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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2015-03-24 23:26:48 -0700
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2015-03-24 23:26:48 -0700
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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.
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diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+2015-03-25 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+ * idlwave.texi (HTML Help Browser Tips): Remove obsolete info.
+
2015-03-18 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* efaq-w32.texi: Remove outdated information and update.
2015-03-18 Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
- * efaq.texi (Fullscreen mode on MS-Windows): Fix description (Bug#20110).
+ * efaq.texi (Fullscreen mode on MS-Windows):
+ Fix description (Bug#20110).
2015-03-04 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
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
whether this help browser is used. If you use the IDL Assistant, the
tips here are not relevant.
-Since IDLWAVE runs on a many different system types, a single browser
-configuration is not possible, but choices abound. On many systems,
-the default browser configured in @code{browse-url-browser-function},
-and hence inherited by default by
-@code{idlwave-help-browser-function}, is Netscape. Unfortunately, the
-HTML manuals decompiled from the original source contain formatting
-structures which Netscape 4.x does not handle well, though they are
-still readable. A much better choice is Mozilla, or one of the
-Mozilla-derived browsers such as
-@uref{http://galeon.sourceforge.net/,Galeon} (GNU/Linux),
-@uref{http://www.mozilla.org/projects/camino/,Camino} (MacOSX), or
-@uref{http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/,Firebird} (all
-platforms). Newer versions of Emacs provide a browser-function choice
-@code{browse-url-gnome-moz} which uses the Gnome-configured browser.
+Since IDLWAVE runs on many different system types, a single browser
+configuration is not possible, but choices abound. The default
+@code{idlwave-help-browser-function} inherits the browser configured
+in @code{browse-url-browser-function}.
Note that the HTML files decompiled from the help sources contain
specific references to the @samp{Symbol} font, which by default is not
permitted in normal encodings (it's invalid, technically). Though it
only impacts a few symbols, you can trick Mozilla-based browsers into
recognizing @samp{Symbol} by following the directions
+@c This page is 11 years old. Is it still relevant?
@uref{http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/Xfonts.html, here}. With
this fix in place, HTML help pages look almost identical to their PDF
equivalents (yet can be bookmarked, browsed as history, searched,
etc.).
+@c Not updated in over a decade.
+@C Maybe you want to recommend eww these days.
+@ignore
@noindent Individual platform recommendations:
@itemize @bullet
@@ -3861,6 +3855,7 @@ following, to get consistent behavior with the @kbd{q} key:
Note that you can open the file in an external browser from within
@code{w3m} using @kbd{M}.
@end itemize
+@end ignore
@node Configuration Examples
@appendix Configuration Examples