VimFx
tridactyl
VimFx | tridactyl | |
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4 | 65 | |
1,400 | 4,937 | |
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6.7 | 9.0 | |
24 days ago | 7 days ago | |
CoffeeScript | TypeScript | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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VimFx
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Vimium – The Hacker's Browser
I used to be a loving VimFX [0] user. It had intelligent link hints (essentially, links it thinks you are likely to want, e.g. because they're big, get single-key shortcuts). The scrolling was actually native, as in equivalent to hitting the arrow keys. I don't think any of the other Vim emulator plugins ever replicated that. Vimium doesn't, Tridactyl doesn't, and Vim Vixen was horribly broken.
Apparently VimFX still runs via some hacks on modern Firefox versions? The last release was even in 2022. Maybe I should give it a try again.
[0] https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx
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your favorite browser with VI key bindings ?
Yeah, agree, very frustrating. I didn’t want to leave Firefox, so started looking for an alternative. I stumbled upon https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx. It solves the issue.
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Vimium C – Extension to navigate website by keyboard shortcuts
> But instead we get “Colorways”
Yeah, the browser situation sucks and it's getting worse by the day.
> I remember being upset for months when they killed XUL.
You know what, still a week does not pass without me mourning the death XUL...
I'm currently use Waterfox quite a bit. VimFX is still somewhat maintained[1] and works with Waterfox Current!
It should be added that this browser is owned by an adtech company called System1. But my only alternative at this point is surfing in a straitjacket (without VimFX) or use Waterfox. Haven't really found any apparent wrongdoings by System1 yet, but I guess it's a question of time...
[1] https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx
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Nyxt browser: mouseless copy/paste
I recently installed Tridactyl¹ as a Firefox extension². It has a ton of features but I only wanted to replace the functionality of two non-WebExtension add-ons:
* VimFx³ provided handy keyboard short-cuts for working within the browser
* ItsAllText⁴ which allowed me to use GVim to edit and save the contents of a text box
While going through its builtin tutorial, I found that it also supports keyboard-based selection of text. While it’s still documented as not yet being stable, I’ve found that it works well. I’ve yet to incorporate the rest of Tridactyl’s extra functionality into my workflow but what they’ve achieved with the WebExtensions API is very impressive. Also, and importantly, the built-in tutorial and documentation are excellent.
While working from home, I’m currently using Windows 10 so I’ve ran into one issue⁵, “Encoding of non-Latin-1 characters entered in external editor gets messed up with Unicode-based external editors on Windows” (and it looks like that should be fixed soon).
1. https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl
2. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tridactyl-vim...
3. https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx
4. https://github.com/docwhat/itsalltext/
5. https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/issues/876
tridactyl
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GitHub Sponsors: Oliver Blanthorn main developer of Tridactyl
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- I Use Firefox
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Recover lost text by coredumping Firefox
You can achieve this with native messaging [0] in tridactyl [1]:
https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/blob/850acdf2ca11018e...
It's really cool, I've added an option to open these windows in floating mode automatically in my sway config through another application name iirc. Ans then I press a simple shortcut, and it opens my editor (Helix) with the already entered text and once I close it, it'll transfer the text from that temporary file which was open in your editor to the the input field/textare again.
[0] https://github.com/tridactyl/native_messenger
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Firefox has surpassed Chrome on Speedometer
as a pentadactly widow, i would recommend to anyone that is coming back to firefox tridactyl https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl
is it the same? no.
but is it close? hell yeah. it really helps me with productivity!
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Keyboards and web apps, my post/rant for the year
> I can't even edit the code that is taking focus and hijacking shortcuts!
You can remove the shortcuts pretty easily with a userscript, see lines ~410-440 here for inspiration: https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/blob/2eaba7e4ceec6de5...
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Firefox Address Bar Tips
Wait until you find out about Tridactyl [0], which, among a plethora of other features, can activate a command line where you can perform all these searches (for example, `:tabopen` will list and activate fuzzy search of all opened tabs).
[0] https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl
- Ask HN: How do you use the browser?
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Mice come in all shapes and sizes, making it difficult to decide which is right for you 🖱️
You might be interested in using a browser plugin like Tridactyl instead, I’ve been using it for months now absolutely no complaints, no need to “simulate” the mouse anymore just use page hints to click exactly the html element you want to https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl
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How to mock builtin function?
Nearly everything on reddit uses reddit-flavored markdown. Backticks for inline code, as you discovered, but indent code blocks with four spaces. I use a browser extension so that I can edit all my comments in Vim, so manipulating this markup, especially code blocks, is easy.
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How to remap built-in keybindings like `C-n` and `C-w`?
I use tridactyl but the limitation of firefox API prevents addon to even change the built-in shortcuts: https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/issues/1428.
What are some alternatives?
Surfingkeys - Map your keys for web surfing, expand your browser with javascript and keyboard.
vimium-c - A keyboard shortcut browser extension for keyboard-based navigation and tab operations with an advanced omnibar
vimium - The hacker's browser.
vimari - Safari port of vimium
Vieb - Vim Inspired Electron Browser - Vim bindings for the web by design
qutebrowser - A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt.
nyxt - Nyxt - the hacker's browser.
vim-vixen - Accelerates your web browsing with Vim power!!
native_messenger - Native messenger for Tridactyl, a vim-like web-extension.
firedragon-browser - A Floorp fork with custom branding 🐉 (mirrored from GitLab)