Re: browse url function and w3m

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Harry Putnam wrote:

> Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>Harry Putnam wrote:
>>
>>
>>>How can I set `browse-url-browser-function' to `w3m-browse-url'
>>>but only when html-helper-mode is invoked?
>>>
>>Just a guess:
>>
>>
>>(add-hook 'html-helper-mode-hook
>>	  (lambda ()
>>	    (set (make-local-variable 'browse-url-browser-function)
>>		 'w3m-browse-url)))
>>
> 
> Good guess Kevin thanks.  I see there is another problem involved and
> maybe pushing my luck here but here goes:
> 
> With the above in place, the effect is for w3m to browse the subject
> file (in working html buffer) when one calles `browse-url-of-file'.
> Only problem is that it pulls it up in a *w3m* buffer you then have to
> switch to.
> 
> I don't see a function in w3m commands that will make it appear in
> another window or even frame, can you take a guess at how to make the
> browsed file appear in an immediately accessable window or even for
> focus to switch to wherever it is being browsed?

Try setting w3m-pop-up-windows to nil and w3m-popup-frames to t.  Or add
"*w3m*" to special-display-buffer-names.


-- 
Kevin Rodgers