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by Rediscover 425 days ago
> What are the things you’ve written in elisp that have helped you?

Usually tools to alleviate working with dumbass web-based (supposedly needing the corporate-approved browser) stuff for $DAY-JOB.

Oh, and an extension to allow emacs-w3m to handle lynx-style multibookmarks.
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prestonlibby 425 days ago
> > What are the things you’ve written in elisp that have helped you? > > Usually tools to alleviate working with dumbass web-based (supposedly needing the corporate-approved browser) stuff for $DAY-JOB. > > Oh, and an extension to allow emacs-w3m to handle lynx-style multibookmarks.

This sparks my interest as I am in the early days of both customizing Emacs and attempting to displace some of my browsing with it as well. Could you elaborate further on this multibookmarks concept and perhaps an example of one of those alleviations for working with web-based workflows?

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Rediscover 423 days ago
Lynx is a web browser, bookmarking a page is done by hitting "adX" as in (a)dd (d)ocument to file (X). Or (a)dd (l)ink to (X). Nice and quick. The X is usually a lower case ASCII letter corresponding to a file. You can enable this mode (and the specific bookmark files) in lynx's config file. The Emacs extension uses the same keystrokes and, optionally, the same files.

Alleviations are (I'm intentionally vague here) for getting rid of finding a link, clicking through, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, just to get to where I need to be (like adding an update to a ticket). I usually only automate processes that are intended for use by mouse/pointer-driving users with an ability to comprehend what (and where) icons are - I have a self-imposed problem withe former and a physically/mentally imposed hard time with the latter.

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