Re: Embedding external application in emacs (or using emacs to control exeternal application)

[Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null>]

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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