* bug#8259: browse-url-of-dired-file fails to browse . and ..
@ 2011-03-15 19:55 Ralph Schleicher
2011-05-08 18:35 ` Chong Yidong
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ralph Schleicher @ 2011-03-15 19:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 8259
Hi,
browse-url-of-dired-file signals an error if the user attempts to
browse one of the special file names '.' or '..'. I see no reason
why it should not be possible to browse these file names like any
other directory file name. Below is a patch together with a change
log entry.
2011-03-11 Ralph Schleicher <rs@ralph-schleicher.de>
* net/browse-url.el (browse-url-of-dired-file): Enable browsing
of special file names `.' and `..'.
--- emacs-23.3/lisp/net/browse-url.el.orig 2011-01-08 12:45:14 +0100
+++ emacs-23.3/lisp/net/browse-url.el 2011-03-11 11:42:23 +0100
@@ -756,7 +756,10 @@
(defun browse-url-of-dired-file ()
"In Dired, ask a WWW browser to display the file named on this line."
(interactive)
- (browse-url-of-file (dired-get-filename)))
+ (let ((tem (dired-get-filename t t)))
+ (if (null tem)
+ (error "No file on this line")
+ (browse-url-of-file (expand-file-name tem default-directory)))))
;;;###autoload
(defun browse-url-of-region (min max)
--
Ralph
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