NonGNU ELPA - xkcd

xkcd

Description
View xkcd from Emacs
Latest
xkcd-1.1.tar, 2022-Dec-13, 20.0 KiB
Maintainer
Vibhav Pant <vibhavp@gmail.com>
Website
https://github.com/vibhavp/emacs-xkcd
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To install this package, run in Emacs:

M-x package-install RET xkcd RET

Full description

emacs-xkcd.png

Implementation of an xkcd reader for GNU Emacs.

1 Installation

1.1 Via package.el

emacs-xkcd is available on MELPA and Marmalade. Just add any of these to your package archives, and install the package with M-x package-install xkcd.

1.2 Via el-get

Emacs xkcd can also be installed using el-get. To do so, run M-x el-get-install xkcd

1.3 Via Git

Clone this repo to a desired location, add the directory to your load path:

(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "/path/to/emacs-xkcd"))
(require 'xkcd)

2 Screenshot:

screenshot.png

3 Viewing comics:

  • xkcd-get loads a user-specific xkcd.

Files are cached (for later offline viewing) by default to ~/.emacs.d/xkcd/. This can be changed by changing xkcd-cache-dir in emacs-xkcd's customize menu. (customize-group xkcd)

  • xkcd loads the latest xkcd.

4 Customization

emacs-xkcd can be customized with M-x customize-group xkcd.

Option Use Default value
xkcd-cache-dir Directory where images and json files are cached ~/.emacs.d/xkcd/
xkcd-cache-latest File where the latest cached xkcd's number is stored ~/.emacs.d/xkcd/latest

5 Keybindings:

Keybinding Use Function
r Load a random xkcd (xkcd-rand)
t Show alt-text in the minibuffer (xkcd-alt-text)
<right> Load next xkcd (xkcd-next)
<left> Loads previous xkcd (xkcd-prev)

6 Stuff yet to be added:

6.1 TODO View title in user-defined faces.

6.2 TODO Handle links to xkcd in Emacs with xkcd-get.