Re: Patch for remote files in dnd.el

[David Kastrup]

Jason Rumney <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup wrote:
>> I think we should generally have this transform the stuff properly,
>> independent of platform.
>>   
> The problem is defining what "properly" means for remote file:
> urls. On Windows, the system calls handle remote files using UNC
> paths, generally via the smb protocol, but on GNU and Unix systems,
> there are a number of possible protocols (smb, nfs, afs, ftp...) which
> all require external utilities, and it is not clear which is the right
> choice. I imagine this is why Nautilus and Konqueror avoid using
> remote file: urls, and instead use protocol specific urls for remote
> files.
>
>> Can't we just generally use the same mechanism as for `browse-url' for
>> files dropped into Emacs?
>>   
> Browse URL just launches a WWW browser to deal with URLs (except for
> a few specific types like mailto: which are handled internally in
> Emacs). I don't think the user expects a file to be opened in their
> WWW browser when the drag it onto Emacs.

Then perhaps browse-url should be made to handle more types and
protocols.  I'd prefer it if browse-url used Emacs whenever possible,
like for ftp and ssh connections.

That sounds like an approach more useful to everybody than a
Windows-specific solution.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum