Re: Conkeror-like functionality for EWW

[Andrey Kotlarski <m00naticus@gmail.com>]

[  5 ноември 2014, 12:48 +0200, сряда ] Andrey Kotlarski:

> [  5 ноември 2014, 11:18 +0100, сряда ] Tassilo Horn:
>
>> Well, one think that I don't like is that `f <something>' only considers
>> the links that are currently visible.  For example, when visiting the
>> Emacs homepage and point being on top, I expect that `f imag' will show
>> me the "ImageMagick" link in the Releases section.  But since that's not
>> in the visible buffer portion, I can only type `f i' and the link "JOIN
>> THE FSF" is highlighted as first match.  I can't even input the next
>> char of "imagemagick", i.e., m, anymore, because there's no such match
>> in the visible part of the page.
>
> Yes, this is sore.
>
>> So basically I like the feature a lot but I'd prefer if it operated on
>> the whole page, not only the visible buffer portion.  That is, I think
>> it would be ok if the numbers started with 1 at the beginnig of the
>> visible buffer portion but extended to the end of the page so that `f
>> <something>' has a search-forward behavior without bound.
>
> Problem is user can't refer to something invisible (by number or further
> narrow) unless magical powers.  However, in case narrowing filters out
> all visible links, automatic scrolling could happen until/if there are
> matches further down.  I'll give it a go these days.

For the record, this has been implemented and also searches backward in
case there are no forward matches.