paw

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• Apr 1, 2026
  description

  Paw: Enhanced Text Interaction for Emacs Integration
  Transform your web browsing experience with Paw, a powerful browser extension that seamlessly integrates with Emacs through org-protocol. Capture text selections, context, and HTML content with intuitive interactions—all designed to boost your productivity.
  
  Key Features
  🎯 Smart Text Capture
  Hover & Click Interaction: Underline words on mouseover and capture them with a simple click
  Flexible Selection: Select entire passages or single words—the extension captures both text and surrounding context
  Context-Aware: Automatically identifies and captures the parent context (e.g., paragraph) for better note organization
  
  ⚡ Floating Action Button
  Quick Access: A convenient floating "+" button appears near your text selections
  Multiple Protocols: Access all configured org-protocols through an intuitive submenu
  Customizable Position: Adjust button offsets to suit your workflow
  Smart Visibility: Show/hide the button based on your preferences, with automatic display when text is selected
  
  ⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
  Instant Capture: Use customizable keyboard shortcuts (e.g., Alt + S) to grab the word under your caret
  Configurable Modifiers: Choose between None, Ctrl, or Alt modifiers
  Efficient Workflow: Send selections to Emacs without leaving the keyboard
  
  🔧 Customizable Org-Protocol Support
  Multiple Protocols: Configure unlimited org-protocols using comma-separated format or JSON arrays
  Format Options: Choose between text, HTML, or markdown formats for captured content
  Advanced Configuration: Support for additional options like download (save full page HTML) and deselect (clear selection after capture)
  Example: [{"protocol": "paw", "format": "text"}, {"protocol": "anki", "format": "html"}]
  
  🖱️ Single-Click Mode
  Word-Level Interaction: Enable single-click mode to wrap and capture individual words instantly
  Toggleable: Turn on/off from the popup or options page
  Site-Specific: Works intelligently across different websites
  
  🎨 Auto-Highlight
  Visual Feedback: Automatically highlight known words on web pages
  Server Integration: Works with optional paw-server to display your vocabulary or saved words
  Info Bubbles: Hover over highlighted words to see additional information
  
  📋 Rich Content Support
  HTML Content: Send selected HTML content to Emacs for advanced processing
  Full Page Capture: Optionally download entire page HTML for archival
  Text & Context: Captures URL, page title, selected text, and surrounding paragraph
  
  🌐 Server Integration (Optional)
  paw-server Support: Connect to a local Python Flask server for advanced features
  Endpoints: POST to /paw for selections, GET from /words for highlights, POST to /source for full HTML
  Fallback: Automatically falls back to org-protocol if server is unavailable
  
  Perfect For
  Emacs Users: Seamlessly integrate your browser with Emacs workflows
  Note-Takers: Quickly capture web content with full context
  Researchers: Save selections with URLs and metadata for reference
  Knowledge Workers: Build a personal knowledge base from web content
  Language Learners: Track vocabulary and phrases from online reading
  Configuration Options
  Access the Options page to customize:
  
  Enable/disable extension, single-click mode, auto-highlight, and floating button
  Configure Protocol(s) with custom names and formats
  Set keyboard shortcut and modifier keys
  Adjust floating button position offsets
  Configure org-protocol template variables (url, title, note, body)
  Set paw-server address (default: http://localhost:5001)
  
  Privacy
  ✅ No data sent to external servers by default
  ✅ Optional local server integration only (paw-server on localhost)
  ✅ No usage analytics or tracking
  ✅ No third-party telemetry
  ✅ Open source—inspect the code yourself
  
  Supported Platforms
  Chrome, Chromium, Brave, Edge (Manifest V3)
  Firefox Desktop & Android (Manifest V2)
  Integration
  Works seamlessly with popular Emacs packages:
  
  paw.el: Word and note management
  org-protocol: Capture web content directly into Org mode
  wallabag.el: Save articles to Wallabag
  calibredb.el: Open ebooks in browser
  
  Get Started
  Install the extension
  Configure your org-protocols in the Options page
  Select text on any webpage
  Click the floating "+" button or use your keyboard shortcut
  Watch your selection appear in Emacs via org-protocol!
  Boost your productivity with seamless Emacs integration and powerful text interaction tools—all directly from your browser.
  
  For detailed documentation, visit: https://github.com/chenyanming/paw_browser_extension

  Paw: Enhanced Text Interaction for Emacs Integration
  
  Transform your web browsing experience with Paw, a powerful browser extension that seamlessly integrates with Emacs through org-protocol. Capture text selections, context, and HTML content with intuitive interactions—all designed to boost your productivity.
  
