Re: Survey: how do you view links in a external browser?

[Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com>]

"Robert D. Crawford" <robdcraw@gmail.com> writes:

> jidanni@jidanni.org writes:
>
>> How do fellows usually view links in a external browser when reading a
>> message in gnus?
>
> Well, I use emacs/w3 for almost all of my browsing.  I am only partially
> sighted and emacs/w3 gives me the best experience.  Some pages don't
> cooperate with w3 and I open them in w3m.  Other times I use firefox
> under orca.  Below is what you will want to do.  I've commented within
> the defun.
>
> (defun rdc-gnus-open-in-browser (&optional arg)
>   "opens the link under point in browser
> numeric argument calls alternate browser"
>   (interactive "p")
>   ;; the next few lines are not useful to you
>   ;;  (dtk-speak "Opening URL in GUI browser")
>   ;;  (let ((emacspeak-speak-messages nil))
>     (goto-char (point-min))
>     (search-forward-regexp "link")
>     ;; the next line moves into the word "link"
>     (backward-char 2)
>     (if (= arg 4)
>         (setq browser-command-string "chrome ")
>       (setq browser-command-string "firefox "))
>     (shell-command  (concat browser-command-string
>                             "\""
>                             (if (eq browse-url-browser-function
>                                     'browse-url-w3)
>                                 (w3-view-this-url)
>                               (w3m-print-this-url)
>                             "\""
>                             nil nil))))
>
> This is what I use for rss feed links and should give you a starting
> point to adapt it to opening regular urls.  I just tested it under w3m
> and it fails.  Sorry, but I don't have the time to figure out how to do
> it properly.  The problem is w3m-print-this-url.  You need a function
> that returns the url, not sends it to the kill-ring.  Not sure what I
> was thinking when I wrote it.


What wrong with something as simple as

(setq browse-url-browser-function (quote browse-url-generic))
(setq browse-url-generic-program "iceweasel")

for the default return key/left click on a link

and then something like

  (define-key mode-specific-map [?u] 'w3m-browse-url)

for internal using w3m?

Have I forgotten some other part of my configuration that facilitates
this I wonder?