Add a command to view files in the browser to dired

* lisp/dired.el (dired-mode-map): Add the `W' command
(bug#18810).

diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
index e7e49445b54f6e7433798bdb3e579281d95152a1..04cef3848dba5c66d7d61222f48e52e1968fe49f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
@@ -1414,6 +1414,13 @@ names into arguments for other Emacs commands.  It also displays what
 it added to the kill ring, so you can use it to display the list of
 currently marked files in the echo area.
 
+@kindex W @r{(Dired)}
+@findex browse-url-of-dired-file
+  If you have an HTML file in the file listing, it can be useful to
+view that file with a browser.  The @kbd{W}
+(@code{browse-url-of-dired-file}) command will use the standard
+configured browser to view that file.
+
 @kindex ( @r{(Dired)}
 @findex dired-hide-details-mode
 @vindex dired-hide-details-hide-symlink-targets

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 76fac3e03cde9a9757a9445efb6f8656b7262e89..edd81476c177aad791c479d935b81c9f5a402c98 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -900,6 +900,10 @@ compress many marked files into a single named archive.  The
 compression command is determined from the new
 `dired-compress-files-alist' variable.
 
++++
+*** `W' is now bound to `browse-url-of-dired-file', and is useful for
+viewing HTML files and the like.
+
 ** Obsolete packages
 
 ---

diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index ab6a820c29ef2370f27f40f37e8dffef807f8ff1..0a1b064fb207178ec4195b8026f25a8ddffd3b63 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -1538,6 +1538,7 @@ Do so according to the former subdir alist OLD-SUBDIR-ALIST."
     (define-key map "u" 'dired-unmark)
     (define-key map "v" 'dired-view-file)
     (define-key map "w" 'dired-copy-filename-as-kill)
+    (define-key map "W" 'browse-url-of-dired-file)
     (define-key map "x" 'dired-do-flagged-delete)
     (define-key map "y" 'dired-show-file-type)
     (define-key map "+" 'dired-create-directory)