Re: Embedding external application in emacs (or using emacs to control exeternal application)

[Thorsten Bonow]

>>>>> "Corey" == Corey Foote <coreyfoote@hotmail.com> writes:

    Corey> Is there a way to embed external application (such as firefox) inside
    Corey> an Emacs buffer and use Emacs to control them? If not, would it be
    Corey> possible to simply send an external application (again like firefox)
    Corey> a command from within emacs without it being embedded. For example,
    Corey> say I was working on an HTML page in emacs and wanted to preview my
    Corey> changes by refreshing the page in firefox. I would just like to be
    Corey> able to say something like M-x refresh-firefox, and not have to click
    Corey> over to the firefox window to his refresh myself. What would be
    Corey> required to add this feature?

    Corey>

Hi,

I don't think your first scenario is possible, but here I'm way out of my
depth. Just guessing because I don't know of any other "embedded" app.

Case two is possible.

You could look up "browse-url" in the emacs manual: Commands for interaction
with a browser.

But Emacs is able to start (a)synchronous subprocesses with or without a shell,
so calling another app with the current file-name as option should be
possible. All this is documented in the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. Search
for `start-process'.

Hope this helps

Toto


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