Re: Conkeror-like functionality for EWW

[Andrey Kotlarski <m00naticus@gmail.com>]

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to gmane.emacs.devel as well.

[  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.