* lisp/url/url-irc.el (url-irc-function): Change signature of function
interface to expect a final "scheme" argument, such as "ircs".
(url-irc): Call `url-irc-function' with new positional argument, the
scheme extracted via `url-type' from the input URL.
(url-irc-erc, url-irc-rcirc, url-irc-zenirc): Accept a URL scheme as a
sixth positional arg.
(url-ircs-default-port, url-ircs): Add new autoloaded constant and
alias for `url-scheme-get-property' to recognize. Do this to avoid
having to add another file.
* lisp/net/browse-url.el (browse-url-irc-function): Add new option.
(browse-url--irc): Add new function to call `browse-url-irc-function'.
(browse-url-default-handlers): Add "irc://" entry.
(browse-url-irc): Add new function to serve as general handler for
"irc://" URLS. Accept trailing variadic args to accommodate
non-browse-url interfaces as well.
* test/lisp/net/browse-url-tests.el
(browse-url-tests-select-handler-irc): Add test for "irc://" URL
pattern.
* etc/NEWS: Mention select browse-url and url-irc
changes. (Bug#56514.)
The w3 package was removed from GNU ELPA in 2020 as it doesn't run on
a recent Emacs, and development had stopped over a decade before that.
If anyone wants to revive the w3 package, they should look this all
over, but it doesn't make sense for us to maintain this support code.
Ref: https://debbugs.gnu.org/25395
* lisp/net/browse-url.el (browse-url-w3): Make obsolete.
(browse-url--browser-defcustom-type)
(browse-url-default-browser):
* lisp/ffap.el (ffap-url-at-point, ffap-file-at-point):
* lisp/net/newst-plainview.el (newsticker--buffer-do-insert-text):
* lisp/net/newst-reader.el (newsticker-html-renderer)
(newsticker-show-news):
* lisp/net/newst-treeview.el (newsticker--treeview-render-text):
* lisp/org/ol.el (org-store-link):
* lisp/url/url.el (url-retrieve): Remove w3 support code and related
documentation and comments. (Bug#56435)
* test/lisp/net/browse-url-tests.el
(browse-url-tests-browser-kind): Adjust test for above changes.
* etc/TODO: Remove TODO to install W3.
* doc/misc/org.org (Handling Links): Don't mention W3.
* lisp/msb.el (msb--few-menus, msb--very-many-menus): Check for
eww-mode instead of w3-mode.
* lisp/net/browse-url.el (browse-url--file-name-coding-system):
Factor out into own function.
(browse-url-file-url): Property encode non-ASCII characters so
that external browsers can understand them.
(browse-url-emacs): Make `W' in Dired work with non-ASCII file
names (bug#54271).
* lisp/net/browse-url.el (browse-url-url-encode-chars): Document
what the argument really is, and simplify the implementation
(bug#50435).
(browse-url-encode-url): Encode spaces.
* lisp/net/browse-url.el: Turn on lexical-binding.
(browse-url--mailto, browse-url--man, browse-url--browser): Use
imperative form in docstrings.
(browse-url-delete-temp-file): Turn comment into a proper docstring.
* test/lisp/net/browse-url-tests.el: New file with tests for
browse-url.el.
