The URL package contains code to parse and handle URLs. It was originally part of w3, the web browser written entirely in EmacsLisp. Now it is a separate library available in Emacs 22. It supports the following URI schemes: cid, data, dav (webdav, vc-dav), file, ftp, http, https, imap, info, irc, ldap, mailto, man, news, nfs, rlogin, snews, telnet, tn3270. You can add your own functions to deal wi