;; browse-url-default-macosx-browser Mac OS X browser
;; browse-url-gnome-moz GNOME interface to Mozilla
;; browse-url-kde KDE konqueror (kfm)
+;; browse-url-elinks Elinks Don't know (tried with 0.12.GIT)
;; [A version of the Netscape browser is now free software
;; <URL:http://www.mozilla.org/>, albeit not GPLed, so it is
(function-item :tag "Grail" :value browse-url-grail)
(function-item :tag "MMM" :value browse-url-mmm)
(function-item :tag "KDE" :value browse-url-kde)
+ (function-item :tag "Elinks" :value browse-url-elinks)
(function-item :tag "Specified by `Browse Url Generic Program'"
:value browse-url-generic)
(function-item :tag "Default Windows browser"
:type '(repeat (string :tag "Argument"))
:group 'browse-url)
+(defcustom browse-url-elinks-wrapper '("xterm" "-e")
+ "*Wrapper command prepended to the Elinks command-line."
+ :type '(repeat (string :tag "Wrapper"))
+ :group 'browse-url)
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;; URL encoding
+
+(defun browse-url-encode-url (url)
+ "Encode all `confusing' characters in URL."
+ (let ((encoded-url (copy-seq url)))
+ (while (string-match "%" encoded-url)
+ (setq encoded-url (replace-match "%25" t t encoded-url)))
+ (while (string-match "[*\"()',=;? ]" encoded-url)
+ (setq encoded-url
+ (replace-match (format "%%%x"
+ (string-to-char (match-string 0 encoded-url)))
+ t t encoded-url)))
+ encoded-url))
+
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;; URL input
(or file-name-coding-system
default-file-name-coding-system))))
(if coding (setq file (encode-coding-string file coding))))
- ;; URL-encode special chars, do % first
- (let ((s 0))
- (while (setq s (string-match "%" file s))
- (setq file (replace-match "%25" t t file)
- s (1+ s))))
- (while (string-match "[*\"()',=;? ]" file)
- (let ((enc (format "%%%x" (aref file (match-beginning 0)))))
- (setq file (replace-match enc t t file))))
+ (setq file (browse-url-encode-url file))
(dolist (map browse-url-filename-alist)
(when (and map (string-match (car map) file))
(setq file (replace-match (cdr map) t nil file))))
When called non-interactively, optional second argument NEW-WINDOW is
used instead of `browse-url-new-window-flag'."
(interactive (browse-url-interactive-arg "URL: "))
- ;; URL encode any `confusing' characters in the URL. This needs to
- ;; include at least commas; presumably also close parens and dollars.
- (while (string-match "[,)$]" url)
- (setq url (replace-match
- (format "%%%x" (string-to-char (match-string 0 url))) t t url)))
+ (setq url (browse-url-encode-url url))
(let* ((process-environment (browse-url-process-environment))
(process
(apply 'start-process
When called non-interactively, optional second argument NEW-WINDOW is
used instead of `browse-url-new-window-flag'."
(interactive (browse-url-interactive-arg "URL: "))
- ;; URL encode any `confusing' characters in the URL. This needs to
- ;; include at least commas; presumably also close parens and dollars.
- (while (string-match "[,)$]" url)
- (setq url (replace-match
- (format "%%%x" (string-to-char (match-string 0 url))) t t url)))
+ (setq url (browse-url-encode-url url))
(let* ((process-environment (browse-url-process-environment))
(process
(apply 'start-process
are ignored as well. Firefox on Windows will always open the requested
URL in a new window."
(interactive (browse-url-interactive-arg "URL: "))
- ;; URL encode any `confusing' characters in the URL. This needs to
- ;; include at least commas; presumably also close parens.
- (while (string-match "[,)]" url)
- (setq url (replace-match
- (format "%%%x" (string-to-char (match-string 0 url))) t t url)))
+ (setq url (browse-url-encode-url url))
(let* ((process-environment (browse-url-process-environment))
(process
(apply 'start-process
When called non-interactively, optional second argument NEW-WINDOW is
used instead of `browse-url-new-window-flag'."
(interactive (browse-url-interactive-arg "URL: "))
- ;; URL encode any `confusing' characters in the URL. This needs to
- ;; include at least commas; presumably also close parens and dollars.
- (while (string-match "[,)$]" url)
- (setq url (replace-match
- (format "%%%x" (string-to-char (match-string 0 url))) t t url)))
+ (setq url (browse-url-encode-url))
(let* ((process-environment (browse-url-process-environment))
(process (apply 'start-process
(concat "galeon " url)
When called non-interactively, optional second argument NEW-WINDOW is
used instead of `browse-url-new-window-flag'."
(interactive (browse-url-interactive-arg "URL: "))
- ;; URL encode any `confusing' characters in the URL. This needs to
- ;; include at least commas; presumably also close parens and dollars.
- (while (string-match "[,)$]" url)
- (setq url (replace-match
- (format "%%%x" (string-to-char (match-string 0 url))) t t url)))
+ (setq url (browse-url-encode-url url))
(let* ((process-environment (browse-url-process-environment))
(process (apply 'start-process
(concat "epiphany " url)
(apply #'start-process (concat "KDE " url) nil browse-url-kde-program
(append browse-url-kde-args (list url))))
+;;;###autoload
+(defun browse-url-elinks (url)
+ "Ask the Elinks WWW browser to load URL.
+Default to the URL around the point.
+
+The document is loaded in a new tab of a running Elinks or, if
+none yet running, a newly started instance.
+
+The Elinks command will be prepended by the program+arguments
+from `elinks-browse-url-wrapper'."
+ (interactive (browse-url-interactive-arg "URL: "))
+ (setq url (browse-url-encode-url url))
+ (let ((process-environment (browse-url-process-environment))
+ (elinks-ping-process (start-process "elinks-ping" nil
+ "elinks" "-remote" "ping()")))
+ (set-process-sentinel elinks-ping-process
+ `(lambda (process change)
+ (browse-url-elinks-sentinel process ,url)))))
+
+(defun browse-url-elinks-sentinel (process url)
+ "Determines if Elinks is running or a new one has to be started."
+ (let ((exit-status (process-exit-status process))
+ (process-environment (browse-url-process-environment)))
+ ;; Try to determine if an instance is running or if we have to
+ ;; create a new one.
+ (case exit-status
+ (5
+ ;; No instance, start a new one.
+ (apply #'start-process
+ (append (list (concat "elinks:" url) nil)
+ browse-url-elinks-wrapper
+ (list "elinks" url))))
+ (0
+ ;; Found an instance, open URL in new tab.
+ (start-process (concat "elinks:" url) nil
+ "elinks" "-remote"
+ (concat "openURL(\"" url "\",new-tab)")))
+ (otherwise
+ (error "Undefined exit-code of process `elinks'.")))))
+
(provide 'browse-url)
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