From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#58049: 29.0.50; Obsolete url schemes "info" and "man" Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 14:52:27 +0300 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="650"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/+ () (2022-06-11) Cc: 58049@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 25 17:39:03 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ocTih-000AYA-DA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2022 17:39:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46904 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ocTif-0000AG-VN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2022 11:39:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42588) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ocThj-00080f-33 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2022 11:38:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:49285) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ocThi-0008Nw-RO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2022 11:38:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ocThi-0002d6-BA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2022 11:38:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jean Louis Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 15:38:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 58049 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 58049-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B58049.166412025710074 (code B ref 58049); Sun, 25 Sep 2022 15:38:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 58049) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Sep 2022 15:37:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48363 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ocThI-0002cQ-Ho for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2022 11:37:36 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:49723) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ocThE-0002cA-7L for 58049@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2022 11:37:35 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:102.87.68.71]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000000B80D2.00000000633075B5.0000764E; Sun, 25 Sep 2022 08:37:24 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:243603 Archived-At: * Stefan Kangas [2022-09-25 02:07]: > Severity: wishlist > > I don't think non-standard URLs like these are used much, and they're > probably not very useful. They're more likely to cause confusion. > > (url-retrieve-synchronously "info:url#Retrieving URLs") > (url-retrieve-synchronously "man:cat") > > I suggest support for such URLs is obsoleted, and that they are removed > from (info "(url) Supported URL Types"). Please don't. There are many different URLs and you can't know how users have implemented it. Yes, I agree they are less known, less used, nevertheless it makes no sense to obsolete it. Hyperlinking is major computing feature since Doug Engelbart, and the fact that we have not implement it sufficiently does not mean it shall be obsoleted. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/