Re: "Anything" package requires w3m command...

[Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>]

Elena <egarrulo@gmail.com> writes:

> On Dec 17, 4:14 pm, Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi Elena,
>>
>>
>>
>> Elena wrote:
>> > On Dec 6, 11:27 am, Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Hi Andreas,
>>
>> >> Andreas Politz wrote:
>> >> > Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com> writes:
>> >> >> I want to re-use `anything', being such a day-to-day helper, with its
>> >> >> fantastic extra sources.
>>
>> >> >> But, if I don't have W3m installed, I get this:
>>
>> >> >> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Install w3m command in `exec-path' or set `w3m-command' variable correctly")
>> >> >>   (if (not (stringp w3m-command)) (progn (error "Install w3m command in `exec-path' or set `w3m-command' variable correctly")))
>> >> >>   require(anything-config)
>>
>> >> > Have you tried to (setq w3m-command "") ?
>>
>> >> That did work... Thanks for the tip which is of great help (until it gets fixed)...
>>
>> > What configuration are you running?  Mine is GNU Emacs 23.2 on Windows
>> > XP.
>>
>> GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2009-10-14 on LENNART-69DE564 (patched)
>>
>> > I'm experiencing the same issue, and (setq w3m-command "") just
>> > changes the error from:
>>
>> > if: Install w3m command in `exec-path' or set `w3m-command' variable
>> > correctly
>>
>> > to:
>>
>> > Error: (file-error "Searching for program" "no such file or directory"
>> > "")
>>
>> You're right. It does *not* work. I don't know why I have had the impression
>> it was working...
>>
>> But, nope, if you don't have W3M installed, you'll get Emacs stopped during
>> loading the conf file. Very very annoying.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>   Seb
>>
>> --
>> Sébastien Vauban
>
> Removing references to "w3m" from anything-config.el seems a rather
> pervasive fix.  I'll check whether the maintainer is willing to do it.
>
> However, please note that "anything-config" is not necessary for
> "anything" to work.  It's just a shared configuration from an user.

No, you should use anything-config.el.
If you don't use it you will have a poor experience with anything even
if anything (alone) work.

The correct way to install anything is:

(require 'anything-config)

You need only the files anything.el and anything-config.el.

You can also require anything-match-plugin.el that's all.

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