[GRLUG] Thunderbird and hjkl

[Michael Mol]

On 03/05/2013 04:24 PM, L. V. Lammert wrote:
>> 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.

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