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Or just use regular Vim and not think that everything needs to run inside of a web browser, especially if you value user privacy and computer resources.

orev 8y ago
Would be nice to be able to use vim (or any other editor of your choice) in web text boxes.
- deleted 8y ago
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- semi-extrinsic 8y ago
  There are browser extensions that offer this. E.g. the excellent Tridactyl for Firefox lets you pop up a gVim window for any text box if you press Ctrl+i.
  - herewulf 8y ago
    This has been possible for years with Vimperator and then Pentadactyl. Unfortunately it's awkward and can't take advantage of text fields with real time JavaScript processing (e.g.: Gmail, Markdown preview).
- chansiky 8y ago
  There is surfingkeys for chrome. You press `shift+I` to go into into insert mode. [surfing keys](https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys)
- opan 8y ago
  This is the logic that makes everyone move their workflow into emacs. A lot of what we do is text editing, so having a good text editor everywhere makes sense. Some programs like mutt can also drop in to your editor of choice when composing an email. Imagine if we all had vim for typing up these HN comments. I'd like something like this to be more feasible. Maybe there could be a standard for forums that gives you vim editing in the same way many give you markdown. It could also be cool to support org-mode syntax.
  - feanaro 8y ago
    Imagine if programs knew how to interact with one another and could plumb data between them instead of everything living in one monolithic application.
laughingman2 8y ago
Or use emacs.
beefsack 8y ago
Don't immediately hand wave away the value of these sorts of things. I don't think anyone would use this as their primary editor, but I'd love something like this in our merge request / code review process, as that's currently entirely browser based already.
- marquis-chacha 8y ago
  Makes more sense for that process to move to the editor than for the editor to move to the browser. That way you keep all your plugins and whatever other context the same regardless of what you're doing.
VvR-Ox 8y ago
There is some benefits you may not see atm... I'd love to have my VIM with my config just available as a web service to use it on every device! That's what I already love about NextCloud and the likes - just one install and every device can access it. If you know how you can also make it secure enough for every day stuff - I think to be really secure going offline is not enough anymore.
johnisgood 8y ago
Exactly. The first question that came to my mind is: "are the keystrokes logged?"

orev 8y ago

Would be nice to be able to use vim (or any other editor of your choice) in web text boxes.

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semi-extrinsic 8y ago
There are browser extensions that offer this. E.g. the excellent Tridactyl for Firefox lets you pop up a gVim window for any text box if you press Ctrl+i.
- herewulf 8y ago
  This has been possible for years with Vimperator and then Pentadactyl. Unfortunately it's awkward and can't take advantage of text fields with real time JavaScript processing (e.g.: Gmail, Markdown preview).
chansiky 8y ago
There is surfingkeys for chrome. You press `shift+I` to go into into insert mode. [surfing keys](https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys)
opan 8y ago
This is the logic that makes everyone move their workflow into emacs. A lot of what we do is text editing, so having a good text editor everywhere makes sense. Some programs like mutt can also drop in to your editor of choice when composing an email. Imagine if we all had vim for typing up these HN comments. I'd like something like this to be more feasible. Maybe there could be a standard for forums that gives you vim editing in the same way many give you markdown. It could also be cool to support org-mode syntax.
- feanaro 8y ago
  Imagine if programs knew how to interact with one another and could plumb data between them instead of everything living in one monolithic application.

laughingman2 8y ago

Or use emacs.

beefsack 8y ago

Don't immediately hand wave away the value of these sorts of things. I don't think anyone would use this as their primary editor, but I'd love something like this in our merge request / code review process, as that's currently entirely browser based already.

marquis-chacha 8y ago
Makes more sense for that process to move to the editor than for the editor to move to the browser. That way you keep all your plugins and whatever other context the same regardless of what you're doing.

VvR-Ox 8y ago

There is some benefits you may not see atm... I'd love to have my VIM with my config just available as a web service to use it on every device! That's what I already love about NextCloud and the likes - just one install and every device can access it. If you know how you can also make it secure enough for every day stuff - I think to be really secure going offline is not enough anymore.

johnisgood 8y ago

Exactly. The first question that came to my mind is: "are the keystrokes logged?"