From: "Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>
Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: eww - multiple buffers
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 16:24:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <57597C21.2000409@easy-emacs.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87twh2abnw.fsf@gnu.org>
On 09.06.2016 12:39, Tassilo Horn wrote:
> Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> writes:
>
> Hi Andreas,
>
>> eww comes with a command "eww-list-buffers" - however, seems to exist
>> only one hard-coded "*eww*" buffer at time.
>>
>> Is there a way to open different "*eww MY FYLE*" buffers in parallel?
> Well, there's
>
> ,----[ C-h f eww-browse-url RET ]
> | eww-browse-url is an autoloaded compiled Lisp function in ‘eww.el’.
> |
> | (eww-browse-url URL &optional NEW-WINDOW)
> |
> | Not documented.
> `----
>
> which can open a new buffer. And that's used by
>
> ,----[ C-h f eww-follow-link RET ]
> | eww-follow-link is an interactive compiled Lisp function in ‘eww.el’.
> |
> | (eww-follow-link &optional EXTERNAL MOUSE-EVENT)
> |
> | Browse the URL under point.
> | If EXTERNAL is single prefix, browse the URL using ‘shr-external-browser’.
> | If EXTERNAL is double prefix, browse in new buffer.
> `----
>
> So you'd usually start with one eww buffer and then follow links with
> `C-u C-u RET' which would create a new buffer for the referenced link.
>
> But you're right. It seems quite strange to me that you can't call
> `eww' itself with a prefix arg to make it open a new buffer...
>
> HTH,
> Tassilo
Hmm, eww-browse-url isn't designed as command.
When looking at, it seems to use the very same buffer too.
(defun eww-browse-url (url &optional new-window)
(when new-window
(pop-to-buffer-same-window (generate-new-buffer "*eww*"))
(eww-mode))
;;;
Maybe worth a feature request?
Thanks all,
Andreas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-09 14:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-09 7:27 eww - multiple buffers Andreas Röhler
2016-06-09 10:39 ` Tassilo Horn
2016-06-09 10:55 ` Rasmus
2016-06-09 14:24 ` Andreas Röhler [this message]
2016-06-09 14:31 ` Kaushal Modi
2016-06-10 14:57 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-06-13 8:21 ` Andreas Röhler
2016-06-13 8:55 ` Andreas Röhler
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