5.14 Other variables

w3m-async-exec

Non-nil means execute the `w3m' command asynchronously in Emacs process.

w3m-broken-proxy-cache

Set it to t if the proxy server seems not to work properly in caching. Note that this may be the double-edged sword; setting it to t will likely be harmful if the proxy server sends bad requests (e.g., not including the Host header, see RFC2616 section 14.23) to foreign servers when the `w3m' command specifies the `no-cache' directive. Also note that it may not be effective if you are using old `w3m' command.

w3m-history-minimize-in-new-session

Non-nil means minimize copied history so that there's only current page. This variable is effective when creating of the new session by copying (i.e., w3m-copy-buffer). The default value is nil.

w3m-history-reuse-history-elements

Non-nil means reuse the history element when re-visiting the page. Otherwise, a new history element will be created even if there are elements for the same url in the history.

Emacs-w3m used to operate as the case in which it is non-nil, however it sometimes brought about users' dissatisfaction. For example, if a user visited the pages A -> B -> C -> B in order, performing BACK on the second B would let a user visit A. The reason why a user was taken to A rather than C is that the w3m-history variable only had the list (A B C) as a history and B was the current position at that time.

The default value for this variable is nil which allows the w3m-history variable to have the list (A B C B). Where contents of two B's are the identical Lisp objects. So, too much wasting the Lisp resources will be avoided.

See the documentation for the variables w3m-history and w3m-history-flat for more information.

w3m-process-connection-type

Value for process-connection-type used when communicating with `w3m'.

w3m-process-modeline-format

Format used when displaying the progress of the external `w3m' process. It shows a percentage of the data loaded from the web server.

w3m-xmas-show-current-title-in-buffer-tab

If non-nil, show the title strings in the buffers tab. It has no effect if your XEmacs does not support the gutter items.