[Conkeror] [PATCH] find-url with blank url reloads buffer.

[Jeremy Maitin-Shepard]

David Kettler <David.Kettler at dsto.defence.gov.au> writes:

>> Are you simply trying to free up the "r" key binding or something?
> Not really.  It's a bit frivolous to be honest.  It's just that I'm
> used to pressing "g" in gnus to get new news.  So when I'm looking at
> a webpage and I want an update, because conkeror is so wonderfully
> emacsy there's a neural pathway etched into my brain that causes my
> fingers to press "g" before I'm even conscious of the thought.  With
> this patch I can then just say "oh" and press RET.  But I think it's
> sensible behaviour and preferable to an error.  And I quite like that
> "C-u g RET" duplicates the page.

> I've implemented John's easy option; I'll post that soon.

Note that loading the same URL as the current page is not equivalent to
reloading.  First of all, if the current page was obtained from a POST
request, naturally the URL does not capture the post data.  Furthermore,
the referrer URL will not be included either.

For that reason, in order for a blank URL to properly mean reload, it
really would have to be special cased, and I simply don't think that
makes sense.

-- 
Jeremy Maitin-Shepard