URL Programmer's Manual

URL

This file documents the Emacs Lisp URL loading package.

Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being “A GNU Manual,” and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License”.

(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: “You have the freedom to copy and modify this GNU manual. Buying copies from the FSF supports it in developing GNU and promoting software freedom.”

• Getting Started: Preparing your program to use URLs.
• Retrieving URLs: How to use this package to retrieve a URL.
• Supported URL Types: Descriptions of URL types currently supported.
• Defining New URLs: How to define a URL loader for a new protocol.
• General Facilities: URLs can be cached, accessed via a gateway and tracked in a history list.
• Customization: Variables you can alter.
• GNU Free Documentation License: The license for this documentation.
• Function Index
• Variable Index
• Concept Index