From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4300: 23.1.50; bad function name: browse-url-default-browser Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:56:28 +0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310522251 1400 80.91.229.12 (13 Jul 2011 01:57:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:57:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4300@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 13 03:57:25 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgohX-0004IW-39 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:57:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53100 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgohV-0004I1-ST for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:57:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:56840) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgohE-0004Hw-18 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:57:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgohD-0000g6-9x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:57:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58705) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgohD-0000g2-8U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:57:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgohC-0005jV-IH; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:57:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Leo Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:57:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 4300 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 4300-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B4300.131052221322014 (code B ref 4300); Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:57:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4300) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jul 2011 01:56:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qgoh2-0005j1-7B for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:56:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-iy0-f172.google.com ([209.85.210.172]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qgoh0-0005ip-I0 for 4300@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:56:51 -0400 Original-Received: by iye7 with SMTP id 7so5185305iye.3 for <4300@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:56:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=BZIqCwiCS4jFliBTf6EYt7P7xEDa/Nx056K9ysBe5OU=; b=a0BC8GcTci36IV2012CDEWxAC/6fk8nYSdZXZpjLqgCNx6uXtzOgT4d2OusnTrSCsJ sZ9XcdtzgTKe7zn69p/nwI6xzda4QsrE4oRRUjD59jztwW1GKWqjU/SCbv2VC1j2iquO ExzaYYPRySLuEY56vd2xTxSi3StNZw/5FJ1D0= Original-Received: by 10.42.161.73 with SMTP id s9mr558393icx.523.1310522204692; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:56:44 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost ([114.247.10.78]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a9sm12869321icy.6.2011.07.12.18.56.41 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:56:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:37:09 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3.50 (Mac OS X 10.6.7) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:57:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:48814 Archived-At: On 2011-07-13 05:37 +0800, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote: > I think the function name is clear enough, and renaming it would > introduce churn for little extra gain, so I'm closing this report. Lars, The function name is misleading in that it does not find the default browser on the OS to open url. For example, on OSX, it opens up an xterm, which is ridiculous to most OSX users. Changing a function name to better introduces no churn and helps 3rd party developers improve their code. Cheers, Leo