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Subject: Re: file-remote-p broken
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From: Mark Borges <mdb@cdc.noaa.gov>
Date: 25 Mar 1997 09:25:35 -0700
In-Reply-To: kifer@cs.sunysb.edu's message of Tue, 25 Mar 1997 06:40:31 -0500
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>> On Tue, 25 Mar 1997 06:40:31 -0500,
>> Michael Kifer(MK) wrote:
MK> While we are at it, here is a related suggestion for efs:

MK> how about allowing url-style format:

MK>     ftp://user@machine/....

While it would be nice to have this syntax recognized by efs, this
functionality is already realized by ffap.el:

;;; ffap.el --- find file (or url) at point

;; Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Time-stamp: <96/08/07 11:54:03 mic>

;; Author: Michelangelo Grigni <mic@mathcs.emory.edu>
;; Version: 1.7.2
;; Created: 29 Mar 1993
;; Keywords: files, hypermedia, matching, mouse
;; X-Latest: ftp://ftp.mathcs.emory.edu:/pub/mic/emacs/

;;; Commentary:
;;
;; Command find-file-at-point replaces find-file.  With a prefix, it
;; behaves exactly like find-file.  Without a prefix, it first tries
;; to guess a default file or url from the text around the point
;; (`ffap-require-prefix' swaps these behaviors).  This is useful for
;; following references in situations such as mail or news buffers,
;; README's, MANIFEST's, and so on.  Submit bugs or suggestions with
;; M-x ffap-bug.

Perhaps I should've spoken up about this when there was a call for
small packages way back when for 19.15. Oh well. Maybe it can be
considered for 20.2.

-- 
  -mb-

