browse-url-galeon incorrect

browse-url-galeon incorrect

[Paul Smith]

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 of 2002-03-22 on raven, modified by Debian
configured using `configure  i386-debian-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes --with-x=yes --with-x-toolkit=athena --without-gif'
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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

The browse-url.el:browse-url-galeon function is wrong.  It constructs
the arguments to Galeon like this:

      (concat "galeon " url) nil
      browse-url-galeon-program
      (append
      browse-url-galeon-arguments
      (if new-window '("-w" "--noraise"))
      (list "-x" url))

This is broken, though.  The "-x" argument overrides the setting of the
new-window flag; "-x" means "Attempt to load URL in existing Galeon
window", and the last such argument on the command line always takes
precedence.  I think the "-x" should be removed, as I think it's not
appropriate to have no way of passing _exactly_ the arguments you want,
and only those.


Recent input:
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<switch-frame> <help-echo> <help-echo> <switch-frame> 
C-h v b r o <tab> n <tab> w <tab> ` <backspace> <return> 
<help-echo> <down-mouse-2> <mouse-2> M-f M-f M-b C-s 
C-w C-w C-w C-w C-w C-s C-s C-s C-a C-s g a l e o n 
C-s C-s C-s C-n C-a C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n 
C-n C-n C-l C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n 
C-n C-n C-l C-e C-n C-e M-x e m a c s - <M-backspace> 
r e p o <tab> o <tab> r <backspace> r <tab> <backspace> 
<backspace> r <tab> <return>

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Re: browse-url-galeon incorrect

[Simon Josefsson]

"Paul Smith"<pausmith@nortelnetworks.com> writes:

> The browse-url.el:browse-url-galeon function is wrong.  It constructs
> the arguments to Galeon like this:
>
>       (concat "galeon " url) nil
>       browse-url-galeon-program
>       (append
>       browse-url-galeon-arguments
>       (if new-window '("-w" "--noraise"))
>       (list "-x" url))
>
> This is broken, though.  The "-x" argument overrides the setting of the
> new-window flag; "-x" means "Attempt to load URL in existing Galeon
> window", and the last such argument on the command line always takes
> precedence.  I think the "-x" should be removed, as I think it's not
> appropriate to have no way of passing _exactly_ the arguments you want,
> and only those.

The current code has been changed into the following.  Does it work
better for you?

...
         (process (apply 'start-process
			 (concat "galeon " url) nil
			 browse-url-galeon-program
			 (append
			  browse-url-galeon-arguments
                          (if (browse-url-maybe-new-window new-window)
			      (if browse-url-galeon-new-window-is-tab
				  '("--new-tab")
				'("--new-window" "--noraise"))
                            '("--existing"))
                          (list url)))))
...

Re: browse-url-galeon incorrect

[Sunil Patel]

Ummm...while you're editing the real code in CVS...could add support for
Opera too? (unless you've already done it!)....

        -Sunil

Re: browse-url-galeon incorrect

[Simon Josefsson]

ssp@pcdoh.wpc.frco.com (Sunil Patel) writes:

> Ummm...while you're editing the real code in CVS...could add support for
> Opera too? (unless you've already done it!)....

Sorry, Richard didn't want to add support for more non-free browsers,
if I recall correctly.

Re: browse-url-galeon incorrect

[Christopher S. Kush]

Simon Josefsson writes:
> [a reply to a message my server didn't get]
> ssp@pcdoh.wpc.frco.com (Sunil Patel) writes:
> > Ummm...while you're editing the real code in CVS...could add support for
> > Opera too? (unless you've already done it!)....

You can just customize

    browse-url-netscape-program

to be "opera".

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    one jumps up and down with excitement."
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Re: browse-url-galeon incorrect

[Sunil Patel]

     > You can just customize
     >     browse-url-netscape-program
     > to be "opera".

That's the obvious first thing I tried...but on my Win2k machine...Opera
doesn't seem to grok the exact same arguements as netscape...it barfs with
an error....I have better luck with:

(setq browse-url-browser-function (quote browse-url-default-windows-browser))

and let the windows figure it out...

        -Sunil

Re: browse-url-galeon incorrect

[Richard Stallman]

We are not going to add support for Opera because it is not free
software.  We support Netscape and Mosaic for historical reasons,
because they are or were very popular, but we are not going to add any
more non-free browsers.  We want to discourage the use of Opera.