Re: browse-url updates?

[Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net>]

Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:

> Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> writes:
>
>> My question is about how I get browse-url updates.
>>
>> I just installed Fedora 21, which gives me Firefox 36,
>> and
>> GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.14.5).
>>
>> When I click on links in Emacs I get a new empty Firefox window.
>>
>> So, I did a search and found this:
>>
>> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BrowseUrl
>>
>> I copied the browse-url-firefox function and evaluated it
>> and that fixed the problem.
>>
>> Now I'm wondering why I haven't seen an updated browse-url
>> package come through the normal Fedora update mechanisms.
>>
>> Any ideas where the delay is?
>
> browse-url now is distributed with Emacs and I think that it is unlikely
> that Fedora has an specific package for it. A few days ago the problem
> you describe was fixed on Emacs, but you have to wait until a new Emacs
> release is created (IIRC 24.5 is being tested, but I'm not sure if the
> fix is in the release).
>
> Another option is to build your Emacs, and yet another option is to
> override (or advice) browse-url-firefox with the fixed instance, as you
> did on your experiments.
>
> It is unfortunate that Emacs used a Firefox option documented as
> obsolete for so long, resulting on this mess.

Okay, that's exactly what I was looking for.
The fix was recent and hasn't made it from Emacs to Fedora yet.

I can live with making a local mod as long as it won't be wiped
out by normal updates.

Thanks.

-- 
Dan Espen