browse-url-mozilla

browse-url-mozilla

[Dan Jacobson]

Now that I use Mozilla instead of netscape, I was looking to change my
browse-url function.  The closest I found was

(defun browse-url-gnome-moz (url &optional new-window)
  "Ask Mozilla/Netscape to load URL via the GNOME program `gnome-moz-remote'.

But I don't use Gnome, I believe, and it just seems to call netscape.
There apparently isn't any plain old browse-url-mozilla.  Hmm. 
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Re: browse-url-mozilla

[Glenn Morris]

Dan Jacobson <jidanni@deadspam.com> wrote:

> Now that I use Mozilla instead of netscape, I was looking to change my
> browse-url function.

Does:

(setq browse-url-netscape-program "mozilla")

do what you want? Use the full path if mozilla is located somewhere
unusual. Perhaps this variable has a somewhat confusing name. The
commentary in browse-url.el explains it refers to browsers that have the
same type of command syntax as Netscape. I use it with Galeon myself.

Re: browse-url-mozilla

[David Kastrup]

jidanni@deadspam.com (Dan Jacobson) writes:

> Now that I use Mozilla instead of netscape, I was looking to change my
> browse-url function.  The closest I found was
> 
> (defun browse-url-gnome-moz (url &optional new-window)
>   "Ask Mozilla/Netscape to load URL via the GNOME program `gnome-moz-remote'.
> 
> But I don't use Gnome, I believe, and it just seems to call netscape.
> There apparently isn't any plain old browse-url-mozilla.  Hmm. 

Use browse-url-generic and configure the appropriate options and
commands in browse-url-generic-program and browse-url-generic-args.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
Email: David.Kastrup@t-online.de

Re: browse-url-mozilla

[Dan Jacobson]

>>>>> "GM" == Glenn Morris <rgm22@_REMOVETHIS_cam.ac.uk> writes:

GM> (setq browse-url-netscape-program "mozilla")

GM> do what you want? 

Oh, I didn't notice that underneath

         (process (apply 'start-process
			 (concat "netscape " url) nil

which made me think that netscape was hardwired... plus I don't think
browse-url-netscape-program was mentioned enough where is might have
been mentioned... or maybe one wouldn't look for the ability to use
browser 1 via browser 2's command...  

GM> Perhaps this variable has a somewhat confusing name. The
GM> commentary in browse-url.el explains it refers to browsers that have the
GM> same type of command syntax as Netscape. I use it with Galeon myself.

Hmmm, should modern me be using Galeon or Mozilla?  Is it like one is
more free than the other, but the other is the only one that works on
accounts.corporate_towers.com style websites? 

Wait.  I use Chinese all day.  Is Galeon ready for Chinese?  Sorry to
ask here via piggyback.

By the way, I've got it so browse-url-of-buffer causes mozilla to
browse the file I want, however the I must still manually select the
mozilla window.
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Re: browse-url-mozilla

[Glenn Morris]

[off-topic]

Dan Jacobson <jidanni@deadspam.com> wrote:

> Hmmm, should modern me be using Galeon or Mozilla?  Is it like one is
> more free than the other, but the other is the only one that works on
> accounts.corporate_towers.com style websites? 

Both are free in every sense of the word. Galeon is based on Mozilla, but
aims to be lighter and faster. No mail-reading, newsgroups, etc, just web
browsing. Works fine with as many websites as Mozilla, IMO.

The only downside to Galeon is that it requires both Mozilla and the Gnome
libraries to be installed, though you don't actually need to be running
Gnome to use it. Modern you can exercise freedom of choice by giving it a
try: 

http://galeon.sourceforge.net

> Wait.  I use Chinese all day.  Is Galeon ready for Chinese?

Galeon uses Mozilla's rendering engine, so it should be able to display
anything Mozilla can.