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How HN took it
8 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 10 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Execution: 2 for, 9 againstIdea: 5 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Works well and is a nifty, cool idea
From 3 comments
Pretty darn nifty, but vim stuff like 'ciw' doesn't work, and also 'C' leaves you in an insert state where your next keystrokes are entered just before the last letter in the…
sbmassey on HNYum. Though the biggest thing I liked about this was learning about the service 'filepicker'. Smart integration.
davidandgoliath on HNFinally, I've been waiting for this for ages.
Produce on HN
Filepicker integration is smart
From 1 comment
Yum. Though the biggest thing I liked about this was learning about the service 'filepicker'. Smart integration.
davidandgoliath on HN
Objections
Many vim commands are missing or broken, such as ciw, yanks, counts with o/O
From 4 comments
Pretty darn nifty, but vim stuff like 'ciw' doesn't work, and also 'C' leaves you in an insert state where your next keystrokes are entered just before the last letter in the…
sbmassey on HNSlight issue: counts do not work in combination with insertion commands. (in other words, you can't use 5i to have something inserted 5 times, or for a more useful example you…
jlgreco on HNAs well, non of the screen movement commands and some miscellaneous commands aren't working. It really took out almost all of the flow I have when I'm editing files. Vi commands:…
carb on HNAlso, some yanking commands don't work: yiw, yaw (it goes into insert mode)
mihaifm on HN
Dropbox grants access to the entire Dropbox
From 1 comment
Why I can't use this: "This app will have access to your entire Dropbox." Which still happens with pretty much every Dropbox app, despite fine-grained permissions many months…
mmahemoff on HN
Tab and Escape/Ctrl-C handling is unreliable
From 3 comments
Pressing tab in insert mode doesn't work for me :(
ramblex on HNSomehow online vi clones never bother with implementing ^[ (does the same as escape), which seriously impairs me. Is this impossible to implement?
filipncs on HNAs well, non of the screen movement commands and some miscellaneous commands aren't working. It really took out almost all of the flow I have when I'm editing files. Vi commands:…
carb on HN
Requests
Add more vim features like line numbers, column selection and text objects
From 3 comments
Ability to edit files off Box / DropBox is a big plus. Is there a mailing list or something like that (some RSS feed for a development blog) where I will be able to see when…
ganeshts on HNImplement text objects and Vim-style fFtT (character searches are repeatable via ; and ,) and you'll have me as a user. :)
dsrguru on HNAny documentation on the restrictions? Commands like :set nu to display line numbers are not available...
ganeshts on HN
Add Evernote support
From 1 comment
so cool. super awesome as-is. if you add evernote support i will go crazy w/ happiness.
tvladeck on HN
Github commit save support
From 1 comment
Sorry should have been more clear. I meant for saving back a commit after opening from Github
brettcvz on HN
Questions
Is the code open source and can it be embedded as an iframe
From 2 comments
This looks really cool. Any plans on sharing/open sourcing the code and going through the process of how you built it?
Omnipresent on HNCan I embed this as an iframe?
ananddass on HN
Alternatives named
ymacs
From 1 comment
Cool. Emacs fans wanting their fix in the browser can checkout ymacs: http://www.ymacs.org/demo/
kjhughes on HN
Vimperator and Pentadactyl browser plugins
From 2 comments
You can get something similar to that with the Firefox vimperator plugin. Press ctrl-I in a textarea and a vim pops up. When you close it the text gets copied back. I use it a lot!
dimatura on HNPentadactyl (Firefox) has a "Pass Through" mode (ctrl-z) for this reason.
danneu on HN
JSVim
From 1 comment
"JSVim provides Vim in any textarea" http://ostatic.com/jsvim
DoctorHouse on HN
Vimium
From 1 comment
I always get confused when I run apps like this and they don't work initially. If you use Vimium, press i when this starts up.
s00pcan on HN