Is there way to launch Emacs in eww browser mode?

Is there way to launch Emacs in eww browser mode?

Is there a way to launch Emacs in eww browser mode and display a local startup.html file? (Which is like hitting a nail with a sledgehammer I know but, I was curious.) Related to this, can you specify a handler for links to files within a page displayed by eww? (e.g. .mp4,.mp3, html, pdf,.csv, etc.)

How to display a local HTML file in Emacs?

You can switch out the logo, maybe change the bg color, customize the text string associated with that screen, but you can’t really dig into it per say because it’s all in the source code. So I got the idea of displaying a local html file (or one on a LAN) instead.

Can you put text on startup screen in Emacs?

It doesn’t look like there is any variable you can set to insert text into the text-only startup screen that is displayed when Emacs starts with a small initial frame. It looks like fancy-startup-screen gets called if the display is big enough, otherwise normal-splash-screen is called.

Is there a web browser for GNU Emacs?

EWW, the Emacs Web Wowser, is a web browser for GNU Emacs. It can load, parse, and display various web pages using shr.el. However a GNU Emacs with libxml2 support is required. Next: Advanced, Previous: Overview, Up: Top [ Contents ] [ Index]

When to send cookies when retrieving images from eww?

Many HTML pages have images embedded in them, and EWW will download most of these by default. When fetching images, cookies can be sent and received, and these can be used to track users. To control when to send cookies when retrieving these images, the shr-cookie-policy variable can be used.

How to get summary of eww list buffers?

To get summary of currently opened EWW buffers, press S ( eww-list-buffers ). The *eww buffers* buffer allows you to quickly kill, flip through and switch to specific EWW buffer. To switch EWW buffers through a minibuffer prompt, press s ( eww-switch-to-buffer ).