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bug#44822: 27.1; Regression in `ffap-read-file-or-url'
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#44822: 27.1; Regression in `ffap-read-file-or-url' |
Date: |
Sat, 31 Jul 2021 13:54:59 -0400 |
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Lars Ingebrigtsen [2021-07-31 18:58:12] wrote:
> 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...
Do you think that someone's last name could end in "olpiatto", maybe?
Stefan