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bug#42432: 26.3; Doc of `browse-url*' functions
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#42432: 26.3; Doc of `browse-url*' functions |
Date: |
Sun, 19 Jul 2020 21:55:32 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> The doc of the `browse-url*' functions that says that the function uses
> a WWW browser is, in general, incorrect when it comes to functions that
> can browse a file. The doc should be corrected in this regard.
>
> For example, any function that directly or indirectly uses
> `browse-url-default-windows-browser' does NOT, even in general, use a
> web browser. It typically uses `w32-shell-execute' with action "open"
> to open the file. In general, the program that does that is determined
> by the file type, and in generalt it is NOT a web browser.
You're right about the doc string being misleading, but it's incorrect
for new reasons in more modern versions of Emacs. :-)
These days, that action is only called for files that have with .htm{l,}
in the file names, so it's more correct in that regard. But all other
files are opened using Emacs itself now, so there's no web browser
involved.
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