w3m-session-backup.el

Save a list of emacs-w3m tabs from the “Crash recovery session” to a YAML backup file. The format is similar to the one used in Chrome Copy URLs From All Tabs. This provides a way to get the current list of ‘w3m’ tabs in a portable format that can be searched or used elsewhere.

Usage

Save a backup using:

M-x w3m-session-backup

This can be bound to a key mapping in w3m-mode for faster access:

(defun w3m-mode-config ()
  (local-set-key (kbd "L") 'w3m-session-backup))

(add-hook 'w3m-mode-hook 'w3m-mode-config)

The resulting file will look like:

- page_title: 'Example'
  url: 'http://example.com'
- page_title: 'teddywing/w3m-session-backup'
  url: 'https://github.com/teddywing/w3m-session-backup'

Customise

By default, backup files get saved to the current directory. This can be changed by setting the w3m-session-backup-save-directory variable:

(setq w3m-session-backup-save-directory "~/backups")

The backup filename is generated by a function. By default, files will be named using the current date, like this: w3m-tabs-20180411-22h42m08.yml. A custom function can be used instead. For example:

(setq w3m-session-backup-filename-function
      (lambda ()
        (format "w3m-tabs-%s.yml"
                (format-time-string "%Y%m%d-%Hh%Mm%S"))))

Requirements

• emacs-w3m

Install

Download the w3m-session-backup.el file. Run

M-x package-install-file

with the downloaded file.

License

Copyright © 2018 Teddy Wing. Licensed under the GNU GPLv3+ (see the included COPYING file).