The following test file loops. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>W3M LOOPER TEST</title> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=?nm=BLA"> </head> <body> <pre> Place this file in looper.html, then do $ w3m looper.html The only way to get out and recover control of your CPU is to hit ^Z several times, then do "kill -9 %". Emacs-w3m is smart to not loop, but not plain w3m Version: 0.5.2-4 . </pre> </body> </html>