[Emacspeak] Re: Nyxt browser

[John Covici <covici@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is this browser supposed to work in a virtual console?  I downloaded
their binary and it seemed unhappy about gtk.

On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 08:20:36 -0500,
Tim Cross via Emacspeak wrote:
> 
> 
> You have to get it from the project page on github. It is a common lisp
> based browser, so you also need to install sbcl. While most distros
> include sbcl, I find installation from the homepage of sbcl is more
> up-to-date.
> 
> John Covici via Emacspeak <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> writes:
> 
> > Where can I get this nyxt browser?  I don't have it in my repository
> > at all nor is it an elpa package.
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 03:36:48 -0500,
> > Isaac Leonard via Emacspeak wrote:
> >> 
> >> In the emacspeak 55 install there is a nyxt folder, I've not tried it out though.
> >> Tim Cross via Emacspeak <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> writes:
> >> 
> >> > Hi Raman,
> >> >
> >> > just wondering if you have looked at the Nyxt browser? I've just built
> >> > and installed it and am surprised at how good it seems. If your not
> >> > familiar with it, it is a Common Lisp based web browser which includes
> >> > Javascript support.
> >> >
> >> > What is interesting is that it is not too hard to define commands which
> >> > can be run in Emacs which interact with the browser. You can also run a
> >> > swank server in the browser and connect to it via slime.
> >> >
> >> > My thinking is that it could provide a nice extension for those sites
> >> > which require Javascript and are not terribly useful with eww. I also
> >> > suspect it would be fairly straight-forward to add at least rudimentary
> >> > speech support. There is already code out there showing use of Emacs and
> >> > Nyxt for capturing org notes and driving Nyxt from within Emacs.
> >> >
> >> > Could be another useful tool - especially for those like us who run
> >> > Emacs and Stumpwm and therefore already have CL, swank and slime setup
> >> > etc.
> >> >
> >> > Tim
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> >> 
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