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Re: Big Pile of Vim-Like

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Post by intrepidhero »

techntoke wrote: post #18
susam wrote: post #11

In the graphical browser category, I have tried Qutebrowser and it is neat. However, Firefox remains as my primary web browser. I use the Vimium plugin with Firefox. It provides Vim-like key bindings for many commonly used browsing tasks. My most favourite commands in Vimum are 'f' and 'F'. The 'f' or 'F' command creates key combinations for all the links found in the page. It highlights the key combinations in littl…

Just curious, do you use Linux as your main desktop OS?

I've been using Debian and KDE | xfce | i3 (depending on machine and task) as my main desktop and laptop operating system for 2+ years. Once I learned how to install wifi firmware I haven't had any hardware issues. And it runs much faster than Win 10 did on my little celeron laptop.

I'll add my recommendation for qutebrowser. i3, rxvt, and vim are where I spend most of my time.

Re: Big Pile of Vim-Like

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Post by b0rsuk »

danmg wrote: post #20

"Vim modes" only offer like 40%-60% coverage of features in IDEs. I haven't found one yet that lets you set marks with :k[letter]. Jetbrains (and maybe viper) are the only ones I've found that support block modes. "Vim mode" means a lot more than just using 'hjklioaD^['. It would be fairer to call them "nvi modes".

"Vim mode" also means that keyboard interface is an afterthought in the editor. Whereas if you use a plugin for vim, it's guaranteed to have good keyboard integration and efficient keybindings.

Re: Big Pile of Vim-Like

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Post by b0rsuk »

It's interesting how Vim and Emacs take opposite approach to solving this!

Emacs: put all applications into emacs! Vim: make other applications controlled like vim!

I'm a vim user and I prefer #2.

Re: Big Pile of Vim-Like

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Post by chipperyman573 »

alpaca128 wrote: post #17
susam wrote: post #11

In the graphical browser category, I have tried Qutebrowser and it is neat. However, Firefox remains as my primary web browser. I use the Vimium plugin with Firefox. It provides Vim-like key bindings for many commonly used browsing tasks. My most favourite commands in Vimum are 'f' and 'F'. The 'f' or 'F' command creates key combinations for all the links found in the page. It highlights the key combinations in littl…

Same here - I used qutebrowser exclusively for a couple months, but in the end I couldn't handle all the annoying popups and autoplaying videos in modern websites - all things that you can block with a single plugin in Firefox, together with ads. Too bad, because Vim plugins never allow full UI control in Firefox(e.g. closing an empty "new tab" is impossible with Vim plugins). Recently I switched from Vimium to Surfi…

Try Vivaldi (chromium based browser with a LOT of settings). I had the same problem until I downloaded it, you can natively bind a key to close current tab, it will work on new tabs (and files)

Re: Big Pile of Vim-Like

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Post by School-Cotton »

danmg wrote: post #20

"Vim modes" only offer like 40%-60% coverage of features in IDEs. I haven't found one yet that lets you set marks with :k[letter]. Jetbrains (and maybe viper) are the only ones I've found that support block modes. "Vim mode" means a lot more than just using 'hjklioaD^['. It would be fairer to call them "nvi modes".

k[letter] is part of Posix ex. nvi definitely supports it, so those IDEs are even more primitive than what you claim :)
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