From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jan D. Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for Conkeror in browse-url.el Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 14:51:00 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87bnkzxicq.fsf@gmail.com> <87AEC9F3-7565-4A89-9D74-5B59052F3FEE@swipnet.se> <87wq3kn3eh.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2070.6\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1423921898 13352 80.91.229.3 (14 Feb 2015 13:51:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:51:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "emacs-devel@gnu.org" To: vibhavp@gmail.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 14 14:51:23 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YMd7x-0003aL-Pr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 14:51:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59873 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YMd7x-0007eQ-85 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 08:51:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38045) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YMd7l-0007eL-8E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 08:51:10 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YMd7g-0005IA-9B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 08:51:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mailfe01.swip.net ([212.247.154.1]:53167 helo=swip.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YMd7g-0005Hw-2O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 08:51:04 -0500 X-T2-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50 Original-Received: from hosdjarv.se (account mj138573@tele2.se [46.59.42.57] verified) by mailfe01.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.4) with ESMTPA id 561640704; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 14:51:01 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87wq3kn3eh.fsf@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2070.6) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.247.154.1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:183054 Archived-At: Hi. > 14 feb 2015 kl. 12:22 skrev vibhavp@gmail.com: >=20 > "Jan D." writes: >=20 >> Instead of adding browsers to browse-url.el, we should encourage >> people to set up their preferred browser as system default, and then >> use browse-url-xdg-open, browse-url-default-windows-browser or >> browse-url-default-macosx-browser. >=20 > browse-url.el has the ability to load web pages in a new tab, instead = of > a new window. Since there is no universal standard for opening web = pages > in a browser, every browser does that in its own way (Firefox uses the > -remote/-new-tab arguments, chromium always opens the URL in a new > tab). Since xdg-open's job is just to provide default applications, = the > "responsibility" falls on emacs itself. No, it is not for Emacs to say if a link should open in a new tab or = window. That is a setting in the browser. Most browsers have something = like "Open new links in tabs" that you can enable. Jan D.