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Pentadactyl is a browser add-on for Mozilla Firefox that gives the browser a Vim-like user interface.

Pentadactyl is a browser add-on for Firefox, designed to make browsing more efficient and especially more keyboard accessible. It gives the browser a Vim-like user interface, and is highly configurable and extensible.

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What's the difference between Vimperator and Pentadactyl?

I've been using vimperator for a few months and loving it (although it makes it hard for me to go back to primitive mousery on others' computers). I've seen that there's a fork called Pentadactyl, but I can't tell what the difference is. Is there…
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Pentadactyl: how to disable menu bar toggle by ?

Using Pentadactyl, when I press the Alt key, it toggles the menu bar, and the --MENU-- mode. This is very embarrassing for me, as I use dwm window manager at the same time, where Alt is the most important meta key, so I hit it very often. How can I…
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Pentadactyl with DuckDuckGo as default search engine

I'd like to set DuckDuckGo as Pentadactyl's default search engine. I added DuckDuckGo's query URL to about:config's keyword.URL variable. I also installed DuckDuckGo's engine via "Add to Firefox" link. What else can I do?
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What is the closest Pentadactyl/Vimperator clone for Opera?

I'm a firefox+pentadactyl fan - but sometimes I'm forced to work in Opera. What is the closest pentadactyl analogue (in terms of default keys and functionality) in Opera (I find that there are several of similar ones)? Edit: Pentadactyl/Vimperator…
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How do I prevent a page from hijacking my Pentadactyl navigation keys?

Facebook wants me to use their own set of keyboard shortcuts for navigating their site, but these don't play that well with my Pentadactyl setup. How can I prevent Facebook from hijacking my keys, so I can use what I'm comfortable with?
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How to increase the font size of the command line in vimperator / pentadactyl?

What to I insert into my .vimperatorrc to make the font size of the command line bigger?
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Using a key-mapping for only specific URLs in Pentadactyl

I am trying to map the tab-key to the down-arrow-key , which works perfectly fine. However, I am trying to find a way to do that only for a specific URL. Tried to use autocommand the following way: autocmd LocationChange www.google.de :map…
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How to copy text from pentadactyl to system clipboard?

I thought I should be able to copy text like this: / + text-to-search + to find the beginning of text n as many times as needed to go to desired search result i to go into CARET mode v to go into SELECT mode l or $ or other navigation keys…
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How do you click web page elements without a mouse?

I installed Arch Linux a few days ago on my Chromebook C720, but due to some kernel support issues with the touchpad, I'm left with no mouse. I'm not too bothered about fixing it right now though, because I figure it's a good chance to learn how to…
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How to disable Pentadactyl per site?

Is there a more definitive way to disable Pentadactyl on a url basis that is not -- PASS THROUGH -- ? When I try to use codepen.io I cannot edit any text fields, with or without pass-through enabled. Any ideas that are not as drastic as going to the…
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Quickmarks (:qmarks) not saving in Pentadactyl

-Pentadactyl v1.1 (upd-2014-03-26) -Firefox 28 supposedly qmark is persistent across browser sessions, but not in my case. I'll add a qmark e.g. :qmark g mail.google.com upon ff exit the qmark is no longer available.
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Pentadactyl: Use current tab's url in command

I would like to create a mapping for emailing a link to the page displayed in the current tab: :map ,m :! mail -s "here's a link" email@example.com I am trying to figure out how to replace with the url of the page currently…
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Pentadactyl - Setting the editor conditional on the operating system

I frequently work on three operating systems (Windows 7, OSX, and Linux) and I keep one .pentadactylrc under version control. Up until recently my settings have been portable enough to work on all three systems (key bindings, marks, hint keys), but…
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In vimperator/pentadactyl, how can I disable almost everything?

I like the movement keys, pressing f to click links, and being able to disable pentadactyl, but I pretty much don't need anything else. How can I get my old hotkeys back? Mostly, I'm thinking about... Ctrl+F, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+Shift+O…
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Using Firefox Pocket addon with Pentadactyl

I'm using Pentadactyl, a Firefox plugin which emulates vim-style keybindings and browsing. I've recently been interested in using Pocket with 'Automatically make all saved pages available offline' checked as a simple way to save and manage articles…
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