[GRLUG] Thunderbird and hjkl

[L. V. Lammert]

> So, I've taken to using Thunderbird pretty much full-time; I only keep
> my gmail tab open for Google Voice.
>
> One problem I've run into is my habit of using vi-style navigation keys
> to move around...in Thunderbird, the key I habitually hit to move "down"
> instead marks messages as junk--which is something I very much don't
> want to do.
>
> What exists for applying vi-style interfaces on top of Thunderbird?
> (And, no, dropping to a CLI mail client is not an option at this moment)
>
Ahh, .. you'd be far better off actually using a current PC keyboard -
vi/vim is quite happy with <home><end><pgup><pgdn><up><left><right><dn>
<g>! (Unless you're on a Mac, .. never touched one of those, ..

That way you don't get yourself in trouble using keystrokes from 30 years
ago.

	Lee