Command `browse-url-galeon' in browse-url.el

[Bodo Schulze]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-debian-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2002-03-22 on raven, modified by Debian
configured using `configure  i386-debian-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr 
--sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib 
--infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes --with-x=yes 
--with-x-toolkit=athena --without-gif'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: C
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: de_DE
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

Using galeon version 1.2.5

In a buffer being in text-mode, I placed point on

  file:///usr/local/doc/HOWTO/Text-Terminal-HOWTO-9.html

then called

  M-x browse-url-galeon

This works fine. Then I issue:

  M-x browse-url-new-window-flag RET t RET

place point on

  file:///usr/local/doc/HOWTO/Text-Terminal-HOWTO-8.html

and call again

  M-x browse-url-galeon

This last file gets shown in the same window as the first one, but
should be shown in a new window.

In defun browse-url-galeon in browse-url-el, I read this:

         (process (apply 'start-process
                         (concat "galeon " url) nil
                         browse-url-galeon-program
                         (append
                          browse-url-galeon-arguments
                          (if new-window '("-w" "--noraise"))
                          (list "-x" url)))))

I guess the option -x (for 'show in same window') shadows the earlier
option -w (for 'show in new window').  Also --noraise is not mentioned in 
the manual of Galeon version 1.2.5

Here is a patch that I found to correct the problem:


*** browse-url.el.orig  Sat Aug  9 19:58:27 2003
--- browse-url.el       Sat Aug  9 19:58:27 2003
***************
*** 901,908 ****
                         browse-url-galeon-program
                         (append
                          browse-url-galeon-arguments
!                           (if new-window '("-w" "--noraise"))
!                           (list "-x" url)))))
      (set-process-sentinel process
                          `(lambda (process change)
                             (browse-url-galeon-sentinel process ,url)))))
--- 904,912 ----
                         browse-url-galeon-program
                         (append
                          browse-url-galeon-arguments
!                         ;; -w does not pass through with -x
!                         (list (if new-window "-w" "-x")
!                               url)))))
      (set-process-sentinel process
                          `(lambda (process change)
                             (browse-url-galeon-sentinel process ,url)))))

Hope it helps.

Additional remark:

Galeon now can open a file in a new Tab. Emacs does not yet provide a
flag for this useful option.  I already mentioned this in an earlier
bug-report on `browse-url-mozilla' in browse-url.el.  Should there be a
new flag, or would it be better to leave it to the user to specify the
desired behaviour in `browse-url-galeon-arguments' and
`browse-url-mozilla-arguments' altogether?

Best regards,
Bodo Schulze