Emacs Moz Controller

Demo

• refresh
• previous / next tab
• page up / down
• kill current page
• zoom in / out
• view page source

Installation

• Firefox addon: MozRepl

  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mozrepl/

• Emacs addon: emacs-moz-controller

  package-install emacs-moz-controller

Writing Elisp

• define macro

  (defmacro defun-moz-controller-command (name arglist doc &rest body)
    "Macro for defining moz commands.
  
  NAME: function name.
  ARGLIST: should be an empty list () .
  DOC: docstring for the function.
  BODY: the desired JavaScript expression, as a string."
    `(defun ,name ,arglist
       ,doc
       (interactive)
       (comint-send-string
        (inferior-moz-process)
        ,@body)
       )
    )
  

• view page source

TODOs

• Retrieve current URL
  • send command
  • wait and receive output
• Or…Embed webkit into Emacs

Questions & Answers