bug#7229: 23.1; ido guess and ffap bug

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 13.07.2013 5:20, Leo Liu wrote:
> On 2013-07-13 07:03 +0800, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> > Maybe we should be able to restrict `ffap-file-at-point' to local files
> > (which it checks for existence).
> >
> > After all, the variable that enables this behavior is called
> > `ido-use-filename-at-point', and the description does not tell you that
> > the thing at point could be interpreted as a remote URL.
>
> Is ffap-url-regexp enough?

Not 100% sure what you mean, but probably not:

1) It doesn't match "/**", a value which apparently (ffap-guesser) can 
return even if there's no existing file with that name.

2) Likewise, it doesn't match "http:/". And I'm sure we can find other 
examples.