Re: "Anything" package requires w3m command...

[Elena]

On Dec 17, 4:14 pm, Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com>
wrote:
> Hi Elena,
>
>
>
> Elena wrote:
> > On Dec 6, 11:27 am, Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Hi Andreas,
>
> >> Andreas Politz wrote:
> >> > Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com> writes:
> >> >> I want to re-use `anything', being such a day-to-day helper, with its
> >> >> fantastic extra sources.
>
> >> >> But, if I don't have W3m installed, I get this:
>
> >> >> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Install w3m command in 
> >> >> `exec-path' or set `w3m-command' variable correctly")
> >> >>   (if (not (stringp w3m-command)) (progn (error "Install w3m command in 
> >> >> `exec-path' or set `w3m-command' variable correctly")))
> >> >>   require(anything-config)
>
> >> > Have you tried to (setq w3m-command "") ?
>
> >> That did work... Thanks for the tip which is of great help (until it gets 
> >> fixed)...
>
> > What configuration are you running?  Mine is GNU Emacs 23.2 on Windows
> > XP.
>
> GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2009-10-14 on LENNART-69DE564 
> (patched)
>
> > I'm experiencing the same issue, and (setq w3m-command "") just
> > changes the error from:
>
> > if: Install w3m command in `exec-path' or set `w3m-command' variable
> > correctly
>
> > to:
>
> > Error: (file-error "Searching for program" "no such file or directory"
> > "")
>
> You're right. It does *not* work. I don't know why I have had the impression
> it was working...
>
> But, nope, if you don't have W3M installed, you'll get Emacs stopped during
> loading the conf file. Very very annoying.
>
> Best regards,
>   Seb
>
> --
> Sébastien Vauban

Removing references to "w3m" from anything-config.el seems a rather
pervasive fix.  I'll check whether the maintainer is willing to do it.

However, please note that "anything-config" is not necessary for
"anything" to work.  It's just a shared configuration from an user.