Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: matl...@gmail.com * Package name : vimb Version : 3.6.0 Upstream Author : Daniel Carl <https://fanglingsu.github.io/> * URL : https://fanglingsu.github.io/vimb/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : the vim like browser
Vimb is a Vim-like web browser that is inspired by Pentadactyl and Vimprobable. The goal of Vimb is to build a completely keyboard-driven, efficient and pleasurable browsing-experience with low memory and CPU usage that is intuitive to use for Vim users. * it's modal like Vim * Vim like keybindings - assignable for each browser mode * nearly every configuration can be changed at runtime with Vim like set syntax * history for ex commands, search queries, URLs * completions for: commands, URLs, bookmarked URLs, variable names of settings, search-queries * hinting - marks links, form fields and other clickable elements to be clicked, opened or inspected * SSL validation against ca-certificate file * user defined URL-shortcuts with placeholders * read it later queue to collect URIs for later use * multiple yank/paste registers * Vim like autocmd - execute commands automatically after an event on specific URIs Q: Why us this package useful/relevant? A: vimb presents a light weight browser using a relatively modern web engine Q: Is it a dependency for another package A: No Q: Do you use it? A: No, it is not packaged by Debian. Otherwise I _would_ use it :) Q: How does it compare to other packages providing similar functionality A: It beats them all, since it uses vim like configuration, and keyboard only access. Obviously I am biased, but the closest thing to this is vimparator(?) for Firefox Q: How do you plan to maintain it? A: No idea at this time
