diff --git a/doc/notes b/doc/notes index 01e095ac0..ed746c4b2 100644 --- a/doc/notes +++ b/doc/notes @@ -40,3 +40,43 @@ Upstream Bugs TODO: Report to PyQt/Qt - Report some other crashes + + +/u/angelic_sedition's thoughts +============================== + +Well support for greasemonkey scripts and bookmarklets/js (which was mentioned +in the arch forum post) would be a big addition. What I've usually missed when +using other vim-like browsers is things that allow for different settings and +key bindings for different contexts. With that implemented I think I could +switch to a lightweight browser (and believe me, I'd like to) for the most part +and only use firefox when I needed downthemall or something. + +For example, I have different bindings based on tab position that are reloaded +with a pentadactyl autocmd so that will take me to tab +1-10 if I'm in that range or 2-20 if I'm in that range. I have an autocmd that +will run on completed downloads that passes the file path to a script that will +open ranger in a floating window with that file cut (this is basically like +using ranger to save files instead of the crappy gui popup). + +I also have a few bindings based on tabgroups. Tabgroups are a firefox feature, +but I find them very useful for sorting things by topic so that only the tabs +I'm interested at the moment are visible. + +Pentadactyl has a feature it calls groups. You can create a group that will +activate for sites/urls that match a pattern with some regex support. This +allows me, for example, to set up different (more convenient) bindings for +zooming only on images. I'll never need use the equivalent of vim n (next text +search match), so I can bind that to zoom. This allows setting up custom +quickmarks/gotos using the same keys for different websites. For example, on +reddit I have different g(some key) bindings to go to different subreddits. +This can also be used to pass certain keys directly to the site (e.g. for use +with RES). For sites that don't have modifiable bindings, I can use this with +pentadactyl's feedkeys or xdotool to create my own custom bindings. I even have +a binding that will call out to bash script with different arguments depending +on the site to download an image or an image gallery depending on the site (in +some cases passing the url to some cli program). + +I've also noticed the lack of completion. For example, on "o" pentadactyl will +show sites (e.g. from history) that can be completed. I think I've been spoiled +by pentadactyl having completion for just about everything.