From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 4 21:54:50 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA7851065675; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:54:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from four.harrisons@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com (mail-we0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43E508FC12; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:54:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werb13 with SMTP id b13so15662227wer.13 for ; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:54:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=s4bNXf3enGDybP5uDWA3sN1rcqWVOSudZOWfaaZ9wOw=; b=nxHoWywPOgNYlPnwVth+QnVXxzMylFxrk/Ey25LL8unkzxDjbrynXUiezC6dtcvMgh CU3a++EXgF71POvw0+llY/DPpsG9vMT/nmZiVVclxzApgMURmGsTTvRnh2EG0QWO4VeB heSwSZq9zfHBM4Ru2ZH8B55x+b/SMhMJxsEkE= Received: by 10.216.139.94 with SMTP id b72mr32276610wej.38.1325714089093; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:54:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.12] (client-81-105-212-132.mcr-bng-011.adsl.virginmedia.net. [81.105.212.132]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g11sm27443319wbo.6.2012.01.04.13.54.47 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:54:48 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Peter Harrison In-Reply-To: <20120104212656.GA15264@hemlock.hydra> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:54:46 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20120104165405.GF8500@hemlock.hydra> <8C0EEF92-18FD-45A8-90EF-F26EC8762704@googlemail.com> <20120104212656.GA15264@hemlock.hydra> To: Chad Perrin X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Browser X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:54:51 -0000 On 4 Jan 2012, at 21:26, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 08:48:35PM +0000, Peter Harrison wrote: >>=20 >> Chad, >>=20 >> 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 >=20 >>=20 >> I installed for exactly the same reasons you're looking at it - fast >> lean browser with good (vi-like) keybindings. >=20 > 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. >=20 >=20 >>=20 >> 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. >=20 > I don't blame you. >=20 >=20 >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > --=20 > 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-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"