Re: Bug in Carbon port: browse-url-default-macosx-browser

[Stefan Monnier]

> 1. I installed my customized Emacs on a newly installed OSX 10.4.3,  which
>    defines html as an allowable extension in its Info.plist. This  could
>    have been Smultron or BBEdit or whatever alternatively.
>    LaunchServices seemed to think that this was supposed to be the  default
>    handler for HTML files now - if you opened them, they're not  displayed
>    in the browser, but in the editor. When I chose "view  buffer contents"
>    in html mode, this didn't work as intended.

I'm not sure I understand correctly.  Are you saying that installing Emacs
causes it to become the default handler for HTML files?  If so, it sounds
like a bug to me.

> And that is what browse-url should do when browse-url-browser-function is
> set to 'browse-url-default-macosx-browser.  And mind you, it is this
> symbol and not something like 'browse-url-default-html-file-handler.

I understand the difference, of course.  I'm just trying to understand why
it's so important: while it's a valid config, it shouldn't be the default.


        Stefan