Comments on ATOzTOA: Effective Use of VIM - Part 1

Oops.ffch is actually:------#!/bin/shffx && $1----...

2009-01-13T19:16:10.161+05:30

Oops.

ffch is actually:

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#!/bin/sh
ffx && $1

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Sorry.

:D

trench hearts vim.If you want to have some real fu...

2009-01-13T19:10:00.414+05:30

trench hearts vim.

If you want to have some real fun create yourself a new firefox profile (terminal: firefox -profilemanager), call it VIM, then head over to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ and search for Vimperator ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4891 ) and install it.

Then, close all firefox sessions, and in bash...

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vim ffvim

i (insert)

#!/bin/sh
firefox -P VIM --no-remote &

[esc]:wq! (write & quit)

sudo chmod 755 ffvim && mv ffvim /bin/

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Now you can browse the tubes using firefox with vim commands. Setting it up on a new profile is wonderful because it allows you to play with it until you are used to the new vim interface for firefox.

From command-line you can call your VIM Profile with simply ffvim. [in the script, "-P VIM" calls the profile you created. "--no-remote" allows multiple firefox profiles to be open. And "&" pushes the service into the background.]

As a sidenote I've also used the above method to create multiple firefox profiles to ease the strain on firefox, my addons, and my system. For example I can call, from terminal, ffsn (opens my social network profile with my social network addons)... or ffblog (my blogging-exclusive profile with blogging-exclusive addons)... etc.

Also added ffx

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#!/bin/sh
killall firefox

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and ffch

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#!/bin/sh
killall firefox $1

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The ffx kills all my profiles when and if they get out of hand. The ffch is used like "ffch ffsn(or whatever profile you want to call)" and it kills all profiles while calling the new one.

If maintained well you'll be able to speed firefox up immensely and, best: have your very own VIM-based firefox.

Of course, if you don't want multiple profiles you can just enable and disable the Vimperator addon, but if you are new to the interface that will quickly become a pain in the ass.

PS Awesome vim write-up.

As to the name: vi and vim are both forms of the L...

2009-01-08T16:32:51.776+05:30

As to the name: vi and vim are both forms of the Latin word vis ("power", "force").

:sp filenamesplits the screen and open the file at...

2008-10-06T15:09:02.095+05:30

:sp filename
splits the screen and open the file at the same time

CTRL+W + up/down/left/right
moves around split screens

:tabnew filename
creates a new tab (not buffer, not split)

:tabnext/tabprev/tablast/tabfirst
moves around tabs

CTRL+PgUp / PgDn
also moves around, like Firefox, Gnome console etc.

Thanks Marius Gedminas...

2008-08-07T14:42:58.434+05:30

Thanks Marius Gedminas...

To prevent the abbreviation from expanding just th...

2008-08-06T05:18:17.905+05:30

To prevent the abbreviation from expanding just this once, press Ctrl-V before pressing Space.

C-o in insert mode is quite nice

2008-07-21T06:33:02.377+05:30

C-o in insert mode is quite nice

@srikanth:Removed Snap Shots :)Thanks for the feed...

2008-07-20T20:02:57.750+05:30

@srikanth:

Removed Snap Shots :)

Thanks for the feedback... keep reading...

Nice posts, keep it coming.And please remove the "...

2008-07-20T18:25:10.551+05:30

Nice posts, keep it coming.

And please remove the "snap shots(tm)" that loads the hyperlinked page when you hover the mouse over a hyper link text. It's very irritating.