Re: browse url function and w3m

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Harry Putnam wrote:

> Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
>>Try setting w3m-pop-up-windows to nil and w3m-popup-frames to t.  Or add
>>"*w3m*" to special-display-buffer-names.
> 
> Well, the first part fails:
> 
> M-:  (setq w3m-pop-up-windoes nil) <RET>
> M-:  (setq w3m-pop-up-frames t) <RET>


Note: -windows, not -windoes.


> Then `browse-url-of-file' still retrieves the content of html file to 
> *w3m* buffer.
>>From *Messages*:
>   The content (file:/var/www/html/index.html) has been retrieved in
>   *w3m*


You didn't ask for it to be retrieved into a different buffer, just for
the *w3m* buffer to be selected.


> M-: (setq special-display-buffer-names "*w3m*")  
>   Above is ASTERISKw3mASTERISK
> or (setq special-display-buffer-names "w3m")
>   no asterisks
> 
> Neither of those cause the buffer to be displayed either.  It stll
> shows up in *w3m* undisplayed.
> 
> M-: (setq special-display-buffer-names ' "*w3m*") 
> Doesn't do it either.
> 
> Finally: Eval: (set-default special-display-regex (w3m)) <RET>
> 
> Actually works but causes an error too.
> eval: Wrong type argument: symbolp, "w3m"
> 
> I'm having serious trouble getting the lisp right. 

special-display-buffer-names is a list of strings:


(setq special-display-buffer-names
       (cons "*w3m*" special-display-buffer-names))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers