[NCLUG] [OT?] Vimium on Chromium on FreeBSD

[Bill Thorson]

Your right. I misunderstood.  That does sound very interesting.

On 11/05/2010 10:45 AM, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 09:57:33AM -0600, Bill Thorson wrote:
>    
>> What about ymacs instead?
>>
>>       http://www.ymacs.org/demo/
>>      
> I think you misunderstand the purpose of browser extensions like
> Vimperator and Vimium.  It is to have a vi-like browsing experience, and
> not to have a vi implementation inside the browser.  For instance, both
> Vimperator and Vimium allow me to:
>
> * go forward and back through history with L and H, respectively
>
> * scroll up and down the page with k and j, respectively
>
> * close a tab with d, or reopen a closed tab with u
>
> * use a "link hints" system to navigate to a link with three or fewer
>    keystrokes (the first of which is f, or F if I want it opening in a new
>    tab, and the next one or two of which select the specific link)
>
> * reload the page with r, or ignore cache and reload with R
>
> * exit the browser, saving all tabs, with :xall
>
> * et cetera
>
> Also . . . why would someone who's specifically talking about wanting a
> vi-like experience want to use something that works like Emacs?  Don't
> you know there's a *war* going on?
>
>    
>
>
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