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I'm using vimperator 3.5 with firefox 17. Everything goes well except non-url text selecting. It seems that nothing about this described in the official help document. Everytime when I want to select some non-url texts I have to use my mouse to finish it. It's really annoying.

xuhdev
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Jumping to the point to start your select

You can use / to find whatever you want to search and use n to go to specific locations.

Selecting

Once you are there, type c to enter CARET mode where you can use hjkl to move around and use v to select just like vim.

Coping

Also use y to yank. Happy vimp!

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xxinerKYU
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    Thanks a lot. It should added to vimperator documentation. – Brain90 Oct 24 '13 at 03:41
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    As far as I know for copying and for pasting is also supported in the newer version of Vimperator if you're one of those who have these two in your muscle memory. + you can apply the advices above while in the insert mode by using to get into TEXTAREA mode. – Mehrad Feb 27 '14 at 23:05
  • It's in the documentation liberator://help/various on the various page. – AsksAnyway Jul 27 '14 at 10:41
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    +1 for in a input box. Never knew that before! :-) – Yadli Sep 15 '14 at 11:37
  • Yanking into clipboard works well, unless I try it in vimperator helpall page (Linux Ubuntu 14.04, FF34). On other pages it works. C-C does not work at all for me. – Jan Vlcinsky Dec 07 '14 at 09:41
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If you select wanted text with mouse, use

Y

to copy selected text.

Good cheatsheet:http://sheet.shiar.nl/vimperator

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  • Then just use terminal browser like w3m – nexayq Mar 27 '17 at 15:37
  • See a proper answer above, an answer "use a different browser than the one that appears in the question" - is not acceptable, proposing using a mouse which contradicts the whole concept of vim - is not acceptable. – Boris Churzin Dec 17 '17 at 09:58
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The answer by xxinerKYU is great but according to the reference page at liberator://help/various#various is seems that i is the key to caret mode.

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  • Really? In `:helpall` and in `:usage` it tells me, `i` enters "ignore" mode. `c` described in `Uncategorized help` section talks about caret mode. I recommend you remove your answer. – Jan Vlcinsky Dec 07 '14 at 09:46
  • on my system it says: "initial start of caret mode. Start with i, stop with " for version 1.0. Could you please paste what it says on your installation and for which version? – Lavya Dec 07 '14 at 19:52
  • When I `:helpall` and search for `caret`, it appears there twice in section "Uncategorized help" under "c" stating "Start caret mode. This mode resembles the Vim's Normal mode where you see a text cursor and can move around. If you want to select text in this mode, press v to start its Visual mode.". Using Vimperator: 3.8.3 (created: 2014/11/09 13:19:01) on FF34 on Ubuntu. – Jan Vlcinsky Dec 08 '14 at 10:30