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Emacs: Download a url to a buffer and open the buffer
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| (defun find-url-at-point (&optional url) | |
| "Open the URL at point." | |
| (interactive) | |
| (switch-to-buffer | |
| (url-retrieve-synchronously | |
| (or url (let ((default-search-string (if (region-active-p) (buffer-substring-no-properties (region-beginning) (region-end)) (thing-at-point-url-at-point) ))) | |
| (read-string (format "URL: %s" (or default-search-string "")) nil nil default-search-string) ) )) )) |
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