On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 08:53:42PM +0000, Miciah Dashiel Butler Masters wrote:
> function select_history_item_in_vim()
> local url
> local f
> local fn = elinks_home.."goto_url"
>
> os.execute("vim "..elinks_home.."globhist")
>
> f = io.open(fn, "r")
> if f then url = f:read() f:close() os.remove(fn) end
>
> if url then return "goto_url", url end
> end
>
> Then add something like
>
> vimhist = select_history_item_in_vim,
>
> to console_hook_functions (and make sure that you define
> select_history_item_in_vim above that!) so that you enter 'vimhist' in
> the Lua console, or add:
>
> bind_key("main", "Ctrl-v", select_history_item_in_vim)
I think I have wasted my time not switching to elinks earlier. I never thought
the above thing would be possible. I just asked as a mere formality. I forgot
that you store the global history in a file, and all I needed was to read it
using Vim. Yes, that was stupid of me not to think of it. I have integrated
vim, and it is really wonderful, finally to view and manage your history the
proper way. I was planning on writing my own browser in Vim, but I think this
is much much more than sufficient.
Now I am wondering: can't motions be made into Lua? Is it possible to make the
motion system Lua Configurable? I think that would be the real solution,
rather than hacking multiple motions. As I said, Elinks is a 2 dimensional
system, and it is imperative that the motion be extremely efficient. I actually
like 'lynx' in a way. I mean, it is horrible in too many ways, but since it
renders everything linearly, it has a certain pattern, and and moving around is
sort of straightforward. But in the elinks, the complexity of its rendering
makes motion a bit confusing.
> bind_key ("main", "Ctrl-g",
> function ()
> xdialog("",
> function (url)
> return "goto_url",
> "http://google.com/search?q="..url
> end)
> end)
>
This is better. The currently solution is not as efficient, since all I do
search in google, and nothing else. So typing a g before the search string in
the url box is irritating. The above solution is ideal, and also, it means, I
can create my own dialog boxes to do anything I want.
Thanks.
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