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author | Daniel Carl <danielcarl@gmx.de> | 2017-05-11 14:35:45 +0200 |
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committer | Daniel Carl <danielcarl@gmx.de> | 2017-05-11 14:36:31 +0200 |
commit | 67533d668cb8bde84d54c20f3e5de4c2e669de1f (patch) | |
tree | 38e08ce63a30fe9a647080d4f46506a2467511c4 | |
parent | 6d284f0c4a0838096a90663973e5016a2839d5db (diff) |
Updated README.
Also added known packages.
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@@ -1,10 +1,56 @@ -# vimb - the vim like browser +# Vimb - the Vim-like browser -This is the development branch for the new webkit2 port of vimb. This branch -does not work and lags a lot of features of the webkit1 version of vimb. So -this is only meant to be the playground for the developers at the moment. +Vimb is a Vim-like web browser that is inspired by Pentadactyl and Vimprobable. +The goal of Vimb is to build a completely keyboard-driven, efficient and +pleasurable browsing-experience with low memory and CPU usage that is +intuitive to use for Vim users. -If you like to have a working vimb, please use the master branch. +More information and some screenshots of Vimb browser in action can be found on +the project page of [Vimb][]. + +## Features + +- it's modal like Vim +- Vim like keybindings - assignable for each browser mode +- nearly every configuration can be changed at runtime with Vim like set syntax +- history for `ex` commands, search queries, URLs +- completions for: commands, URLs, bookmarked URLs, variable names of settings, search-queries +- hinting - marks links, form fields and other clickable elements to + be clicked, opened or inspected +- SSL validation against ca-certificate file +- user defined URL-shortcuts with placeholders +- read it later queue to collect URIs for later use +- multiple yank/paste registers + +## Packages + +- Gentoo [gentoo-git][], [gentoo][] + +## dependencies + +- webkit2gtk-4.0 >= 2.16.x + +## Install + +Edit `config.mk` to match your local setup. + +Edit `src/config.h` to match your personal preferences. + +The default `Makefile` will not overwrite your customised `config.h` with the +contents of `config.def.h`, even if it was updated in the latest git pull. +Therefore, you should always compare your customised `config.h` with +`config.def.h` and make sure you include any changes to the latter in your +`config.h`. + +Run the following commands to compile and install Vimb (if necessary, the last one as +root). + + make + make install + +## Mailing list + +- feature requests, issues and patches can be discussed on the [mailing list][mail] ## Patching and Coding style @@ -59,10 +105,6 @@ If you like to have a working vimb, please use the master branch. ├── scripts JavaScripts that are compiled in for various purposes └── webextension Source files for the webextension -## dependencies - -- webkit2gtk-4.0 >= 2.3.5 - ## compile and run To inform vimb during compile time where the webextension should be loaded @@ -76,6 +118,11 @@ To run vimb without installation you could run as a sandbox like this This will compile and install vimb into the local _sandbox_ folder in the project directory. -# license +## license Information about the license are found in the file LICENSE. + +[gentoo-git]: https://github.com/tharvik/overlay/tree/master/www-client/vimb +[gentoo]: https://github.com/hsoft/portage-overlay/tree/master/www-client/vimb +[vimb]: https://fanglingsu.github.io/vimb/ "Vimb - Vim like browser project page" +[mail]: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vimb-users "vimb - mailing list" |