Re: Conkeror-like functionality for EWW

[Ted Zlatanov]

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