finferflu wrote:I'm also digging Vim more and more, always thanks to Vimperator
+1
Cannot possibly agree more. I used to be an emacs guy, but after tasting gvim it's hard to go back. Vimperator has seriously helped me learn the keys...far, FAR more than the lengthy tutorial ever did.
obviously you don't edit enough text. ;p
p.s. - this post brought to you by vimperator.
]]>I'm also digging Vim more and more, always thanks to Vimperator
+1
Cannot possibly agree more. I used to be an emacs guy, but after tasting gvim it's hard to go back. Vimperator has seriously helped me learn the keys...far, FAR more than the lengthy tutorial ever did.
]]>Let me also say that I find using the quick hint method more productive than clicking with the mouse: sometimes I point some link, but then I look somewhere else in the page, and I lose its location, and it usually takes me quite a bit to relocate it. With the quick hint, instead, I just memorize the letters, and no matter where I look, I just have to press them: they are on my keyboard, not on the screen
Also I find it more intuitive to manage applications via keyboard, since it's a more direct approach. It's like pressing buttons on the actual windows, instead of emulating my own hands and fingers with the mouse.
This is all so very cool
navigation is just f + letters, lowercase for go, uppercase for new tab. Or ;, letters, o or t. Easy as mouse.
I think the nicest bit for never using the mouse is qmarks. Any sites I'll probably visit have qmarks set in my vimperatorrc. I used to use the Morning Coffee extension to open up loads of tabs depending on the day of the week. Now I have one letter for each day of the week set to open a dozen tabs, no hassle. Just go + letter.
]]>Two questions though:
1. Is using vimperator lower Firefox memory usage?
2. Did you guys still use mouse while browsing? I still find myself relies on mouse a lot. It would be nice to hear how you guys use keyboard to substitute mouse functions.
]]>Yay, I just discovered that 'u' will bring back a closed tab.
]]>I also just started using download statusbar, for not having a separate download window :
https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/26
that's fantastic! if only i had known before, heh.
]]>just picked up 0.5.1 and I have to say, this is the ONLY thing that is pulling me away from Opera. vimperator rules.
Since i'm probably going to stick with firefox now, are there any other plugins that you guys recommend? (ie. for popups and such?)
One of the problems I have with vimperator is a popup comes up but when I :q it says "closing this will exit out of the 8 other tabs, do you wish to continue?" and i'm like "what... there's only one tab open with the popup, the other tabs are in a seperate firefox window... " I don't know if thats a bug or if i'm just a firefox noob.
Yes, well, I just do Ctrl+W for closing these popups. Maybe there is a better way.
Otherwise, there is the firefox setting I suggested at the end of this comment :
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 92#p275892
But as pointed out by dolby, this setting has a very weird side effect, probably a bug :
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 29#p276329
There is also the tab mix plus extension which can achieve the same effect :
https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/1122
I also just started using download statusbar, for not having a separate download window :
https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/26
Since i'm probably going to stick with firefox now, are there any other plugins that you guys recommend? (ie. for popups and such?)
One of the problems I have with vimperator is a popup comes up but when I :q it says "closing this will exit out of the 8 other tabs, do you wish to continue?" and i'm like "what... there's only one tab open with the popup, the other tabs are in a seperate firefox window... " I don't know if thats a bug or if i'm just a firefox noob.
]]>I am updating right now and especially that n, N are working again is great!
]]>2007-09-03:
* version 0.5.1
* native / and ? search and n and N working again
* the URL in the status line can be selected with the mouse again
* the Windows default RC file is now ~/_vimperatorrc and the plugin
directory is ~/vimperator/plugin
* commandline history now works properly on Windows
* filename completion now works on Windows
* the Bookmarks Toolbar Folder is now read when bookmarks are first
loaded - it was skipped entirely in the past
* fixed search for :open (previously needed to do <tab> ONCE to
initialize them)
* added :set {option}! support to toggle a boolean option's value
* added :set all and :set all& support to show the current value of all
options and to reset all options to their default value
* :tabmove! wrapping works again
Emphasis mine, I love that change
]]>Great!
Thanks for noticing. I relied on firefox' addons update. As this seems not to work with vimperator,
As i submitted 0.5 for inclusion in
addons.mozilla.org, they require that i don't have any UpdateURL in the
xpi, so "find updates" in the addons dialog does not work, until i get a
UpdateURL from the a.m.o guys.
Thanks for noticing. I relied on firefox' addons update. As this seems not to work with vimperator,
]]>2007-08-16:
* version 0.5
* :map support
* :bmarks and :history now use the multiline message window for output
* rename :bm, :bmadd, and :bmdel to :bmarks, :bmark, and :delbmarks respectively
* new :normal command
* the command line keeps focus now, even when clicking outside of it
* vimperator.events.feedkeys("2zi") support for scripts
* Ctrl-U/Ctrl-D for scrolling the window up/down and the associated
'scroll' option
* files in ~/.vimperator/plugin/ are auto-sourced
* :winopen support (multiple windows still very very experimental)
* 'activate' option implemented
* search engines which use POST instead of GET work now
* :javascript < green, broken sites -> red in the statusbar
* Vimperator now sets the window title, so it's "vimperator.mozdev.org -
Vimperator" instead of "vimperator.mozdev.org - Mozilla Firefox"
Use :set titlestring=... to change it back (help from Hannes Rist)
* :tabmove command (by Doug Kearns)
* 'showstatuslinks' option to control where/if we show the destination of
a hovered link
* :version! shows firefox version page
* hovered links appear in the command line again, not statusbar
* :help now opens in the current tab even for xhtml pages like "about:"
* hints work on xhtml pages now (you need to reset the 'hinttags' and
'extendedhinttags' settings with :set hinttags& and :set extendedhinttags&)
* :set option& resets the option to the default value
* added :tabonly and :tabrewind and :tablast commands and some futher aliases :tabNext, etc. (by Doug Kearns)
* added vimparator.vim for .vimperatorrc syntax highlighting in the XPI (by Doug Kearns)
* Added keyword support for bookmarks to the :[tab]open commands
* many small bug fixes and enhancements
Have fun with it.
Get it as usual from:
http://vimperator.mozdev.org/index.html