Using W3M

Using W3M

[Matt Jones]

I'd like to browse URLs I'm sent via email with W3M. I can do this by
positioning the cursor on the url and doing 'M-x w3m'. Should I be able
to simply position the cursor and press return to load W3M with the URL?
If so, what do I need to configure?

In my .emacs I have: 
(require 'w3m-load)

Matt

Re: Using W3M

[johnsu01]

Matt Jones <matt_jones@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

> I'd like to browse URLs I'm sent via email with W3M. I can do this by
> positioning the cursor on the url and doing 'M-x w3m'. Should I be able
> to simply position the cursor and press return to load W3M with the URL?
> If so, what do I need to configure?
>
> In my .emacs I have: 
> (require 'w3m-load)
>
> Matt

Something like:

(setq browse-url-browser-function 'w3m-browse-url) 

will help.


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Re: Using W3M

[Matt Jones]

johnsu01 <x@x.x> writes:

> Matt Jones <matt_jones@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>
>> I'd like to browse URLs I'm sent via email with W3M. I can do this by
>> positioning the cursor on the url and doing 'M-x w3m'. Should I be able
>> to simply position the cursor and press return to load W3M with the URL?
>> If so, what do I need to configure?
>>
>> In my .emacs I have: 
>> (require 'w3m-load)
>>
>> Matt
>
> Something like:
>
> (setq browse-url-browser-function 'w3m-browse-url) 

Thanks. I've tried that although it still doesn't seem to work. I get
the error:

Searching for program: No such file of directory, open

I definitely have W£3Mand emacs-w3m installed.

Re: Using W3M

[johnsu01]

Matt Jones <matt_jones@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

> johnsu01 <x@x.x> writes:
>
>> Matt Jones <matt_jones@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>>
>>> I'd like to browse URLs I'm sent via email with W3M. I can do this by
>>> positioning the cursor on the url and doing 'M-x w3m'. Should I be able
>>> to simply position the cursor and press return to load W3M with the URL?
>>> If so, what do I need to configure?
>>>
>>> In my .emacs I have: 
>>> (require 'w3m-load)
>>>
>>> Matt
>>
>> Something like:
>>
>> (setq browse-url-browser-function 'w3m-browse-url) 
>
> Thanks. I've tried that although it still doesn't seem to work. I get
> the error:
>
> Searching for program: No such file of directory, open
>
> I definitely have W£3Mand emacs-w3m installed.

Oh, are you using MS Windows?

Because I see a line (w32-shell-exectue "open" url) in
browse-url-default-windows-browser.

Not sure how to help you with that one, but if you are using MS Windows, it
looks like you need to convince it not to use the
browse-url-default-windows-browser function to open the URL. 

If you are not using MS Windows, what does the Backtrace say if you do M-x
toggle-debug-on-error and then try to browse the URL?


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Re: Using W3M

[Matt N. Jones]

johnsu01 <x@x.x> writes:

> Matt Jones <matt_jones@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>
>> johnsu01 <x@x.x> writes:
>>
>>> Matt Jones <matt_jones@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>>>
>>>> I'd like to browse URLs I'm sent via email with W3M. I can do this by
>>>> positioning the cursor on the url and doing 'M-x w3m'. Should I be able
>>>> to simply position the cursor and press return to load W3M with the URL?
>>>> If so, what do I need to configure?
>>>>
>>>> In my .emacs I have: 
>>>> (require 'w3m-load)
>>>>
>>>> Matt
>>>
>>> Something like:
>>>
>>> (setq browse-url-browser-function 'w3m-browse-url) 
>>
>> Thanks. I've tried that although it still doesn't seem to work. I get
>> the error:
>>
>> Searching for program: No such file of directory, open
>>
>> I definitely have W£3Mand emacs-w3m installed.
>
> Oh, are you using MS Windows?
>
> Because I see a line (w32-shell-exectue "open" url) in
> browse-url-default-windows-browser.
>
> Not sure how to help you with that one, but if you are using MS Windows, it
> looks like you need to convince it not to use the
> browse-url-default-windows-browser function to open the URL. 
>
> If you are not using MS Windows, what does the Backtrace say if you do M-x
> toggle-debug-on-error and then try to browse the URL?

OK, I've fixed it now. For some reason, I had the following in my .gnus.el

(setq gnus-button-url 'browse-url-generic
      browse-url-generic-program "open")
     
I just removed this and now emacs-w3m is working fine. 

Thanks for your help

Matt