From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: rpd Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: html browser preview help Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 15:32:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <25285280.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <25273542.post@talk.nabble.com> <4A9FC945.8070703@mousecar.com> <25283740.post@talk.nabble.com> <4AA031B3.1060908@mousecar.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252017184 28179 80.91.229.12 (3 Sep 2009 22:33:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 22:33:04 +0000 (UTC) To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 04 00:32:57 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MjKrQ-0007Uw-D7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:32:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54004 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MjKrP-00089t-Oo for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:32:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MjKr3-00087e-AW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:32:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MjKqy-00082E-BM for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:32:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49100 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MjKqy-00081w-2O for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:32:28 -0400 Original-Received: from kuber.nabble.com ([216.139.236.158]:55486) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MjKqx-0002ta-Fb for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:32:27 -0400 Original-Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MjKqv-000522-In for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:32:25 -0700 In-Reply-To: <4AA031B3.1060908@mousecar.com> X-Nabble-From: richard@dickinson350.freeserve.co.uk X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:67826 Archived-At: Hi ken-93 Thanks for your prompt response & encouragement to me to get this html preview emacs function working. As I am using Vista O/S at command shell/prompt simply running start filename.html opens internet explorer (MS/Vista browser & btw it does have tabs) with the local directory file opening. Somehow I need to get Emacs lisp to understand this! Thanks & regards ken-93 wrote: > > > Hey, it looks like you're almost there. > > Go to the command prompt ("Start | Run | cmd"... something like that) > and try to get explorer to open a local html file. From what you're > telling me something like: > >> start iexplore.exe filename.html > > should work. I don't know... don't use explorer much. There might be > an option to tell it to pop a new window and/or not to. > > Seems to me that since your function is getting through to explorer but > it doesn't know it's supposed to open a particular file, you need to > change something in that "(concat ..." line. For one thing, since > explorer doesn't use tabs (or does it?), take out the "-new-tab" stuff; > that's a firefox option. You also have that string in the final "(setq > ..." line. > > Once you figure out how to get explorer to pop a window and load the > file you designate-- *from the command line*-- then you'll be closer to > getting a working emacs function. > > > hth, > ken > > > On 09/03/2009 04:42 PM rpd wrote: >> Hi ken-93 >> >> Thanks again for your helpful reply. >> I have tried to follow your advice & code but I still need some help. >> (BTW O/S=Vista & browser=InternetExplorer8) >> >> To open internet explorer from the shell> start iexplore.exe >> >> From this I edited your .emacs defun code to: >> >> (defun browse-file-url-ie-new-tab (url &optional new-window) >> "Open the current file, the file associated with the current buffer, >> in a new IE tab." >> (interactive "i") >> (unless >> (string= "" >> (shell-command-to-string >> (concat "start iexplore.exe" buffer-file-name >> ", new-tab)'"))) >> (message "Opening in IE new tab: " buffer-file-name))) >> (setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-file-url-ie-new-tab) >> >> When I try this I get a browser to open at my homepage. >> (I have tried to edit this in other ways but again with no success). >> >> The code I have which opens my IE browser normally is: >> >> (setq >> browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-generic >> browse-url-generic-program "C:\\Program Files\\Internet >> Explorer\\iexplore.exe") >> >> (setq gnus-button-url 'browse-url-generic >> browse-url-generic-program "C:\\Program Files\\Internet >> Explorer\\iexplore.exe" >> browse-url-browser-function gnus-button-url) >> >> Any idea how I should proceed/what I can try to fix this please? >> Many thanks & best wishes >> >> >> >> ken-93 wrote: >>> >>> I've been doing this for a long time in html-helper-mode so, yes, it can >>> be done. I created my own function though... actually two of them: one >>> to open the current (html) buffer in a new tab (for displaying the html >>> file the first time) and another function to open that same current >>> buffer in the same tab (for displaying the html file subsequent times). >>> >>> You don't say which browser you want to do this with and, of course, the >>> emacs function is going to need to know this (unless you use an >>> environmental variable to designate it, in which case you'll need to >>> determine what that is). In addition, you'll need to know which version >>> of that browser (whichever it is) you have. I've been using firefox for >>> quite a time and often, when I upgrade it, the command for loading a url >>> into an existing tab or into a new tab changes; of course this means I >>> have to alter my emacs/html-helper-mode function. >>> >>> In short, the first thing to do is to find out what the commands work >>> from your shell to open a new- or a current-tab (or window, if that's >>> what you prefer) in your browser and give it a url. Then, after you've >>> successfully done these from the cli, then plug these into an emacs >>> function. The cli input which works for me to open a file in a new tab >>> is: >>> >>> /usr/bin/firefox -new-tab [url] >>> >>> Other commands work also. Much depends on what your firefox defaults >>> are. One configuration I have is to "open new urls in a new tab"; this >>> (for some silly reason) prevents me from opening a url in the current >>> firefox tab. It didn't always do this; earlier Firefox versions had an >>> option to open a url in a current tab. The lesson from this is that >>> what cli command you use is going to depend upon, not just which browser >>> you use, but also which *version* of that browser as well as what >>> preferences you've set for that browser/version. >>> >>> You also didn't say which OS you're using and that can of course play a >>> role in which command you'll plug into your emacs function. >>> >>> Anyway, once you figure out what command(s) do(es) what you want, plug >>> it into: >>> >>> ;;Works for opening a file in a new firefox tab >>> (defun browse-file-url-firefox-new-tab (url &optional new-window) >>> "Open the current file, the file associated with the current buffer, >>> in a new Firefox tab." >>> (interactive "i") >>> (unless >>> (string= "" >>> (shell-command-to-string >>> (concat "firefox -a firefox -remote 'openURL(file://" buffer-file-name >>> ", new-tab)'"))) >>> (message "Opening in Firefox new tab: " buffer-file-name))) >>> (setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-file-url-firefox-new-tab) >>> >>> Just change the "(concat ..." line to reflect the cli command which >>> works for you. >>> >>> Since firefox (nonsensically) did away with a command-line option for >>> opening a url in a current tab, I now have to change focus to firefox >>> and reload the tab to show any editing I've done (in emacs) since >>> previously displaying it in firefox. >>> >>> (If anyone here has the ear of a firefox developer, tell them to gives >>> us back the "-current-tab" option.) >>> >>> hth, >>> ken >>> >>> >>> -- >>> War is a failure of the imagination. >>> --William Blake >>> >>> >>> >>> On 09/03/2009 06:47 AM rpd wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> Just encountered this problem previewing html editing in emacs. >>>> When I edit html (I have html-helper-mode file loaded) I want to >>>> preview >>>> it >>>> in my browser but cannot yet do so. If I use the 'html' menu item (load >>>> this >>>> buffer in browser) or C-c C-z v I just get browser opening at my >>>> homepage >>>> & >>>> not showing the html edit preview I want. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know why this is & can help me get my html emacs edit to >>>> preview >>>> in my browser? >>>> >>>> Again I am most grateful for helpful replies (Emacs is good isn't it?! >>>> -I >>>> just wish I could do what I want with it-but I will do it! LOL), many >>>> thanks >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/html-browser-preview-help-tp25273542p25285280.html Sent from the Emacs - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.