Re: [Vimprobable-users] Another hinting way?

[Matthew C. <je...@gm...>]

Hi all,

If you use this, please note it is very untested and does not work well
on sites with huge amounts of links (reddit.com is one, slashdot seems
OK).

This newer file fixes some z-index and position issues with my hint
blocks.

Thanks,
-Matt

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 11:28:27PM -0400, Matthew Carter wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The attached script (letter_hinting.js) will give you the desired letter
> hinting if you add it to your scripts.js (user scripts) file.
> 
> This has also been added to the user scripts utility I wrote, available
> at:
> 
> 	http://ahungry.com/vp2_scripter/ahungry_scripter.sh
> 
> Feel free to tweak the letter_hinting.js until it is acceptable for your
> own use (it works with the existing hinting by handling all of the
> letter hinting as a passthrough from the main key bind interceptions by
> browser).
> 
> Thanks,
> -Matt
> 
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 07:15:59PM +0200, Hannes Schüller wrote:
> > 陈三 <che...@gm...> wrote:
> > > > ______ <che...@gm...> wrote:
> > > > > i will try the hinting.js
> > > >
> > > > FYI, a modification of that file alone will not be enough due to the
> > > > feature of writing the link text which Matt mentioned. You would
> > > > have to change the routine catching characters in hint mode located
> > > > in main.c as well.
> > >
> > > Does it mean if i don't know much about programing then it would be
> > > impossible for me to make it ? that is sad because i know only a
> > > little JavaScript language.
> > 
> > Well, it depends on how "messy" you would accept a hack to be. In the
> > current Vimprobable2, the relevant code in main.c is located in line
> > 626 until the end of the following if. There, you would have to send
> > not just numbers, but also strings to the Javascript function. Of
> > course, this would imply either a major modification of the current
> > "count" variable or (easier) the introduction of a string variable to
> > keep the overall input in.
> > 
> > However, in hinting.js, there would definitely be bigger changes ahead.
> > 
> > > If there is an option like "set hinting=asdfghjkl" then that would be
> > > much convenient to me.
> > 
> > Such an option will most certainly never happen, because of said
> > irreconcilability with another major feature.
> > 
> > Hannes
> > 
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