vi-style scrolling in firefox
Bill Perkins
perk at iag.net
Sat Nov 19 17:57:57 UTC 2005
Richard England wrote:
> Tim wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 14:45 -0500, David A. De Graaf wrote:
>>
>>
>>> For those of us with hands glued to the standard typing position,
>>> the inability of firefox to scroll vi-style is a constant irritation.
>>> The necessity to lift the hand over to the unnatural arrow keys,
>>>
>>
>>
>> My arrow keys seem quite natural. Up arrow points up and moves up; the
>> down arrow's below it and moves down; left arrow is left of it, and
>> points left; there's a right arrow on the right that goes right, etc.
>>
>>
> I can agree with the argument that the common user may not understand
> the Emacs or Vi "standard" key bindings for cursor movement, but over
> the years they HAVE become a standard. I also agree that the plethora
> for key mappings from Linux applications are detrimental to common user
> "comfort" with Linux.
>
> Having said that, however, for someone used to the Vi/Emacs "standards"
> it would be a great convenience not to have to shift to the auxiliary
> keypad to move about in the browser.
>
> Thanks, David, for showing me how I can install the Vi key bindings
>
Linux is about freedom- in this case, the freedom to customize. Is it as
easy (or as well documented) under the various flavors of Windows?
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