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IRC Clients with VI Keybindings?

Posted by Cliff on from the another-open-source-project-in-the-making? dept.

Pilchie asks: "Just wondering if anyone knew of a decent IRC client that supports VI style keybindings. ircII is now just about the only application I commonly use that doesn't support them, and it would be great if I could find an IRC client that does. After spending hours searching on both Google and Freshmeat, I have been unable to come up with anything."

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  1. Err... by jorbettis · · Score: 2

    Vi != emacs

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  2. There is this magical thing... by Beowulf_Boy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It is called a MOUSE.
    Learn to use it, as its the way of the future.
    If you think we will be using non-Gui apps in the future of computers, you are sadly sadly mistaken.

  3. GUI != Mouse (was Re:There is this magical...) by pastie · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just because an app has a GUI, it doesn't mean you have to use a mouse for it to be useful...

    Even VIM has a GUI, but you can still do everything from the keyboard (and it's quicker once you know the keys).

  4. Re:Why? by Dr.+Evil · · Score: 2

    Except you keep running up to the ESC key.

  5. mouse by 2MuchC0ffeeMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    either he's too cheap to get a mouse, or too lazy to move his arms...

    or he has one arm...

    may we ask why you would need vi style bindings? there may be an easier work around from that.

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  6. Re:Why vi bindings are useful by Pilchie · · Score: 2

    I do have my .inputrc file set up that way, but all the irc clients I have seen use curses directly, not going though readline. Thus, no vi keybindings, and hence the question.

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  7. Sort of, but it might be more than you want... by MeerCat · · Score: 2

    There are a number of IRC client packages for emacs (of course) that I've tried... (erc and ZenIrc) and emacs does support various VIP and VIPER modes that give you vi key bindings - you may well be able to combine the 2, but you may equally well consider this a little OTT...

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  8. Re:tirc by Pilchie · · Score: 2

    Thank You!!!! TIRC is _just_ what I was looking for.

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  9. Re:Ctrl-[ by Dr.+Evil · · Score: 2

    Hey, even with the control in that new-fangled PC position, that's not too bad.

    Thanks