Glossary¶
- buffer
- web buffer
The content of a web page, not including its window or view.
You can learn the basics of buffer handling in Managing buffers.
- command
- commands
A command is a named action doable in the browser.
See Commands, key bindings and keymaps for a detailed description.
See Commands for a list of commands; or better, use the describe-commands command to get live documentation.
- hinting
Hinting is used to navigate through the visible links and objects of the current web buffer’s page, using the keyboard only.
See Link hinting for more information.
- key binding
- key bindings
A key binding is a combination of key presses used to trigger commands.
See Commands, key bindings and keymaps for a detailed description, and Binding a command to a keymap for custom configuration of key bindings.
- keymap
- keymaps
A keymap is an object holding a mapping between key bindings and commands.
See Commands, key bindings and keymaps for a detailed description.
See Keymaps for a list of keymaps; or better, use the describe-bindings command to get live documentation.
- minibuffer
- The minibuffer is what can be seen at the bottom of a webmacs window. It displays some information on the right, such as the currently active keymap and the number of open buffers.
- minibuffer input
When webmacs is waiting for some information from you, the minibuffer input is shown: it’s a text edit field in which you can type some text.
Often, there also is a completion list above the minibuffer input.
- variable
- variables
Some behaviors of webmacs can be customized using variables.
See Variables for variables configuration.
See All variables to see all the variables; or better, use describe-variables to get live documentation.
- view
- views
A view is a part of a window displaying a buffer. There can be multiple views in one window.
See Managing views.
- webjump
- webjumps
A Webjump represents a quick way to access a URL, possibly with a variable part. A webjump name becomes a part of the webmacs go-to command, so for example you can type
google foo bar
to execute a Google query with “foo bar” terms.See Webjumps to see the builtins webjumps and how to configure your owns.