bug#44822: 27.1; Regression in `ffap-read-file-or-url'

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Hmm... the motivation for the change is described in the comment:
>
>       ;; FIXME: We earlier tried to make use of `url-file-handler' so
>       ;; `read-file-name' could also be used for URLs, but it
>       ;; introduced all kinds of subtle breakage such as:
>       ;; - (file-name-directory "http://a";) returning "http://a/";
>       ;; - Trying to contact remote hosts with no justification
>       ;; These should be fixed in url-handler-mode before we can try
>       ;; using it here again.

Duh; my eyes just skipped that bit.  :-/

> Maybe the cure is worse than the disease,

I had forgotten all the peculiarities that url-file-handler has -- it's
simply not a usable solution.

Perhaps somebody can come up with a much, much simpler solution for use
in `read-file-name' only -- that shouldn't be insurmountable, I think...

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