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Can you elaborate? Maybe there's something to learn for qutebrowser's hint implementation :)

bovine3dom 6y ago
I can't answer for OP but I think Tridactyl's callback hint mode is more powerful than Qutebrowsers' spawn, as we provide the hinted element to the callback. That means you can do stuff like remove it from the page or make the font comic sans etc. Qutebrowsers' spawn hint mode seems to only let you use the URL of the hint. In general we seem to have more hint modes - copy paragraph to clipboard, select text, etc. See https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/blob/5e8f94ff06bd5f143732f2dabd32b08dabf1e65a/src/excmds.ts#L3920 https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/blob/5e8f94ff06bd5f14... (and forgive the code ... we really need an argument parser).
- RMPR 6y ago
  Somehow you were able to express exactly what I wanted to say with less words and less pictures https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24637140 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24637140 Edit: Thanks for Tridactyl, it's a great add-on and truly a life changer, and I just started using it 2 or 3 days ago :)
- The-Compiler 6y ago
  Yep, qutebrowser should also have some more hinting modes :D https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/521 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/521 You can't really write Python well inline (as an oneliner), so custom hints would look a bit different in qutebrowser, as a separate Python extension which would be loaded from a file: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/30 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/30 I agree it'd be great to have a bit more flexibility with regards to hinting actions!
  - bovine3dom 6y ago
    Why not optionally use JavaScript for the callback?
RMPR 6y ago
First of all, thanks for qutebrowser, it's a really great piece of software, in fact I'm using writing this comment using it... Now for the hints, it's mainly the fact that tridactyl highlights the elements hinted, for example with the Twitter web UI: tridactyl: https://imgur.com/D1PDBgY https://imgur.com/D1PDBgY qutebrowser: https://imgur.com/m4vtbk0 https://imgur.com/m4vtbk0 Now it's not that a big deal, but the advantages appears clearly on more saturated pages, off the top of my head, stackoverflow's triage: With qutebrowser[0], if I want to close the modal, `gs` and `hd` are almost on the same place (it's only with experience that I noticed that hints are top left so `hd` is the hint I'm looking for) compare this to tridactyl[1] the `hy` fits very nicely with the highlight which doesn't let any place for ambiguity. I noticed your other answer about the addons, it's very much appreciated, and if I can help with the beta or whatever, let me know, keep up with the great work. 0: https://imgur.com/H4oGufK https://imgur.com/H4oGufK 1: https://imgur.com/NyNyOoX https://imgur.com/NyNyOoX
- bovine3dom 6y ago
  If Qutebrowser wants to stop its hints from overlapping, it might be helpful to look at the PR that added it to Tridactyl: https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/pull/2259/files https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/pull/2259/files : )
  - The-Compiler 6y ago
    Thanks! I added a comment to the relevant qutebrowser issue: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/71 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/71
- The-Compiler 6y ago
  Thanks! I added a comment to a somewhat related issue: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/2836 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/2836

I can't answer for OP but I think Tridactyl's callback hint mode is more powerful than Qutebrowsers' spawn, as we provide the hinted element to the callback. That means you can do stuff like remove it from the page or make the font comic sans etc. Qutebrowsers' spawn hint mode seems to only let you use the URL of the hint. In general we seem to have more hint modes - copy paragraph to clipboard, select text, etc. See https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/blob/5e8f94ff06bd5f143732f2dabd32b08dabf1e65a/src/excmds.ts#L3920 https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/blob/5e8f94ff06bd5f14... (and forgive the code ... we really need an argument parser).

RMPR 6y ago
Somehow you were able to express exactly what I wanted to say with less words and less pictures https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24637140 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24637140 Edit: Thanks for Tridactyl, it's a great add-on and truly a life changer, and I just started using it 2 or 3 days ago :)
The-Compiler 6y ago
Yep, qutebrowser should also have some more hinting modes :D https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/521 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/521 You can't really write Python well inline (as an oneliner), so custom hints would look a bit different in qutebrowser, as a separate Python extension which would be loaded from a file: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/30 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/30 I agree it'd be great to have a bit more flexibility with regards to hinting actions!
- bovine3dom 6y ago
  Why not optionally use JavaScript for the callback?

RMPR 6y ago

First of all, thanks for qutebrowser, it's a really great piece of software, in fact I'm using writing this comment using it... Now for the hints, it's mainly the fact that tridactyl highlights the elements hinted, for example with the Twitter web UI: tridactyl: https://imgur.com/D1PDBgY https://imgur.com/D1PDBgY qutebrowser: https://imgur.com/m4vtbk0 https://imgur.com/m4vtbk0 Now it's not that a big deal, but the advantages appears clearly on more saturated pages, off the top of my head, stackoverflow's triage: With qutebrowser[0], if I want to close the modal, `gs` and `hd` are almost on the same place (it's only with experience that I noticed that hints are top left so `hd` is the hint I'm looking for) compare this to tridactyl[1] the `hy` fits very nicely with the highlight which doesn't let any place for ambiguity. I noticed your other answer about the addons, it's very much appreciated, and if I can help with the beta or whatever, let me know, keep up with the great work. 0: https://imgur.com/H4oGufK https://imgur.com/H4oGufK 1: https://imgur.com/NyNyOoX https://imgur.com/NyNyOoX

bovine3dom 6y ago
If Qutebrowser wants to stop its hints from overlapping, it might be helpful to look at the PR that added it to Tridactyl: https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/pull/2259/files https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/pull/2259/files : )
- The-Compiler 6y ago
  Thanks! I added a comment to the relevant qutebrowser issue: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/71 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/71
The-Compiler 6y ago
Thanks! I added a comment to a somewhat related issue: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/2836 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/2836