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bug#45779: Once FFAP sniffs a URL, its taste buds no longer recognize fi
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#45779: Once FFAP sniffs a URL, its taste buds no longer recognize filenames |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Jan 2021 23:39:04 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
> The usual case is: for FFAP users: Let's say the cursor is sitting on
> top of a URL. Or say a file full of URLs.
>
> Now there is no way to expand filenames!
Indeed, because you've asked Emacs to guess based on what's under point.
> Sure, one could remember to do C-u C-x C-f etc.
>
> But that isn't natural.
Why not?
> What is natural is if we clean up the whole minibuffer, then FFAP should
> reset its thinking.
What if the user deleted the contents because they wanted to type in a
different URL?
> Or, at least not prompt us with the "lie" of "File or URL..." when it is
> already in "URL expansion only mode"...
You can type in a file name and it'll be opened.
I don't see anything to fix here; closing.
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