Re: browse-url and "non-webish" URLs

[Johan Bockgård]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> I haven't had time to look into it yet, but I'd like to see the
> following in browse-url: if the URL refers to a "text file" then use
> url-insert-file-contents (or if url-handler-mode is ON, just use
> find-file-other-window).

Like

    (require 'url-handlers)

    (defun browse-url-emacs (url &optional new-window)
      (let ((file-name-handler-alist
             (cons (cons url-handler-regexp 'url-file-handler)
                   file-name-handler-alist)))
        (if new-window
            (find-file-other-window url)
          (find-file url))))

    (setq browse-url-browser-function
          '(("\\.el\\'" . browse-url-emacs)
            ("."        . browse-url-firefox)))

    (browse-url
     "http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs/download/eight-puzzle.el";)

-- 
Johan Bockgård