TIPS: Call the external editor in Vimperator

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If you use Vimperator, you can call an external text editor to enter the content in the text box on the webpage. This feature of Vimperator and Firefox extension It's All Text! Similar, but the latter does not support calling the text editor under the command line, which is more practical than Vimperator.

Setting Method

You only need to set the editor option. GVim can be set:

: Set editor = gvim-f
If you want to use Vim, you can set it as follows:

: Set editor = urxvt-e vim
If you use other terminals, replace urxvt in the preceding settings command.

You can also write the settings to the configuration file $ HOME/. vimperatorrc of Vimperator.

How to Use

Very easy. Locate the text box that needs to be entered and press Ctrl + I. Once the editing is completed in (G) Vim, save it directly.