Newb, links + emacs

Newb, links + emacs

[Lukasz Grabun]

        Hi,
        
        During recent years I've been using slrn + jed + screen combo
        which worked fine for me. But since screen somehow does not
        work on my Slackware box (bug with locale, anyone knows the
        solution for this?) I've decided to switch my beloved editor
        and newsreader for something new (namely: I wanted to have
        integrated environment, all things in one place). The choice
        was easy: emacs + gnus. I've configured all things and it
        works fine except one things: the browser. In every day
        browsing the Web I use links and since I am used to it I don't
        want to change to any other (lynx or w3). Here simple
        question/problem occurs: how does one integrate the thing with
        emacs?

        My first idea was to use (setq browse-url-generic-program
        "links") in .emacs file but this does not work; or rather:
        this works since links is listed in ps aux output but it is
        placed on some strange terminal which I can't make visible. My
        second idea was to search the Web; there I found links.el
        somewhere in the groups archives. This *does* work but it runs
        links in separate terminal which I don't like that much. I
        want to have my browser executed in the Emacs buffer as to
        copy/paste things from the webpage to the edited text for
        example. There's function links-browse-with-buffer (or
        similar) but this just copies the text from page to the buffer
        (at least in my case). Does anyone know any reasonable
        solution to this problem? Did anyone succeded in integrating
        links and emacs? I'll be most gratefull for any hints/tips you
        may have.

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Re: Newb, links + emacs

[Tim X]

Don't know about links, but you might take a look at w3m.el - this is
an elisp package which allows you to run w3m from within emacs. I'm
thinking that you can probably use this file as a guide to setting up
a links.el.

I know you don't want to change browsers, but you might find w3m a
good alternative. Its fast and works well, plus the emacs integration
via w3m.el is very nice.

Tim
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Re: Newb, links + emacs

[Romain FRANCOISE]

Lukasz Grabun <grabek@purgatory.abyss> writes:

> The choice was easy: emacs + gnus. I've configured all things and it
> works fine except one things: the browser. In every day browsing the
> Web I use links and since I am used to it I don't want to change to
> any other (lynx or w3). Here simple question/problem occurs: how does
> one integrate the thing with emacs?

I use emacs-w3m, it's an Emacs interface to the w3m pager, with a lot
of added bonuses:
- integration with Gnus to render HTML mail
- lynx-like or info-like maps
- interface to popular search engines (also via quick urls)
- it can display images (if Emacs can)
- bookmarks, tabs, favicons, etc...

It's also fast and lightweight.  I use it for all my web-browsing
needs, it's definitely worth checking out!

http://emacs-w3m.namazu.org/

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Re: Newb, links + emacs

[Lukasz Grabun]

Romain FRANCOISE <romain@orebokech.com> writes:

> It's also fast and lightweight.  I use it for all my web-browsing
> needs, it's definitely worth checking out!
> 
> http://emacs-w3m.namazu.org/

        OK, I didn't know what I was missing. Thanks guys for your
        help. Now I have it all in one editor (it it still the
        editor). Ah, the life. :-)

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