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Re: Conkeror-like functionality for EWW
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Ted Zlatanov |
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Re: Conkeror-like functionality for EWW |
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Mon, 03 Nov 2014 09:56:13 -0500 |
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On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:07:04 +0100 Óscar Fuentes <address@hidden> wrote:
ÓF> I don't think so. next-error/previous-error are for traversing
ÓF> sequences, while the OP's package is for directly jumping to/acting upon
ÓF> links.
I think those are closely related.
ÓF> next-error/previous-error would require to "well order" the set of links
ÓF> on a web page, on a way that is both correct and intuitive for the user.
ÓF> That's far from trivial on the general case.
I don't know why that's so hard, but at least in EWW we have
`shr-next-link' and `shr-previous-link' to do this kind of traversal.
ÓF> Traversing a sequence on links can be ok on Info pages, but it is a
ÓF> pain on web pages, except the most simple ones.
I find it useful with the already-bound TAB in EWW buffers.
Ted