2009/3/22 Axel Beckert <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > I'm using Conkeror now not only at home ut also at work as default > browser. At work I'm used to work a lot with tabs. So having more view > space due to the missing tab bar is a fat plus (compared to Opera), > but I also noticed that checking if I have some URL already open is a > little bit arduous. > > So the following idea came up in my mind: > > What if there were a C-x key combination which calls a function which does > the following: > > 1. Opens the minibuffer as C-x C-f or C-x C-b does. > > 2. Offers all bookmarks AND URLs open in buffers. > > 3. On selection of an URL checks if the URL is already open in a > buffer and if so changes to that buffer, else opens that URL in a > new buffer. > > Emacs has such a feature builtin into C-x C-f by default. And there is > (or at least once was) a Firefox plugin which did the same for tabs. > But since with firefox you first open a new tab and then an URL in it, > this was more nerved so I deinstalled it quite quickly. > > So I would like to hear what you think about the following two > possibilities: > > + Adding such a feature to C-x C-f so that it works as in Emacs and > you can't open one website in two different buffers anymore. > > + Adding a new C-x keybinding which does as described above, e.g. C-x > C-S-f or C-S-x C-S-f. > > Another thing in that context which I miss from Emacs a little bit is > the list-buffers feature with C-x C-b. > > Regards, Axel
Good suggestion! However, I think we should go for a third possibility; having a user variable controlling this. Cheers, Deniz _______________________________________________ Conkeror mailing list [email protected] https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/conkeror
