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I use Vimperator. I have not upgraded Firefox since 43.0.4 in order to continue to use Vimperator. I will not upgrade Firefox past the point where it does not s

I use Vimperator. I have not upgraded Firefox since 43.0.4 in order to continue to use Vimperator. I will not upgrade Firefox past the point where it does not support Vimperator.

ekianjo 10y ago
> Note: Firefox 51 requires Vimperator 3.16 which is being reviewed by Mozilla and coming soon. For now, you can get the release on GitHub. However, in order to install unsigned add-ons (like releases on GitHub), you must use the Developer Edition of Firefox and after that open about:config and change the xpinstall.signatures.required property to false.
Tree1993 10y ago
VimFX works very well in FF51.
- sirn 10y ago
  It's a very different experience. Some of us who use Vimperator use it not only because of the key binding, but also for the command-line, ability to modify the UI (e.g. :set gui=none), ability to put .vimperatorrc in .dotfiles and use it across multiple systems, and such. As far as I know, VimFX still not capable of all these functionalities (some due to difference in mission, e.g. not modifying the UI.) That said, WebExtensions at its current state still couldn't support all of VimFX's current feature either.[1] [1]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/860 https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/860
  - hammerandtongs 10y ago
    I use this all day long on Chromium - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cvim/ihlenndgcmojhcghmfjfneahoeklbjjh https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cvim/ihlenndgcmojh... I also use this in Chromium - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wasavi/dgogifpkoilgiofhhhodbodcfgomelhe https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wasavi/dgogifpkoil... Note that they do very different things from each other AND that they are running Chromium which is a SUBSET of the plugin features that will be available in Firefox (if all goes well).
    - sirn 10y ago
      cVim AFAIK implement the command line mode by injecting the command UI iframe and key binding events to every webpage as a content script. It works, but still less than ideal than what VimFX is trying to do by binding the shortcut globally. There's also an ongoing discussion to try to port Vimperator to WebExtensions[1], which having everything as content script might be one way to do. However, it still doesn't give an ability to modify the UI as XUL/XPCOM Vimperator does. [1]: https://github.com/vimperator/vimperator-labs/issues/705 https://github.com/vimperator/vimperator-labs/issues/705
    - sychophant 10y ago
      I have used all of the Chrome based variants of Vimperator. I like Cvim too. However there is one killer feature for me in Firefox, that is the fact that I can: nmap <C-j> 10j nmap <C-k> 10k Chrome has these keys already bound and there is no way to unbind them. I am adamant about using this configuration because it matches my .vimrc - so I use the exact same navigation in my browser and my (arguably) IDE.

I use Vimperator. I have not upgraded Firefox since 43.0.4 in order to continue to use Vimperator. I will not upgrade Firefox past the point where it does not support Vimperator.

ekianjo 10y ago

> Note: Firefox 51 requires Vimperator 3.16 which is being reviewed by Mozilla and coming soon. For now, you can get the release on GitHub. However, in order to install unsigned add-ons (like releases on GitHub), you must use the Developer Edition of Firefox and after that open about:config and change the xpinstall.signatures.required property to false.

Tree1993 10y ago

VimFX works very well in FF51.

sirn 10y ago
It's a very different experience. Some of us who use Vimperator use it not only because of the key binding, but also for the command-line, ability to modify the UI (e.g. :set gui=none), ability to put .vimperatorrc in .dotfiles and use it across multiple systems, and such. As far as I know, VimFX still not capable of all these functionalities (some due to difference in mission, e.g. not modifying the UI.) That said, WebExtensions at its current state still couldn't support all of VimFX's current feature either.[1] [1]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/860 https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/860
- hammerandtongs 10y ago
  I use this all day long on Chromium - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cvim/ihlenndgcmojhcghmfjfneahoeklbjjh https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cvim/ihlenndgcmojh... I also use this in Chromium - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wasavi/dgogifpkoilgiofhhhodbodcfgomelhe https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wasavi/dgogifpkoil... Note that they do very different things from each other AND that they are running Chromium which is a SUBSET of the plugin features that will be available in Firefox (if all goes well).
  - sirn 10y ago
    cVim AFAIK implement the command line mode by injecting the command UI iframe and key binding events to every webpage as a content script. It works, but still less than ideal than what VimFX is trying to do by binding the shortcut globally. There's also an ongoing discussion to try to port Vimperator to WebExtensions[1], which having everything as content script might be one way to do. However, it still doesn't give an ability to modify the UI as XUL/XPCOM Vimperator does. [1]: https://github.com/vimperator/vimperator-labs/issues/705 https://github.com/vimperator/vimperator-labs/issues/705
  - sychophant 10y ago
    I have used all of the Chrome based variants of Vimperator. I like Cvim too. However there is one killer feature for me in Firefox, that is the fact that I can: nmap <C-j> 10j nmap <C-k> 10k Chrome has these keys already bound and there is no way to unbind them. I am adamant about using this configuration because it matches my .vimrc - so I use the exact same navigation in my browser and my (arguably) IDE.