> nil
>
> This is not what we want, because applying (browse-url-emacs) to the URL
> results in an "invalid function" error.
Yes, because you used a list of lists instead of a list of conses,
like the doc string of browse-url-browser-function requires.
> If the "car" is replaced with a
> "cadr", this is the output:
>
> "browse-url-emacs"
>
> "browse-url-youtube"
>
> "browse-url-chromium"
>
> nil
>
> This is the desired outcome.
But it will fail with a list of cons cells.
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* Re: [PATCH] Fix browse-url not working when browse-url-browser-function is a list (regexp . function) pairs
@ 2015-04-25 17:47 vibhavp
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From: vibhavp @ 2015-04-25 17:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: emacs-devel
Ah, I was confused between conses and lists. Sorry for all the confusion.
--
Vibhav Pant
vibhavp@gmail.com
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