[GRLUG] Thunderbird and hjkl

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 03:24:16PM -0600, 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.

Troll. ;)

I spend so much time in vim often I find myself instinctively pressing j
k h l in all kinds of apps, only to discover (remember?) that I'm not in
vim. A vim navigation overlay would be incredible across all apps.
-- 
john-thomas
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