From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'rpd'" <richard@dickinson350.freeserve.co.uk>, <Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: html browser preview help
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 07:17:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3292E84CC9BF45A2A973884BC07A4E2A@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <25315933.post@talk.nabble.com>
> Thanks for your reply.
> (I am trying to preview a local .html file in my Internet
> Explorer browser)
> I do not understand this > 'M-: < command you give?
> When I try this (& combinations of) in the minibuffer I get 'no-match'
>
> Is that really the command? (I did an internet search for it
> & couldn't find it).Anyway I have not been able to try this yet as
> I cannot enter the command:
> `M-: (w32-shell-execute nil "c:/my/file.htm")'
>
> Can you please explain/clarify this for me?
The key sequence `M-:' is bound to command `eval-expression'. You use it by
pressing and holding the Meta key (probably ALT on your keyboard) and while
holding it hitting the `:' key. Alternatively, you can hit the `ESC' (Escape)
and then hit the `:' key (don't hold `ESC' down like ALT).
All that command does is prompt you for a Lisp expression (sexp) to evaluate. In
this case, you would type (w32-shell-execute nil
"c:/whatever/hmtl/file/you/want.htm") at the prompt, then hit RET (Enter key).
Another way to evaluate such a Lisp sexp is to type it into buffer *scratch*,
then hit RET after it.
Another way to evaluate it is to type it into an Emacs-Lisp buffer (open a new
file called something.el, using `C-x C-f something.el'), then put the cursor
just after the closing parenthesis, and hit `C-x C-e' (Control-x followed by
Control-e).
But it sounds like you already solved your problem. HTH anyway.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-06 14:17 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
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 ` Drew Adams [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.6097.1252228975.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-09-06 9:50 ` html browser preview help Xah Lee
2009-09-06 9:56 ` Xah Lee
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