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T.Short | 18 Aug 23:09

Multiple selections with extended hints

I like the idea of the extended hints, but in practice, it doesn't work well for
me (or I'm missing something). 

Say I want to open links 11, 14, and 19 in tabs. I can do ;F111419, and it works
fine, but after I do ;F11 the link indicators all disappear, so unless I
remember the number, I don't know what to type next. Am I missing something? Is
there a way to make the numbering remain when in extended hints mode?

Vimperator 1.1 on FF 3.0.1 on WinXP

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Daniel Schaffrath | 19 Aug 19:25

Re: Multiple selections with extended hints

On 2008/08/18  , at 23:11, T.Short wrote:

> I like the idea of the extended hints, but in practice, it doesn't  
> work well for
> me (or I'm missing something).
>
> Say I want to open links 11, 14, and 19 in tabs. I can do ;F111419,  
> and it works
> fine, but after I do ;F11 the link indicators all disappear, so  
> unless I
> remember the number, I don't know what to type next. Am I missing  
> something? Is
> there a way to make the numbering remain when in extended hints mode?
>
I don't know how the extended hint mode is supposed to work in this  
regard. Especially in the case of ';f' -- which for me does not make  
sense at all.

This is why I hacked the hint mode to support a background always hint  
mode. This is: you once type ;'B' and then you type all the hints you  
want one after another which you want to open in a background tab.

Attached you find the according patch. It works for char-hints only  
and and needs to applied to the current CVS version. Maybe you can use  
this as a start. I consider polishing it as soon as possible.

Thank you,
Daniel

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Martin Stubenschrott | 19 Aug 20:42

Re: Multiple selections with extended hints

T.Short wrote:

> I like the idea of the extended hints, but in practice, it doesn't work well for
> me (or I'm missing something). 
> 
> Say I want to open links 11, 14, and 19 in tabs. I can do ;F111419, and it works
> fine, but after I do ;F11 the link indicators all disappear, so unless I
> remember the number, I don't know what to type next. Am I missing something? Is
> there a way to make the numbering remain when in extended hints mode?

You are right, ;F should probably keep displaying hints, when the 'activate' option
for that is false or ;B when 'activate' is on (=link is followed in the
background). If somebody can polish
Daniel's patch to either work with ;B or with ;F (depending on
'activate'), I'd like to apply it.

--
Martin