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Re:Vim is touch-typing on steroids by p-e-w on Friday January 13, 2023 @02:36AM (#34364949)
Yes, but I mean without an ugly hack that involves spawning a process every time you want to edit a browser text field.
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Re:Vim is touch-typing on steroids by worksonmine on Friday January 13, 2023 @09:19AM (#34368047)
It's not an ugly hack, it's about not reinventing the wheel. Pure js solutions also exist but they're a subset of the features, and using native vim gives you the benefits of plugins you already have on the system.

It's a feature, and it follows the unix philosophy. But I get that not everyone needs or wants it.

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Re:Vim is touch-typing on steroids by ablob on Friday January 13, 2023 @09:43AM (#34368345)
"Yes, but ..." is a great way to move your goalposts.

On another note, do you expect your hotkeys from your Office program to work in a Firefox form field?

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