https://blog.thameera.com Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:38:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.12 139676693 https://blog.thameera.com/bring-your-dear-vim-to-firefox-vimperator/ https://blog.thameera.com/bring-your-dear-vim-to-firefox-vimperator/#comments thameera Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:38:08 +0000 Uncategorized browser extension firefox vi vim vimperator http://thameera.wordpress.com/?p=242 If you are a die-hard Vim fan and haven’t heard of Vimperator already, here’s great news: You can control your web browser using the keyboard without the need to touch your mouse just like in Vim. Vimperator is a Firefox extension that creates a Vim-like environment in your browser. It removes all clutter including the…<p><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.thameera.com/bring-your-dear-vim-to-firefox-vimperator/" title="Continue reading ‘Bring your dear Vim to Firefox – Vimperator’">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> <p><!-- p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } -->If you are a die-hard Vim fan and haven’t heard of Vimperator already, here’s great news: You can control your web browser using the keyboard without the need to touch your mouse just like in Vim.</p> <p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimperator/" target="_blank">Vimperator</a> is a Firefox extension that creates a Vim-like environment in your browser. It removes all clutter including the menu bar, tool bar and bookmarks bar. However if you want, you can bring them up again using a simple command. Navigating the pages are same as in Vim, use hjkl and what-not. The list of commands you can use is enormous, but thankfully Vimperator has a great documentation as well. Just type :help and hit Enter to view the help.</p> <p>You can build aliases, map keystrokes, etc in a separate configuration file named .vimperatorrc. There are also dozens of plugins available.</p> <p>It takes some time to get used to the command-only interface, but once you are through you will know that it’s worth the effort.</p> <p>Take a look at the minimal look of Firefox once Vimperator is installed:</p> <p style="text-align:center"><a href="https://blog.thameera.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/vim.png"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-244 aligncenter" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="252" src="https://blog.thameera.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/vim.png" title="vim" width="400"/></a></p> https://blog.thameera.com/bring-your-dear-vim-to-firefox-vimperator/feed/ 3 242