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: url-dired.el requires w3 Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:15:02 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87zlx8p91i.fsf@spargel.x3y2z1.net> <87d4u334dg.fsf@spargel.x3y2z1.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1195668922 9826 80.91.229.12 (21 Nov 2007 18:15:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:15:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Diane Murray Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 21 19:15:29 2007 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 1Iuu6h-0004ba-41 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:15:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iuu6S-00070G-L4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:15:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iuu6O-0006ya-RA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:15:08 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iuu6N-0006x9-C0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:15:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iuu6N-0006wz-5e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:15:07 -0500 Original-Received: from tomts13.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.34] helo=tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Iuu6M-0000ye-O4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:15:07 -0500 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([74.12.204.69]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20071121181503.EMPV13659.tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net@ceviche.home> for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:15:03 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 01D49B42DF; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:15:02 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87d4u334dg.fsf@spargel.x3y2z1.net> (Diane Murray's message of "Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:17:15 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:83796 Archived-At: >>> * url-dired.el: Don't require w3-fetch and w3-open-local. >>> (url-dired-find-file): Use `find-file'. Doc fix. >>> (url-dired-find-file-mouse, url-dired-minor-mode): Doc fix. >> It's good to remove this dependency on W3, but `find-file' will not >> work unless the user enabled url-handler-mode. > I thought so, too, at first, but the filenames are in tramp/ange-ftp > format: "/anonymous@ftp.gnu.org:/README". The old code changed remote > filenames into URLs so that `w3-fetch' could deal with them. Hmm.. indeed url-dired isn't what I thought. The file needs a `commentary' section to explain what it does (and intends to do). It seems it's only used via url-find-file-dired called from url-file (in url-file.el). Is that right? Stefan