  
  KEY FEATURES
  
  🎯 Smart Text Capture
  - Hover & Click Interaction: Underline words on mouseover and capture them with a simple click
  - Flexible Selection: Select entire passages or single words—the extension captures both text and surrounding context
  - Context-Aware: Automatically identifies and captures the parent context (e.g., paragraph) for better note organisation
  
  ⚡ Floating Action Button
  - Quick Access: A convenient floating "+" button appears near your text selections
  - Multiple Protocols: Access all configured org-protocols through an intuitive submenu
  - Customisable Position: Adjust button offsets to suit your workflow
  - Smart Visibility: Show/hide the button based on your preferences, with automatic display when text is selected
  
  ⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
  - Instant Capture: Use customisable keyboard shortcuts (e.g., Alt + S) to grab the word under your caret
  - Configurable Modifiers: Choose between None, Ctrl, or Alt modifiers
  - Efficient Workflow: Send selections to Emacs without leaving the keyboard
  
  🗂️ OneTab-Style Tab Manager
  - Capture & Close: Capture the current tab or all tabs in a window — tabs are closed and saved into named sections, just like OneTab
  - Drag & Drop: Reorder individual tabs within and across sections, or reorder entire sections
  - Send to Emacs: Send a single tab, an entire section, or a batch of selected tabs to Emacs via paw-server
  - Multi-Format Link Copy: Copy links as Org-mode [[url][title]], Markdown [title](url), or plain URLs
  - Multi-Select: Checkbox selection per tab or per section for bulk actions
  - Live Manager: The tab manager page updates in real time as new tabs are captured
  
  🔧 Customisable Org-Protocol Support
  - Multiple Protocols: Configure unlimited org-protocols using comma-separated format or JSON arrays
  - Format Options: Choose between text, HTML, or Markdown formats for captured content
  - Advanced Configuration: Support for download (save full page HTML) and deselect (clear selection after capture)
  - JSON Editor: The Options page displays Protocol(s) as prettified JSON with live validation
  - Example: [{"protocol": "paw", "format": "text"}, {"protocol": "anki", "format": "html"}]
  
  🖱️ Single-Click Mode
  - Word-Level Interaction: Enable single-click mode to wrap and capture individual words instantly
  - Toggleable: Turn on/off from the popup or options page
  
  🎨 Auto-Highlight
  - Visual Feedback: Automatically highlight known words on web pages
  - Server Integration: Works with optional paw-server to display your vocabulary or saved words
  - Info Bubbles: Hover over highlighted words to see additional information
  
  📋 Rich Content Support
  - HTML Content: Send selected HTML content to Emacs for advanced processing
  - Full Page Capture: Optionally download entire page HTML for archival
  - Text & Context: Captures URL, page title, selected text, and surrounding paragraph
  
  🌐 Server Integration (Optional)
  - paw-server Support: Connect to a local Python Flask server for advanced features
  - Endpoints: POST /paw for selections, GET /words for highlights, POST /source for full HTML
  - Fallback: Automatically falls back to org-protocol if the server is unavailable
  
  
  PERFECT FOR
  
  - Emacs Users: Seamlessly integrate your browser with Emacs workflows
  - Note-Takers: Quickly capture web content with full context
  - Researchers: Save selections with URLs and metadata for reference
  - Knowledge Workers: Build a personal knowledge base from web content
  - Language Learners: Track vocabulary and phrases from online reading
  
  
  CONFIGURATION
  
  Open the Options page (gear icon in the popup) to customise:
  - Enable/disable extension, single-click mode, auto-highlight, and floating button
  - Configure Protocol(s) with a prettified JSON editor and live validation
  - Set keyboard shortcut and modifier keys
  - Adjust floating button position offsets
  - Configure org-protocol template variables (url, title, note, body)
  - Set paw-server address (default: http://localhost:5001)
  
  
  PRIVACY
  
  ✅ No data sent to external servers by default
  ✅ Optional local server integration only (paw-server on localhost)
  ✅ No usage analytics or tracking
  ✅ No third-party telemetry
  ✅ Open source — inspect the code yourself
  
  
  EMACS PACKAGE INTEGRATION
  
  - paw.el — Word and note management
  - org-protocol — Capture web content directly into Org mode
  - wallabag.el — Save articles to Wallabag
  - calibredb.el — Open ebooks in browser
  
  
  GET STARTED
  
  1. Install the extension
  2. Configure your org-protocols in the Options page
  3. Select text on any webpage
  4. Click the floating "+" button or use your keyboard shortcut
  5. Watch your selection appear in Emacs via org-protocol!
  
  Or capture entire browsing sessions: Capture All → organise in the Tab Manager → send to Emacs in one click.
  
  Boost your productivity with seamless Emacs integration and powerful text interaction tools—all directly from your browser.
  
  For detailed documentation, visit: https://github.com/chenyanming/paw_browser_extension

• Apr 1, 2026
  permissions

  storage, activeTab

  storage, activeTab, tabs

Permissions & access

Permissions

storageactiveTabtabs

Host access

http://localhost/*

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