Re: bug-reference.el: Allow custom handlers for opening URLs

[Stefan Monnier]

> Yes, that's probably even better/more generic.  But again, I wouldn't
> want to hard-code that, so I guess we'd want some `browse-url-handlers'
> in browse-url.el doing basically the same as the
> `bug-reference-url-handlers' I proposed, right?

Yes.  Hopefully that can be used for other purposes such as redirecting
some URLs to EWW?

> Looking at it, there're already some special handlers for mailto: and
> man: page URLs.  Should I convert those to default entries of the new
> `browse-url-handlers' alist?  (IMHO, yes.)

I think that would make sense, yes.

> And should the presence of `debbugs-gnu-bugs' create an entry in the
> alist, i.e., should having debbugs installed be enough to open bug links
> with debbugs or should we still be using the browser?

You mean, should the debbugs package come with autoloads that add
themselves to this new variable?  That's up to the debbugs package
maintainers, I'd say ;-)


        Stefan