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Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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post #11

But... You can use $> lynx -vikeys from a terminal emulator inside the vim itself! That way you dont even have to invent anything or leave vim! (posted from vim btw)

You don't even need to drop down to a terminal -- there's https://github.com/dansomething/vim-hackernews (although it hasn't been updated since 2018) that interfaces with the API directly.

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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post #14
post #11

But... You can use $> lynx -vikeys from a terminal emulator inside the vim itself! That way you dont even have to invent anything or leave vim! (posted from vim btw)

Interesting. Are you running lynx inside a vim terminal buffer?

Yeah, the most interesting part is that lynx is in a vim terminal buffer, and then the same vim is opened from lynx inside the almighty vim terminal buffer to edit this post textarea ;)

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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post #11

But... You can use $> lynx -vikeys from a terminal emulator inside the vim itself! That way you dont even have to invent anything or leave vim! (posted from vim btw)

Interestingly enough, I'm reading this and posting in lynx. I have both vikeys and numbered links set...

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

#24
post #19

Simple man: I see a screen with a window manager with gaps, I scream. We're paying thousands of dollars for machines with high resolution displays, why don't people use the whole display???

Because we want to enjoy our wallpapers too.

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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post #25

I use Surfingkeys [1] with Firefox (also for Chrome) for this. Last time I looked it was by far the best solution and superior to vimium. [1]: https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys

In what ways is it superior to Vimium?

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

#28
post #19

Simple man: I see a screen with a window manager with gaps, I scream. We're paying thousands of dollars for machines with high resolution displays, why don't people use the whole display???

I like my windows (contexts really) to have more visual separation so all my Amethyst windows have 5px margins.

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

#29
post #27
post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And Vimium C

I think Vimium C works better than Vimium. It's been so long since I switched that I can't remember exactly why, though.

I switched last week because its smooth scroll is smoother.

I also noticed that Vimium C is better at finding clickable elements for hints.

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

#30
> When GNOME Shell happened, I was forced to go looking for a new window manager. I ended up installing Ratpoison.

Wow, I used Ratpoison around 20 years ago. SunOS labs in school used some window manager I couldn't stand (don't remember which) and I saw a classmate with basically no window chrome on their display, and was intrigued.

They helped me compile it (no small feat given our resource constraints) and off I went, until my hand started to cramp a year later from hitting ctrl-t so much. I switched to ion for awhile, and then ended up scavenging a linux box to do assignments from home.

I'm happy to see some folks still holding firm on the "no-pointer" front.

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