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Vimify your browser

Monday, May 26, 2025

I love the vim editor and I love apps that have a vim-mode. All my posts are written using Neovim (henceforth just called vim), any code I write is using vim, and I use it for any note-taking or LaTeX editing. If you don't know what vim is, it's a text editor with two main modes — one for typing new words, and one for editing existing words, which can be switched between in just a keystroke. In the editing mode, called Normal mode, the entire keyboard becomes an array of useful commands and shortcuts for traversing and manipulating text. Once these keys are in muscle memory, editing text feels ergonomic, even joyful. In particular, there is never a reason to touch the mouse, or even the arrow keys. However, switching to the browser usually means using the mouse, or at least an entirely different set of keyboard shortcuts. Wouldn't it be cool to have the vim experience in the browser?

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