X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=emacstips.mdwn;h=db1655019831ef436b299c97bd03b8270649d2e3;hb=b2ad064b8bb1788aa50617082d0c89e5a7344eef;hp=2aed80a2a7e5c16772ee557c045cb60d78eea145;hpb=699da4fcfba366be4b35a282566f7fdb9910868a;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/emacstips.mdwn b/emacstips.mdwn index 2aed80a..db16550 100644 --- a/emacstips.mdwn +++ b/emacstips.mdwn @@ -174,14 +174,26 @@ useful to you. ## Viewing HTML messages with an external viewer -The emacs client can often display an HTML message inline, but it -sometimes fails for one reason or another, (or is perhaps inadequate -if you really need to see the graphical presentation of the HTML -message). - -In this case, it can be useful to display the message in an external -viewer, such as a web browser. Here's a little script that Keith -Packard wrote, which he calls `view-html`: +The emacs client can display an HTML message inline using either the +`html2text` library or some text browser, like w3m or lynx. This is +controlled by the `mm-text-html-renderer` variable. + +The first option is theorically better, because it can generate +strings formatted for emacs and do whatever you want, e.g., substitute +text inside <b> tags for bold text in the buffer. The library, however +is still in a very early development phase and cannot yet process +properly many elements, like tables and