On 4 Jan 2012, at 21:26, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 08:48:35PM +0000, Peter Harrison wrote: >> >> Chad, >> >> xxxterm is in ports - at least I have it installed on my netbook and >> although I can't remember how it got there, I never (ever) install >> stuff that's not in ports. > > Thanks for correcting that. I did not find it last time I looked, though > I may have relied on a nonstandard ports tree search tool that sometimes > (unexpectedly) fails to update its search database. It's good to hear > xxxterm is available in ports. > > >> >> I installed for exactly the same reasons you're looking at it - fast >> lean browser with good (vi-like) keybindings. > > I'm playing with it now. I find I need to rebind a lot of functionality > to make it feel really vi-like, and some of the bindings I would like to > use are not possible with the keybinding configuration capabilities of > xxxterm as they are currently implemented. The maintainer has invited me > to submit a patch; whether I do so will definitely depend on how much > time I have to figure it all out. In the meantime, I'm checking to see > how well I can get by using it as my primary browser for a while. > > >> >> Firefox runs like a dog on my atom processor, but I do still keep it >> around for some stuff although compiling to keep their release schedule >> is gradually turning me off. > > I don't blame you. > > >> >> First impressions of xxxterm are that it's very good. The keybinding is >> quite as good as uzbl or vimperator on firefox, but it's live-able >> with, and it seems to have fewer performance or configuration >> downsides. >> > > I find the keybindings of Uzbl and Pentadactyl better than those of > xxxterm so far; I stopped using Vimperator in favor of Pentadactyl a > while back, so I'm probably not qualified to comment on its current > state. > > Did you mean to say "The keybinding is *not* quite as good . . ." or did > you mean it is, as you wrote it here?
Chad, Perils of typing too fast. Yes, I meant "the keybinding is /not/ quite as good" Peter Harrison. > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
