rfn-eshadow (Was: address@hidden: ffap; prompt turns color misleadingly])

[Juri Linkov]

> I doubt that Michelangelo Grigni is still involved in ffap.el.
> Someone else interested in ffap.el might want to work on this.

ffap.el mentions FSF as a maintainer, but actually this bug has nothing
to do with ffap.

The problem is that even if ffap is disabled, when typing an URL in the
minibuffer, rfn-eshadow.el threats it as a file name, and puts a shadow
over the `http:' part because it contains double slashes //.

I think the right way to fix this problem is the following patch that
prevents handling of URLs by file-name-shadow-mode:

Index: lisp/rfn-eshadow.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/lisp/rfn-eshadow.el,v
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -w -b -r1.26 rfn-eshadow.el
--- lisp/rfn-eshadow.el 21 Sep 2007 05:24:05 -0000      1.26
+++ lisp/rfn-eshadow.el 3 Jan 2008 21:36:44 -0000
@@ -177,7 +177,10 @@
 `file-name-shadow-mode'; the minibuffer should have already
 been set up by `rfn-eshadow-setup-minibuffer'."
   (condition-case nil
-      (let ((goal (substitute-in-file-name (minibuffer-contents)))
+      (let* ((mc (minibuffer-contents))
+            (goal (if (string-match-p "\\`\\(https?\\|ftp\\|file\\)://" mc)
+                      mc
+                    (substitute-in-file-name mc)))
             (mid (overlay-end rfn-eshadow-overlay))
             (start (minibuffer-prompt-end))
             (end (point-max)))

> From: address@hidden
> Subject: ffap; prompt turns color misleadingly
> To: Michelangelo Grigni <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:45:50 +0800
>
> $ emacs -Q file_with_url_in_it
> Put the cursor on the URL, do M-x ffap.
> Now add some slashes at the end of the URL. The preceding part of the URL
> changes color, making us think that we are now just referring to the local
> file system as the usual shortcut: /wrong//right, but in fact it is all
> appended to the URL anyway!
>
> Also please use a third color for the "http:/" and "ftp:/", or use the
> same color as the rest of the URL. Currently you use the "discarded
> text" color, which is not exactly right, as it is indeed part of the URL.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/