Vimperator
Vimperator is a Firefox browser extension with strong
inspiration from the Vim text editor, aimed at providing a quicker and
more efficient browsing. It has similar key bindings to Vim. You could call
it a modal web browser, as key bindings differ according to which mode
you are in. For example, it has a special Hint mode, where you can
follow links easily with the keyboard only. Also most functionality is
available as commands, typing :back will go back within the current
page history, just like hitting the back button in the toolbar.
Vimperator is not intended to be a perfect Vim clone, but
instead makes use of new graphical capabilities. Care has been
taken to make its command line interface consistent and easy to
use, yet retaining power for advanced users.
Features include:
- Mouseless browsing
- Vim-like key bindings (h, j, k, l, gg, G, 0, $, ZZ,
<C-f>, etc)
- Ex commands (:quit, :open www.foo.com, ...) with a proper
command line
- Tab completion available for all commands, showing
suggestions while you type
- Hint mode (start with f to follow a link) - all clickable
items on a page are tagged with numbers. The user can select
one of the items by typing its number or typing a part of its
link text
- Extend Vimperator's functionality with scripts
- Explore JavaScript objects with :echo window and even
context-sensitive tab completion
- Easily customizable GUI (easily hide all GUI elements with
:set gui=)
- Ability to :source JavaScript files, and to use a
~/.vimperatorrc file with syntax highlighting if you install
vimperator.vim
- Easy quick searches (:open foo will search for "foo" in
google, :open ebay terminator will search for "terminator" on eBay)
with support for Firefox keyword bookmarks and search engines
- Count supported for many commands (3<C-o>
will go back 3 pages)
- Beep on errors
- Marks support (ma to set mark 'a' on a webpage, 'a to go
there)
- QuickMarks support (quickly go to previously marked web
pages with go{a-zA-Z0-9})
- :map and :command support (and feedkeys() for script
writers)
- :time support for profiling
- Move the text cursor and select text with Vim keys and a
visual mode
- External editor support
- Scripts written using JavaScript and a limited version of
Vimscript
- Macros to replay key strokes
- AutoCommands to execute action on certain events
- A comprehensive online help system, explaining all
commands, mappings and options. The help pages are indexed via tags, which the
user can see while browsing the help pages
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