Re: eww-browse-with-external-browser unexpectedly starts up librewolf instead of firefox

Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:32:39 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.help
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> From: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected], Eric S Fraga <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:01:05 -0400
> 
> > It could be nice to mention `browse-url-firefox-program' in the
> > docstring of `browse-url-firefox'.
> >
> 
> Yes, it’s an oversight/error that a user option that
> determines the behavior of a (external) function is not
> documented in the docstring of that function.  Possibly,
> Eric Fraga might want to report this oversight (M-x
> report-emacs-bug).  

Before reporting a bug about this, it is recommended to look at the
current code in the Git repository.

> There are many such ‘-program’ user options in the
> ‘browse-url’ package, but they are not causing any problems
> because their default values are working for (almost) all
> users and so no one is noticing their missing documentation.

It is the general case that no one notices the documentation until
they need it.