[GRLUG] Mir (was: Re: Thunderbird and hjkl )

[Michael Mol]

On 03/06/2013 09:15 AM, John-Thomas Richards wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 09:06:14AM -0500, Michael Mol wrote:
>> On 03/06/2013 09:04 AM, John-Thomas Richards wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> Wow. I think I just realized the only useful (for me) property of
>> Ubuntu's Mir display architecture...
> 
> Was it something I said?
> 

Well, Mir's model demands that all input be funnelled through its own
input manager. It knows when you are typing. It knows when you have
clicked. It knows when you have caps lock on...

In a GUI, that would be the place to inject command mode/interactive
mode distinctions, and possibly tie-ins to a widget framework.

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