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bug#40269: Emacs should recognize "file:" when opening files
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#40269: Emacs should recognize "file:" when opening files |
Date: |
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 21:04:46 +0300 |
> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 40269@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2020 01:44:33 +0800
>
> >>>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> EZ> Is there an actual use case here, or are we inventing it as we go?
>
> Sure:
> $ emacs file:///etc/motd
>
> Use M-x make-directory RET RET to create the directory and its parents
>
> What a "outdated" response from emacs.
>
> It should at least say "I am emacs. I know you used a file: URL. I know
> file URL have more meaning than arbitrary zzzz: URLs. But I currently
> don't have a consensus about what to do with them right now." At least.
That's not a use case. A use case would be when you describe that you
have this-and-that problem or need, and the natural solution is to use
the file:// URL to access a local file (instead of just naming the
file as usual).
- bug#40269: Emacs should recognize "file:" when opening files, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2020/08/05
- bug#40269: Emacs should recognize "file:" when opening files, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson, 2020/08/06
- bug#40269: Emacs should recognize "file:" when opening files, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2020/08/06
- bug#40269: Emacs should recognize "file:" when opening files, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/08/06
- bug#40269: Emacs should recognize "file:" when opening files, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson, 2020/08/06
- bug#40269: Emacs should recognize "file:" when opening files,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#40269: Emacs should recognize "file:" when opening files, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson, 2020/08/06
- bug#40269: Emacs should recognize "file:" when opening files, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/08/07
- bug#40269: Emacs should recognize "file:" when opening files, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson, 2020/08/07
- bug#40269: Emacs should recognize "file:" when opening files, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/08/07