From: rpd <richard@dickinson350.freeserve.co.uk>
To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: html browser preview help
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:42:09 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <25283740.post@talk.nabble.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A9FC945.8070703@mousecar.com>
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
>
>
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-03 20:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-03 10:47 html browser preview help rpd
2009-09-03 13:48 ` ken
2009-09-03 20:42 ` rpd [this message]
2009-09-03 21:14 ` ken
2009-09-03 22:32 ` rpd
2009-09-04 23:10 ` rpd
2009-09-05 17:11 ` Tyler Smith
2009-09-05 21:27 ` rpd
2009-09-05 21:44 ` Drew Adams
2009-09-06 0:13 ` rpd
2009-09-06 1:19 ` Tyler Smith
2009-09-06 9:15 ` rpd
2009-09-06 1:39 ` Drew Adams
2009-09-06 9:22 ` rpd
2009-09-06 11:49 ` html browser preview help-SORTED (at last!) rpd
2009-09-06 14:17 ` html browser preview help Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.6097.1252228975.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-09-06 9:50 ` Xah Lee
2009-09-06 9:56 ` Xah Lee
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