http://bazaar-vcs.org/BzrFeatures - improving page

Jari Aalto jari.aalto at cante.net
Thu Oct 1 07:24:26 BST 2009


Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net> writes:

| On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 14:43 +1000, Ian Clatworthy wrote:
| 
| > 
| > > Also PDFs cannot be accessed on non-windowed
| > > environment. We must also remember that the Linux PDF handling is
| > not
| > > always that convenient to Windows's counterpart.
| > 
| > What platforms is it a problem on? IMO, PDF is better on Ubuntu than
| > on Windows. On Ubuntu, it works straight out of the box.
| 
| I believe Jari meant 'non-windowED' - that is no X. E.g. ssh to a
| server, or small form factor. Environments where lynx/w3m can show html
| well (or plain text equally).

Yes. 

In addition to using lynx, links, elinks, w3m, it is possible to run
text-only browsers inside Emacs terminal or screen sessions. Imagine

    - Editor's own search capabilities on page
    - Copy/cut/paste snippets and consult documentation
    - ... while you work at the server or remote site

Jari




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