FeohJan 26, 2024

You know when you find that new thing and it TOTALLY blows you away and makes your day?

THIS!
https://github.com/glacambre/firenvim

firenvim - makes your browser textbox into a Neovim instance with full capabilities.
#nerdgasm #neovim #awesome

GitHub - glacambre/firenvim: Embed Neovim in Chrome, Firefox & others.

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Show threadS. Huff
@feoh also: if you’re on a Mac, https://kindavim.app/ does something comparable for arbitrary text input fields in apps (not restricted to a browser)
kindaVim

it's kinda like Vim but not really.

Jan 26, 2024 at 2:19amWeb
Show threadFeohJan 26, 2024

Thanks for the pointer!

My quibble1 with this approach is that they tried to rewrite Vim rather than, as firenvim does, actually embedding Neovim in the application.

So, like, if I'm editing Github Discussions, I get all my Markdown mode enhancements including properly defined wrap margins, customized spell checking with my customized dictionary, enhanced syntax hacks, you name it. It's all there :)

It's one of the advantages of actual Neovim as opposed to some vimmish mode approximation. And it's made possible by Neovim's client/server nature.

But again, very cool thanks for the pointer!