bug#16211: eww should support multiple *eww* buffers

[Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net>]

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>>>>> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>>>>> Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> writes:

 >> The problem is that trying to M-x eww, or to follow a link, in such
 >> a renamed buffer, results in the target document still being
 >> rendered in the *eww* buffer.

 > This has now been fixed on the trunk.

	Not quite.  Please consider the patch MIMEd.

	I’d also prefer for the name of the default EWW buffer to be
	customizable (another patch MIMEd), but that’s another story.

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--- a/lisp/net/eww.el
+++ b/lisp/net/eww.el
@@ -664,7 +664,8 @@ defun eww-reload ()
   "Reload the current page."
   (interactive)
   (let ((url (plist-get eww-data :url)))
-    (url-retrieve url 'eww-render (list url (point)))))
+    (url-retrieve url 'eww-render
+		  (list url (point) (current-buffer)))))
 
 ;; Form support.
 

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--- a/lisp/net/eww.el
+++ b/lisp/net/eww.el
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@
   :group 'eww
   :type 'string)
 
+(defcustom eww-buffer-name "*eww*"
+  "Buffer name to use for rendering HTML."
+  :version "25.1"
+  :group 'eww
+  :type 'string)
+
 (defcustom eww-use-external-browser-for-content-type
   "\\`\\(video/\\|audio/\\|application/ogg\\)"
   "Always use external browser for specified content-type."
@@ -422,7 +459,7 @@ See the `eww-search-prefix' variable for the search engine used."
   (switch-to-buffer
    (if (buffer-live-p buffer)
        buffer
-     (get-buffer-create "*eww*")))
+     (get-buffer-create eww-buffer-name)))
   (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
     (remove-overlays)
     (erase-buffer))