Re: Best way to see html stuff

[Tassilo Horn]

Torben Knudsen <tk@es.aau.dk> writes:

Hi Torben,

>> ,----[ C-h v mm-text-html-renderer RET ]
>> | mm-text-html-renderer is a variable defined in `mm-decode.el'.
>> | Its value is w3m
>> | 
>> | Documentation:
>> | Render of HTML contents.
>> | It is one of defined renderer types, or a rendering function.
>> | The defined renderer types are:
>> | `w3m'  : use emacs-w3m;
>> | `w3m-standalone': use w3m;
>> | `links': use links;
>> | `lynx' : use lynx;
>> | `w3'   : use Emacs/W3;
>> | `html2text' : use html2text;
>> | nil    : use external viewer (default web browser).
>> | 
>> | You can customize this variable.
>> | 
>> | This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in
>> | version 23.0 of Emacs.
>> `----
>>
>> So try
>>
>>   (setq mm-text-html-renderer nil)
>>
>> and see what happens.  (Maybe you also need to set
>> browse-url-browser-function to browse-url-firefox.)
>>
> I have tryed:
>
> (setq mm-text-html-renderer nil)
> (setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-firefox)
>
> this gives me some links I probably didn't se before.  However, w3m is
> used to show it not firefox.  I can't figure out why.  Can you?

Hm, mm-text-html-renderer was changed in emacs 23 (the version I use).
What do the docs say in your emacs version (`C-h v
mm-text-html-renderer').

Bye,
Tassilo
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