> I really cannot see the benefits of the intermediate stage.

a) This thread is about local POD from perldoc, so no CSS, no JS, no speed problems, no images and (sorry) even no modern plane simulation.

b) w3m does not only allow to execute shell commands directly (type !) it also supports many keybindings of your preferred ed(v)itor. No mouse needed. (Sometimes you just wanna automatically search for a special keyword or only display a certain paragraph)

c) Using w3m within an emacs buffer¹ allows me running the same automization interface (macros) for POD and my source, like cutting code, switching buffer and pasting and running it, without even touching the mouse. The geometry of splitted windows showing my source and POD are automatically controlled, the bookmarks use the same interface, and all the other "same UI benefits" I forgot...

d) And as I said, it's only optional, users could still use a full scale browser if they don't like these benefits...TIMTOWTDI...

(Sure I could emulate all of this with JS, AJAX, a local podserver or sending FF remote commands and FF AddOns like vimperator and It's all text, plus tools like AutoIt or wmctrl but surely for more than doubled implementation costs)

Cheers Rolf

UPDATES: 1) added link

In reply to Re^6: Better perldoc on Windows by LanX
in thread Better perldoc on Windows by roho

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