Comments on: Conkeror: An Emacs Web-Browser http://nflath.com/2009/05/conkeror-an-emacs-web-browser/ Technology-related ideas, mainly involving Emacs Sat, 19 May 2012 06:44:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: emacs-dwim http://nflath.com/2009/05/conkeror-an-emacs-web-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 emacs-dwim Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:18:11 +0000 http://nflath.com/?p=134#comment-1051 There's always parenscript for when javascripting is absolutely necessary. There’s always parenscript for when javascripting is absolutely necessary.

]]> By: nflath http://nflath.com/2009/05/conkeror-an-emacs-web-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-203 nflath Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:34:56 +0000 http://nflath.com/?p=134#comment-203 Conkeror does allow this kind of customization, yes. The extension language for it is Javascript instead of Elisp, however. Conkeror does allow this kind of customization, yes. The extension language for it is Javascript instead of Elisp, however.

]]> By: peter hodgson http://nflath.com/2009/05/conkeror-an-emacs-web-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-199 peter hodgson Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:50:32 +0000 http://nflath.com/?p=134#comment-199 it drives me nuts to find that when i leave emacs i have to abandon all my customized key bindings [like (global-set-key "\eh" 'backward-delete-char)]; can conkeror, or shall conkeror ever, allow this kind of customization? imputerate it drives me nuts to find that when i leave emacs i have to abandon all my customized key bindings [like (global-set-key "\eh" 'backward-delete-char)];

can conkeror, or shall conkeror ever, allow this kind of customization?
imputerate

]]> By: Phil http://nflath.com/2009/05/conkeror-an-emacs-web-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Phil Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:56:32 +0000 http://nflath.com/?p=134#comment-78 > The first is that by default, the open-url does not have history I'll admit the defaults are bad, but a simple "url_completion_use_history = true;" fixes this. I think the delay is meant to help with typos. It happens every so often that I'll hit the wrong number, notice that it highlighted the one I didn't mean, so I hit backspace quickly and fix it. If I notice it's right, I just hit RET. In fact, as long as it highlights the one I want, I can hit RET before I've typed enough to uniquely identify the link. The C-x 3 problem is very difficult to solve with Gecko's infrastructure; it assumes that a page will only be visible in one container, so it's impossible to emulate Emacs in this regard. It's easier to just use a good window manager to perform the splits for you. > The first is that by default, the open-url does not have history

I’ll admit the defaults are bad, but a simple “url_completion_use_history = true;” fixes this.

I think the delay is meant to help with typos. It happens every so often that I’ll hit the wrong number, notice that it highlighted the one I didn’t mean, so I hit backspace quickly and fix it. If I notice it’s right, I just hit RET. In fact, as long as it highlights the one I want, I can hit RET before I’ve typed enough to uniquely identify the link.

The C-x 3 problem is very difficult to solve with Gecko’s infrastructure; it assumes that a page will only be visible in one container, so it’s impossible to emulate Emacs in this regard. It’s easier to just use a good window manager to perform the splits for you.

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