[Conkeror] conkeror roadmap

[Mark Eichin]

Another way to put it - conkeror has both frames (X windows) *and*
buffers (tabs but without the visual decoration), in the emacs sense.
M-n/M-p cycle buffers within a frame; c-x c-f URL opens in a new
buffer in the current frame; firefox openurl opens up a *new* frame if
you specify new_window:
firefox -remote openurl\(http://hiveminder.com/todo/,new-window\)
and in some existing one if you don't (actually, and this may be
fixed, but in the version I have, if you leave out new-window, it
opens in the visible buffer of the newest frame, rather than in a new
buffer...)

In my usage, I typically have one frame with 50 to 150 buffers (and my
own conkeror-specific page-saver so that I can log back in and get
them all) and occasionally additional single-buffer frames for webapps
like gmail, zimbra, hiveminder, and similar web2.0-ish non-browser
stuff.

On 10/25/07, John J Foerch <jjfoerch at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Luca Capello <luca at pca.it> writes:
> > Hi John!
> >
> > I know how conkeror works (at least the how it worked one month ago,
> > also the stand-alone version) and I know that it has buffers.  This is
> > exactly what I don't like and why I specified "I don't like having
> > multiple *frames*".
> >
> > Let me elaborate: my workflow is to have only one browser X window,
> > fully of different tabs.  The same is possible on emacs-w3m, which
> > doesn't have its own X window (I use exclusively `emacs -nw`), but it
> > has its own Emacs frames, as my Gnus, Erc and the other Emacs stuff
> > have.  So, I can switch to Gnus by selecting the appropriate frame,
> > the same for Erc, emacs-w3m and so on.
> >
> > FWIW, as you surely already know, every Emacs frame has an X window
> > when you use a "graphical" Emacs is started with X support.  That's
> > why in my first reply I use the word "multiple frames".
> >
> > Conkeror, however, shows only one buffer (or tab, which is not the
> > same, but the end result yes) at the time, creating an X window for
> > every buffer you open.  Instead, I'd like to have all the buffers in
> > one X window, thus tabbed browsing.
> >
> > ATM, this the main stopper for me to fully adopt Conkeror.
> >
>
> Hi Luca,
>
> Are you referring to conkeror's behavior when you send an url to it
> from another application?  (this is call "command line remoting")
> If that is what you mean, you can put the following line in your rc file:
>
>   conkeror.url_remoting_fn = conkeror.find_url_new_buffer;
>
> Then running `conkeror http://www.foo.com' would open foo.com in a new
> buffer instead of a new frame.
>
> --John
>
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