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bug#4300: 23.1.50; bad function name: browse-url-default-browser
From: |
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#4300: 23.1.50; bad function name: browse-url-default-browser |
Date: |
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:37:09 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:
> ,----[ C-h f browse-url-default-browser RET ]
> | browse-url-default-browser is a compiled Lisp function in
> | `browse-url.el'.
[...]
> The only thing that is related to 'default' is it uses url around point
> by default. But the name is misleading, for example, emacs-w3m uses it
> to open a default external browser, but it will open bizarre browsers on
> OS X or Windows.
>
> I wonder if the function name can be improved, for example,
> browse-url-try-browsers.
I think the function name is clear enough, and renaming it would
introduce churn for little extra gain, so I'm closing this report.
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- bug#4300: 23.1.50; bad function name: browse-url-default-browser,
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <=