Re: Conkeror-like functionality for EWW

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:20:06 +0100 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> 
wrote: 

LMI> Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:
AK> here https://github.com/m00natic/eww-lnum
AK> There were voices before for such, so if it seems worthy, I'd gladly add
AK> it to GNU ELPA.  For those who wonder what this conkeror shmazi-pazi is
AK> - sort of combination between Isearch and ace-jump that operates only
AK> over links, buttons and forms.  It makes for quick and precise
AK> alternative to mouse browsing.
>> 
>> Hi Andrey,
>> 
>> your code is neat and useful. Could it integrate with the existing
>> `next-error' and `previous-error' Emacs functionality, though? That's
>> not just for errors, but for visiting points of interest in general.

LMI> I just had another look at the code.  If I understand it correctly, you
LMI> hit `f', numbers are assigned to the links, and then you enter the
LMI> number of the link you want to visit?

LMI> I'm afraid I don't find this compelling functionality.  Anything that
LMI> makes me read numbers from the screen and then type them in doesn't seem
LMI> like something a lot of people would want to do when they can just mouse
LMI> or tab to the link.

I'd like `next-error' and `previous-error' bound, if that's OK with you.
They can take a numeric argument to indicate how far to move in either
direction.  That would be useful either way, right?

Absolute jumps definitely have their uses, so I think Andrey's proposal
is a good addition. But it could just be a call to `next-error-function'
with the RESET parameter (which just means "go to (point-min) before
applying the numeric argument"); it doesn't need special machinery. I
can implement that if you agree; it's not much work.

Ted