Re: eww

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:48:47 +0200 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> 
wrote: 

LMI> Currently eww uses a single buffer, and whenever you ask it to display a
LMI> new URL, it discards everything in the buffer.  This means that when you
LMI> want to return to the previous page, eww has to re-fetch and re-render
LMI> the page.  And you lose the data in <form>s you have filled out.

LMI> Would it make more sense for eww to use new buffers every time?  eww
LMI> would have a backlog of, say, ten buffers, and going back to the
LMI> previous page would just mean popping to the previous buffer.  And it
LMI> could use `bury-buffer' and rename the previous buffer to a name with
LMI> something leading with " " when you go to a new page.

At least I would prefer undo/redo to go back and forth in the history of
the current eww buffer, and an explicit "browse in new eww buffer"
command.

Speaking of conveniences, could `next-error' and `previous-error' move
between anchors?

Thanks!
Ted