Comments on: Vimperator, Vimium and the switch to Qutebrowser https://blog.al4.co.nz/2017/10/vimperator-vimium-and-the-switch-to-qutebrowser/ My hobby... Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:18:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anjan https://blog.al4.co.nz/2017/10/vimperator-vimium-and-the-switch-to-qutebrowser/#comment-13067 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:18:24 +0000 https://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=2761#comment-13067 I kinda followed the same path, but ended up using lua-kit instead of Qutebrowser, though i had given it a try, i liked lua-kit better.

]]> By: William https://blog.al4.co.nz/2017/10/vimperator-vimium-and-the-switch-to-qutebrowser/#comment-12925 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 22:39:52 +0000 https://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=2761#comment-12925 A windows-only solution might be to use autohotkey… But I’m not sure what limitations you’d end up with down that route.

]]> By: Alex Forbes https://blog.al4.co.nz/2017/10/vimperator-vimium-and-the-switch-to-qutebrowser/#comment-12923 Sun, 29 Oct 2017 10:29:01 +0000 https://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=2761#comment-12923 I just tried cVim, and it's more complete than Vimium, but has no Firefox version yet that I can see. It still suffers from the restricted API of web extensions though, namely that the whole experience breaks when you open a new tab or do anything outside the context of a web site. Regarding the insert mode on load, the default insert behaviour makes sense to me, it's just that my Vimperator-trained muscle-memory had me typing in the search box immediately. So I'd rather get used to it than change the default. Thank you both for the replies!]]> It’s much more than a set of keybindings! This is the whole user interface we’re talking about. Next you’ll be telling me that the CherryMX Blue switches on my mechanical keyboard are just buttons. 😝

I just tried cVim, and it’s more complete than Vimium, but has no Firefox version yet that I can see. It still suffers from the restricted API of web extensions though, namely that the whole experience breaks when you open a new tab or do anything outside the context of a web site.

Regarding the insert mode on load, the default insert behaviour makes sense to me, it’s just that my Vimperator-trained muscle-memory had me typing in the search box immediately. So I’d rather get used to it than change the default.

Thank you both for the replies!

]]> By: William https://blog.al4.co.nz/2017/10/vimperator-vimium-and-the-switch-to-qutebrowser/#comment-12922 Sun, 29 Oct 2017 06:44:45 +0000 https://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=2761#comment-12922 Seems like an awful lot to give up for a set of keybindings… I’ve been using chrome’s cVim. Not a perfect experience, but functional enough. Agree about the modality being annoying, but a browser has so many different mental contexts that the modes should be separate IMO

]]> By: The Compiler https://blog.al4.co.nz/2017/10/vimperator-vimium-and-the-switch-to-qutebrowser/#comment-12921 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 16:14:01 +0000 https://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=2761#comment-12921 Note that you can “:set input.insert_mode.auto_load true” to make qutebrowser go to insert mode automatically.

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