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  • vime

    Using Vim as an input method for X11 apps (by algon-320)

  • gtk-vikb

    vi keybindings for gtk2 TextView & Entry

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • firenvim

    Embed Neovim in Chrome, Firefox & others.

  • Please checkout firenvim, which accomplishes this very useful trick in a site-configurable manner and is compatible with Tridactyl.

    https://github.com/glacambre/firenvim

  • wasavi

    wasavi is an extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. wasavi changes a textarea element to virtual vi editor which supports almost all the vi/ex commands.

  • On OSX w/ Chrome I use wasavi[0], a javascript extension that implements a nice subset of vim directly in the editor.

    [0] https://github.com/akahuku/wasavi

  • emacs-everywhere

    Mirror of https://git.tecosaur.net/tec/emacs-everywhere

  • Alternatively you might want to try Emacs everywhere[1].

    [1]: https://github.com/tecosaur/emacs-everywhere

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