SketchyVim VS vimium-c

However, I do look for projects that embed vim in other applications. Stuff like https://github.com/glacambre/firenvim, https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim, and the deceased https://www.onivim.io all embed real, actual (Neo)vim in text input fields and it just feels right

if you're on macOS, there's SketchyVim

there's a free, open source project that brings a Vim backend engine to macOS: https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim currently it's using libvim but a neovim port should be possible. the issue though using a Vim backend is that it's not adapted to macOS' buffer. so it will work only 1) if the text is readable and writable 2) moves like zz, L, etc. that play with screen buffers will not work.

With this nifty utility https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim you can use the power of vim in Safari, in Finder search boxes and a multitude of other places in macOS. It works by using a real vim buffer in the backend and synchronizing it with the system text fields via the accessibility API. It is super light weight and all vim text features are supported. If you enjoy vim as much as I do this utility might be worth a try.

That scratchpad idea with a global hotkey sounds like a solution that could work. I haven't tried it, but isn't that similar (functionality-wise) to https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim?

There is a much more capable open source version of this: https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim

I found this very powerful tool which enables vim bindings in most macOS text boxes: https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim. It is a

I also recommended vimium-c (https://github.com/gdh1995/vimium-c). It's like vimium on steroid: with a bunch of additional useful features.

I also don't think that finger operated trackballs necessarily rest the thumb more, given many default to a scroll wheel on the side, but I appreciate ambidextrous models. The Kensington Orbit is a very affordable and well-built trackball, although its buttons are annoyingly clicky, apparently don't last long for many people, and it only has two buttons with the possibility of pressing them together (chording) to get another button (like the middle button). I'm much more optimistic about using it this time, since the last time I used the Kensington Orbit I had not yet discovered/installed the vimium-c browser extension, which lets you browse entirely with the keyboard, so in my case I now don't have to use forward/back buttons and middle clicks nearly as often I used to.

It has quite a few extra features/improvements; for more information: https://github.com/gdh1995/vimium-c/wiki

Vimium C (https://github.com/gdh1995/vimium-c) supports link hinting by simply typing a few characters of the link you want to press. It also searches the actual url and alt-text for links without text (such as buttons and icons). I found it by accident looking through its settings and it has by far been the best improvement to my browsing experience since discovering tabs.

I use gdh1995/vimium-c.

The purpose is to be used in conjunction with browser addons such as vimium-c, where you can copy a url with just yy, and then launch this script and have it open mpv.