Re: 23.0.0; (thing-at-point 'url) returns invalid urls

[Tassilo Horn]

Leo <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Leo,

>>> Put the point in any word but not in a url and eval (thing-at-point
>>> 'url) it will returns a url like "http://something";, where
>>> 'something' is the word under point.
>>
>> That looks good to me. Why do you think it is not a valid URL?
>
> Because a url created by concat "http://"; and the word under point is
> unlikely to be accessible by a browser.

... unless the word is www.google.com or savannah.gnu.org.  So to me the
behavior looks good.  I think it's much better to return an URL that may
not exist than always returning nil if the URL lacks the protocol spec.

Bye,
Tassilo
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