ViHN: Vim for Hacker News • Hacker News Board

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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Post by jquaint » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 8:40 PM UTC

yungtriggz wrote: post #38

HL33tibCe7 wrote: post #3

I just use vimium, basically never have to use my mouse when browsing HN

I love the 'vim for this' trend. does vimium just take care of that for everything?

Yeah! You click links similar as you would with a "fingers" style plugin. i.e. f (letter combo).

I use Vimium C and haven't looked back.

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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Post by ykonstant » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 8:45 PM UTC

AlecSchueler wrote: post #33

ykonstant wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To wit: https://i.redd.it/p5h7ongm51541.jpg The rightmost buffer is `w3m` browsing arXiv.

In vim?

Yes, the entire screen you see is Vim.

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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Post by igorguerrero » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 9:53 PM UTC

Switched to this immediately, great HN tv too hah

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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Post by _emacsomancer_ » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 9:53 PM UTC

projektfu wrote: post #12

HN reads easily on eww-mode and with evil-mode you get Vim keys. There's also eww-lnum with quick link numbering.

there's also: https://github.com/clarete/hackernews.el

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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Post by mrusme » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 10:20 PM UTC

fp64 wrote: post #5

There should be a couple command line tools to read HN, this way you can even stay in the terminal and don't need to switch to the browser Switching to my browser, navigating to HN, and checking the first page (and going back if nothing interests me) already does not require me to touch my mouse and can be done with very few keystrokes. Typically, I visit HN when I'm waiting for something to complete or similar, thou…

I don't often comment on HN, but when I do, it's a shameless plug[1]. :-)

[1]: http://neonmodem.com

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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Post by AYoung010 » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 11:13 PM UTC

letmeinhere wrote: post #35

surprisetalk wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Vimlike also works exceptionally well in Safari on Mac and iOS: [1] https://www.jasminestudios.net/vimlike/

Anyone know how this compares to Vimari?

Having used both, I personally prefer vimlike —nothing major, have just run into fewer issues.

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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Post by SilasX » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 11:21 PM UTC

HL33tibCe7 wrote: post #3

I just use vimium, basically never have to use my mouse when browsing HN

The only problem I have is when I use the search (which, I know, is not HN itself but a separate service), it won't pick up the dropdown options as clickable.

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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Post by imwally » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 11:31 PM UTC

HL33tibCe7 wrote: post #3

I just use vimium, basically never have to use my mouse when browsing HN

There’s Vimari for the dozens of us that use Safari.

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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Post by funks_ » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 11:33 PM UTC

fp64 wrote: post #5

There should be a couple command line tools to read HN, this way you can even stay in the terminal and don't need to switch to the browser Switching to my browser, navigating to HN, and checking the first page (and going back if nothing interests me) already does not require me to touch my mouse and can be done with very few keystrokes. Typically, I visit HN when I'm waiting for something to complete or similar, thou…

There is HNTerm [1], which also has an online demo [2].

[1]: https://github.com/ggerganov/hnterm

[2]: https://hnterm.ggerganov.com

Re: ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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Post by keithnz » Tue, Feb 27, 2024, 12:37 AM UTC

ptrhvns wrote: post #27

geniium wrote: 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.

one thing I like in Vimium C over Vimium is reload frame. Vimium it would reload the window and I have an older web app that uses frames where reloading the window resets everything back to a particular state and I have to go and reopen the frames.