From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ken Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: html browser preview help Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:14:27 -0400 Message-ID: <4AA031B3.1060908@mousecar.com> References: <25273542.post@talk.nabble.com> <4A9FC945.8070703@mousecar.com> <25283740.post@talk.nabble.com> Reply-To: gebser@mousecar.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252012519 14913 80.91.229.12 (3 Sep 2009 21:15:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 21:15:19 +0000 (UTC) To: rpd , GNU Emacs List Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 03 23:15:11 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MjJeA-0003MO-18 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:15:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36278 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MjJe9-0004Fo-5h for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:15:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MjJdl-0004Dl-OF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:14:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MjJdk-0004CY-Qn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:14:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52020 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MjJdk-0004CJ-Mp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:14:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:58789) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MjJdk-0003JC-D9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:14:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.194]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MjJdj-0004n8-NN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:14:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.26] (dsl093-011-017.cle1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.11.17]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKpCa-1MjJdV1Ooq-000Coi; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:14:32 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070326) In-Reply-To: <25283740.post@talk.nabble.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=5AD091E7 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX188nSwSWhZKvwJkQ4vLyhpqUJig4Nru0EKHVOZ SlXoQcT62+K/v/V6206q00SEpUzlocySTC/aT6R4pvFwd49yZ0 XbTKQ0ynpLUon3RSCRD7Plf6eW/cmZ1 X-Detected-Operating-System: by mx20.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:67824 Archived-At: Hey, it looks like you're almost there. Go to the command prompt ("Start | Run | cmd"... something like that) and try to get explorer to open a local html file. From what you're telling me something like: > start iexplore.exe filename.html should work. I don't know... don't use explorer much. There might be an option to tell it to pop a new window and/or not to. Seems to me that since your function is getting through to explorer but it doesn't know it's supposed to open a particular file, you need to change something in that "(concat ..." line. For one thing, since explorer doesn't use tabs (or does it?), take out the "-new-tab" stuff; that's a firefox option. You also have that string in the final "(setq ..." line. Once you figure out how to get explorer to pop a window and load the file you designate-- *from the command line*-- then you'll be closer to getting a working emacs function. hth, ken On 09/03/2009 04:42 PM rpd wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >