From: Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Embedding external application in emacs (or using emacs to control exeternal application)
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:24:28 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fxmf50er.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.2283.1225215552.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Corey Foote <coreyfoote@hotmail.com> writes:
> Is there a way to embed external application (such as firefox) inside an Emacs
> buffer and use Emacs to control them? If not, would it be possible to simply
> send an external application (again like firefox) a command from within emacs
> without it being embedded. For example, say I was working on an HTML page in
> emacs and wanted to preview my changes by refreshing the page in firefox. I
> would just like to be able to say something like M-x refresh-firefox, and not
> have to click over to the firefox window to his refresh myself. What would be
> required to add this feature?
>
There is a firefox package called mozlab that has an emacs
interface. This allows you to interact with firefox via a REPL where
you can perform various operations. may be of use for what you want.
Tim
>
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tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-29 7:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2008-10-28 18:05 ` Embedding external application in emacs (or using emacs to control exeternal application) Thorsten Bonow
2008-10-28 18:13 ` Thorsten Bonow
2008-10-28 18:47 ` Allan Gottlieb
[not found] ` <mailman.2302.1225219691.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-28 19:13 ` Thorsten Bonow
2008-10-28 18:59 ` Corey Foote
[not found] ` <mailman.2304.1225220395.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-28 19:19 ` Thorsten Bonow
2008-10-29 7:24 ` Tim X [this message]
2008-10-28 17:32 Corey Foote
2008-10-28 17:12 ` Toby Cubitt
2008-10-28 17:59 ` Drew Adams
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