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> Is the shortened URL expanded locally inside Emacs?
> Does it refer to a real website?

Of course it refers to a real website, the idea is that you can use
shortened URL in chat so the people you're chatting with could use it too.
 "what made that choice desirable?" it's working and it suits me well :/
shorten-url-base is customizable.

On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 6:35 AM Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:

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> Is the shortened URL expanded locally inside Emacs?
> Does it refer to a real website?
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> In the example it gives https://qps.ru/MjrtW as an example, Was
> https://qps.ru/ chosen by your customization?  If so, what made that
> choice desirable?  Why not use sh:e/ (abbreviation of "short:emacs")
> instead?  It is much shorter.
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