From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: File name handler for http web URLs Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:16:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4842F4D9.5070005@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212362227 30533 80.91.229.12 (1 Jun 2008 23:17:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 23:17:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 02 01:17:49 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K2wo8-0005el-Gw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:17:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50065 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2wnM-0000q9-AC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:17:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2wnH-0000nS-Fj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:16:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2wnF-0000lF-PY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:16:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60109 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2wnF-0000l4-It for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:16:53 -0400 Original-Received: from 206-248-132-168.dsl.teksavvy.com ([206.248.132.168]:53188 helo=ceviche.home) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2wnF-00062B-FO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:16:53 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id B856AB423B; Sun, 1 Jun 2008 19:16:46 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <4842F4D9.5070005@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:13:29 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Greylist: delayed 5745 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at monty-python; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:16:53 EDT X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:98198 Archived-At: > However one thing that surprised me is that there is no file name handler > for web URLs. (I am using Firefox.) Am I missing something? Is there perhaps > such a file name handler? Or is there any obstacle against having one for > opening web URL in external browsers? There's url-handler-mode. Stefan