Re: Can emacs-w3m open links in browser

[Thamer Mahmoud]

David Hanak <dhanakDONT@isisSEND.vanderbiltME.eduSPAM> writes:
[snipped]
> (defun my-w3m-browse-url-at-point ()
>   (interactive)
>   (let ((url (w3m-url-at-point)))
>     (if url
>       (browse-url url)
>       (message "No URL under point."))))
>
> And it works, it's better than ever!

Just today, I've started using w3m and I'm having a similar problem. I
want to open all link and image *buttons* rendered by w3m in Firefox.
I've tried your solution, but for some reason, the w3m-url-at-point
only works for URL's (i.e http://...) and returns nil for the buttons
rendered in w3m.

Anyways, I'm not sure if there is an easy way to get the same
behavior (e.g some variable that I need to set), here is what I
ended up having in my .gnus file. This works for both links and
images:


(require 'w3m)
(eval-after-load "w3m"
  '(progn
     (defun w3m-safe-view-this-url ()
       (interactive)
       (if (not (setq url (w3m-url-valid (w3m-anchor))))
           (setq url (w3m-url-valid (w3m-image))))
       (if url
           (browse-url url)
         (message "No URL at point")))))



Hope this might help someone. 
- Thamer Mahmoud