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| author | Glenn Morris | 2015-03-24 23:26:48 -0700 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris | 2015-03-24 23:26:48 -0700 |
| commit | f314d48159083f9f660fe6a3fb038016a77ae4bf (patch) | |
| tree | 577a2b2f05848832a91cc3df89254dd93e10fe1e /doc/misc | |
| parent | c2385c6f36d346d6524a4119109f52d4fd975244 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-f314d48159083f9f660fe6a3fb038016a77ae4bf.tar.gz emacs-f314d48159083f9f660fe6a3fb038016a77ae4bf.zip | |
browse-url: mark some of the more obsolete stuff as such
* lisp/net/browse-url.el (browse-url-browser-function)
(browse-url-default-browser):
Remove obsolete items from the explicit listing.
(browse-url-new-window-flag, browse-url-of-file-hook): Doc fixes.
(browse-url-netscape-program, browse-url-netscape-arguments)
(browse-url-netscape-startup-arguments)
(browse-url-galeon-program, browse-url-galeon-arguments)
(browse-url-galeon-startup-arguments)
(browse-url-gnome-moz-program, browse-url-gnome-moz-arguments)
(browse-url-galeon-new-window-is-tab)
(browse-url-netscape-new-window-is-tab)
(browse-url-mosaic-program, browse-url-mosaic-arguments)
(browse-url-mosaic-pidfile, browse-url-CCI-port)
(browse-url-CCI-host, browse-url-netscape-version)
(browse-url-netscape, browse-url-netscape-sentinel)
(browse-url-netscape-reload, browse-url-netscape-send)
(browse-url-galeon, browse-url-galeon-sentinel)
(browse-url-gnome-moz, browse-url-mosaic, browse-url-cci)
(browse-url-w3-gnudoit): Make obsolete.
* etc/NEWS: Mention this.
* doc/misc/idlwave.texi (HTML Help Browser Tips): Remove obsolete info.
* lisp/ffap.el (ffap-url-fetcher): Simplify default and doc.
* lisp/x-dnd.el: Comment update.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/misc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/idlwave.texi | 23 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog index 62f565191dc..b7419b5369b 100644 --- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog | |||
| @@ -1,10 +1,15 @@ | |||
| 1 | 2015-03-25 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | ||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | * idlwave.texi (HTML Help Browser Tips): Remove obsolete info. | ||
| 4 | |||
| 1 | 2015-03-18 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 5 | 2015-03-18 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
| 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | * efaq-w32.texi: Remove outdated information and update. | 7 | * efaq-w32.texi: Remove outdated information and update. |
| 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2015-03-18 Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at> | 9 | 2015-03-18 Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at> |
| 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | * efaq.texi (Fullscreen mode on MS-Windows): Fix description (Bug#20110). | 11 | * efaq.texi (Fullscreen mode on MS-Windows): |
| 12 | Fix description (Bug#20110). | ||
| 8 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 2015-03-04 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> | 14 | 2015-03-04 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> |
| 10 | 15 | ||
diff --git a/doc/misc/idlwave.texi b/doc/misc/idlwave.texi index 7cf9673add5..f6d702c4963 100644 --- a/doc/misc/idlwave.texi +++ b/doc/misc/idlwave.texi | |||
| @@ -3800,31 +3800,25 @@ available, it is the preferred choice, and the default. The variable | |||
| 3800 | whether this help browser is used. If you use the IDL Assistant, the | 3800 | whether this help browser is used. If you use the IDL Assistant, the |
| 3801 | tips here are not relevant. | 3801 | tips here are not relevant. |
| 3802 | 3802 | ||
| 3803 | Since IDLWAVE runs on a many different system types, a single browser | 3803 | Since IDLWAVE runs on many different system types, a single browser |
| 3804 | configuration is not possible, but choices abound. On many systems, | 3804 | configuration is not possible, but choices abound. The default |
| 3805 | the default browser configured in @code{browse-url-browser-function}, | 3805 | @code{idlwave-help-browser-function} inherits the browser configured |
| 3806 | and hence inherited by default by | 3806 | in @code{browse-url-browser-function}. |
| 3807 | @code{idlwave-help-browser-function}, is Netscape. Unfortunately, the | ||
| 3808 | HTML manuals decompiled from the original source contain formatting | ||
| 3809 | structures which Netscape 4.x does not handle well, though they are | ||
| 3810 | still readable. A much better choice is Mozilla, or one of the | ||
| 3811 | Mozilla-derived browsers such as | ||
| 3812 | @uref{http://galeon.sourceforge.net/,Galeon} (GNU/Linux), | ||
| 3813 | @uref{http://www.mozilla.org/projects/camino/,Camino} (MacOSX), or | ||
| 3814 | @uref{http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/,Firebird} (all | ||
| 3815 | platforms). Newer versions of Emacs provide a browser-function choice | ||
| 3816 | @code{browse-url-gnome-moz} which uses the Gnome-configured browser. | ||
| 3817 | 3807 | ||
| 3818 | Note that the HTML files decompiled from the help sources contain | 3808 | Note that the HTML files decompiled from the help sources contain |
| 3819 | specific references to the @samp{Symbol} font, which by default is not | 3809 | specific references to the @samp{Symbol} font, which by default is not |
| 3820 | permitted in normal encodings (it's invalid, technically). Though it | 3810 | permitted in normal encodings (it's invalid, technically). Though it |
| 3821 | only impacts a few symbols, you can trick Mozilla-based browsers into | 3811 | only impacts a few symbols, you can trick Mozilla-based browsers into |
| 3822 | recognizing @samp{Symbol} by following the directions | 3812 | recognizing @samp{Symbol} by following the directions |
| 3813 | @c This page is 11 years old. Is it still relevant? | ||
| 3823 | @uref{http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/Xfonts.html, here}. With | 3814 | @uref{http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/Xfonts.html, here}. With |
| 3824 | this fix in place, HTML help pages look almost identical to their PDF | 3815 | this fix in place, HTML help pages look almost identical to their PDF |
| 3825 | equivalents (yet can be bookmarked, browsed as history, searched, | 3816 | equivalents (yet can be bookmarked, browsed as history, searched, |
| 3826 | etc.). | 3817 | etc.). |
| 3827 | 3818 | ||
| 3819 | @c Not updated in over a decade. | ||
| 3820 | @C Maybe you want to recommend eww these days. | ||
| 3821 | @ignore | ||
| 3828 | @noindent Individual platform recommendations: | 3822 | @noindent Individual platform recommendations: |
| 3829 | 3823 | ||
| 3830 | @itemize @bullet | 3824 | @itemize @bullet |
| @@ -3861,6 +3855,7 @@ following, to get consistent behavior with the @kbd{q} key: | |||
| 3861 | Note that you can open the file in an external browser from within | 3855 | Note that you can open the file in an external browser from within |
| 3862 | @code{w3m} using @kbd{M}. | 3856 | @code{w3m} using @kbd{M}. |
| 3863 | @end itemize | 3857 | @end itemize |
| 3858 | @end ignore | ||
| 3864 | 3859 | ||
| 3865 | @node Configuration Examples | 3860 | @node Configuration Examples |
| 3866 | @appendix Configuration Examples | 3861 | @appendix Configuration Examples |