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Joe Fineman <joe_f@verizon.net> writes:

> Sean Sieger <sean.sieger@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Joe Fineman <joe_f@verizon.net> writes:
>>     
>>     I have an Emacs command that, when I type C-c g, prompts for a
>>     word or phrase & looks it up in Google.
>>
>> May I have it?
>
> (defun google (what)
>   "Use google to search for WHAT."
>   (interactive "sSearch: ")
>   (save-window-excursion
>     (delete-other-windows)
>     (let ((dir default-directory))
>       (w3m-browse-url (concat "http://www.google.com/search?q="
> 			      (w3m-url-encode-string what)))
>       (cd dir)
>     (recursive-edit))))
>
> (global-set-key "\C-Cg" 'google)

Also see here for using a command to launch a url in the default desktop
browser or in w3m depending on whether you use the prefix (C-u) - also
checks if its an encoded anchor/link in w3m/gnus.

http://richardriley.net/projects/emacs/dotemacs#sec-5