[Vimprobable-users] Fwd: Link hinting

[niemand n. <nie...@gm...>]

Again, this was sent to the old list. Sorry!

-N

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From: niemand nobody <nie...@gm...>
Date: Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:14 PM
Subject: Link hinting
To: Vim...@vi...


Hi,

Is there any particular reason why the link hinting uses numbers instead of
letters? Personally, I prefer Vimium's link hinting, which uses common
letters like "asdfghjkl" that my fingers are already resting on, as this is
a smidge more convenient than "123456780".

While on the matter of link hinting: I've noticed that hints for links that
extend into a new line will show up at the start of the line that the link
begins. This seems a bit unintuitive, and certainly a bit confusing when
there is also a link at the beginning of that first line. I've noticed that
other link hinting instead puts the hints of multi-line links simply at the
start of the link (e.g. the way Vimium does it). Is there any reason why we
wouldn't want to do it that way, too?

If there isn't, I just might be able to figure out the hinting code enough
to patch it myself!

Thanks,

niemand