On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 5:26 PM, William Gardella
<address@hidden> wrote:
Paul Michael Reilly <
address@hidden> writes:
...
> I use this all the time. What I'm trying to accomplish is to
> integrate Emacs into the Browser via a plugin/extension mechanism.
> My underlying model is Chrome OS where you cannot install Emacs for
> something like Edit_with_Emacs to connect via the Emacs server.
>
> -pmr
similar by putting the device into developer/non-signed-boot mode, after
which it is similar to installing stuff on a Gentoo box. Even without
resorting to that, one could always SSH into a "proper" GNU system with
an Emacs server installed; this is what I have long done on work
computers (usually Windows boxes) that don't permit me to install
software. There is a working SSH client in the Chrome Web Store.
Again, my goal is to have a seamless, robust Emacs experience when editing or viewing files in a Web constrained device. Nothing exemplifies the experience I am after more than visiting an org-mode file on my server directly or via something like Google Drive or Drop Box and having the file handler be Emacs, i.e. I visit
https://my.server.com/foo.org and rather than see the browser display something akin to "Sorry, I don't know how to deal with that, Jim", I want the opened tab to display what org-mode would display and keystrokes in the tab to be interpreted as org-mode would, by an Emacs instance handling the file.
Using an ssh type mechanism is neither seamless, robust nor practical.
Other than that, I think the cause is basically hopeless; a Chromebook
is a Tivoized device.
My cause is not hopeless, I am convinced. I've never used a Tivo so I do not understand the analogy. Also, I use the Chromebook as a name to characterize an experience: where a browser is the main (possibly sole) application and all computing is done via URL references. This computing model is important to me because it enormously simplifies my computing environment and allows me to focus on hacking rather than system administration. It also allows me to use commodity hardware, although I will be the first to admit that the initial Chromebook devices were underpowered and less than useful. On my MacBook Air, I basically use Chrome and Emacs, which was the catalyst to asking the question: is there a way to combine the two seamlessly? I cannot imagine Emacs ever being a Chrome replacement but I can imagine Emacs handling a file in a Chrome tab. Now I just need to find a practical way to make it happen. :-)
-pmr