Re: %-escapes in file URL

[Jan Djärv]

YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu skrev:
> > > > > > On Mon, 15 May 2006 11:59:52 +0200, Jan Djärv <address@hidden> said:
>
> > I see that the functions in browse-url does some %-escaping where so
> > is needed.  Would it not be better to keep it consistent,
> > i.e. always give browse-url functions URL:s without %-escapes?
>
> Which one?  `browse-url-file-url' takes a file name, not a URL.
> (BTW, I think (setq file (encode-coding-system file (or
> default-file-name-coding-system file-name-coding-system))) is needed
> before %-escaping.)
> `browse-url-{netscape,mozilla,firefox}' take a URL, but they only
> %-excape a few characters such as `)' so as to avoid confusion with
> their remote control syntax.

I was thinking of browse-url-{netscape,mozilla,firefox}.

        Jan D.