[Vimperator] Suggestions for keyboard shortcuts

[Martin Stubenschrott]

On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 01:55:55PM -0700, Erik Falor wrote:
> First, let me say that Vimperator is the most brilliant Firefox extension
> ever conceived by man.  Bravo!
> 
> In the interest of providing a more seamless Vim-to-Vimperator transition, I
> propose the following changes:
> 
> In Vim's insert mode (and many readline-based text interfaces such as Bash)
> the keystroke <C-u> deletes all text to the left of the cursor.
> Likewise, <C-w> deletes the whitespace-delimited word to the left of the
> cursor.
> 
> Currently, Firefox interprets <C-u> as "View Source", and <C-w> as "Close
> Window".  Needless to say, that causes some problems.
> 
> Instead of retraining my Vim muscles, I'd like to see those mappings
> introduced to Vimperator.  What do you guys think about it?

In 0.6, they already work in text-boxes.

> One more mapping that I think is appropriate: instead of using the
> Vimperator Normal mode command 'R' to refresh the screen, I would propose
> using Vim's own redraw screen command <C-l>.

Well, ctrl-l is used for redraw (not that useful in vimperator, i know),
but that's really something different from reLOAD. Unless you can give
me a good vimperator mapping for the "r" key, it probably won't be
changed, but :map is your friend.