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NAME
Vimb - Vim Browser - A modal web browser based on WebKit, inspired by Vim: the great editor.
SYNOPSIS
vimb [OPTIONS] [URI|file|-]
DESCRIPTION
Vimb is a WebKit based web browser that behaves like the Vimperator plugin for Firefox and has usage
paradigms from the great editor, Vim. The goal of Vimb is to build a completely keyboard-driven,
efficient and pleasurable browsing-experience.
OPTIONS
If no URI or file is given, Vimb will open the configured home-page. If URI is '-', Vimb reads the HTML
to display from stdin.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-C, --cmd CMD
Run CMD as ex command line right before the first page is loaded. If the flag is used more than
one time, the commands are called in order they are given. You could also pass several ex
commands in one CMD, if they are separated by "|".
vimb --cmd "set dark-mode=on|set header=Referer,DNT=1"
-c, --config FILE
Use custom configuration given as FILE. This will also be applied on new spawned instances.
-e, --embed WINID
WINID of an XEmbed-aware application, that Vimb will use as its parent.
-i, --incognito
Start an instance with user data read-only (see FILES section).
-h, --help
Show help options.
-p, --profile PROFILE-NAME
Create or open specified configuration profile. Configuration data for the profile is stored in a
directory named PROFILE-NAME under default directory for configuration data.
-v, --version
Print build and version information and then quit.
--no-maximize
Do no attempt to maximize window.
--bug-info
Prints information about used libraries for bug reports and then quit.
MODES
Vimb is modal and has the following main modes:
Normal Mode
The default mode. Pressing Escape always enter normal mode.
Input Mode
Used for editing text elements in a webpage.
Command Mode
Execute `ex` commands from the builtin inputbox (commandline).
Pass-Through Mode
In Pass-Through mode only the `<Esc>` and `<C-[>` keybindings are interpreted by Vimb, all other
keystrokes are given to the webview to handle them. This allows the use of a website's configured
keybindings, that might otherwise be swallowed by Vimb.
NORMAL MODE COMMANDS
Some of the Normal Model Commands can have a numeric count to multiply the effect of the command. If a
command supports the count this is shown as [N].
General
: Start Command Mode and print `:' to the input box.
gi Set cursor to the first editable element in the page and switch to Input Mode.
i Set cursor to the last focused element in the page and switch to Input Mode. If no element was
focused before the first element is focused like with `gi'.
CTRL-Z Switch Vimb into Pass-Through Mode.
gf Open the configured editor (`editor-command') with the current page's content.
gF Open the Web Inspector for the current page.
CTRL-V Pass the next key press directly to GTK.
CTRL-Q Quit the browser if there are no running downloads.
Navigation
o Start Command Mode and print `:open ' to the input box.
O Start Command Mode and print `:open URI' to the input box.
t Start Command Mode and print `:tabopen ' to the input box.
T Start Command Mode and print `:tabopen URI' to the input box.
gh Open the configured home-page.
gH Open the configured home-page in a new window.
u Open the last closed page.
U Open the last closed page in a new window.
CTRL-P Open the oldest entry from the read it later queue in the current browser window.
["x]p Open the URI out of the register x or, if not given, from the clipboard.
["x]P Open the URI out of the register x or, if not given, from the clipboard in a new window.
[N]CTRL-O
Go back N steps in the browser history.
[N]CTRL-I
Go forward N steps in the browser history.
[N]gu Go to the Nth descendent directory of the current opened URI.
gU Go to the domain of the current opened page.
r Reload the website.
R Reload the website without using caches.
CTRL-C Stop loading the current page.
CTRL-LeftMouse, MiddleMouse
Opens the clicked link in a new window.
Shift-LeftMouse
Push the link url under the cursor to the end of the Read It Later queue like the `:qpush'
command.
Motion
[N]CTRL-F
Scroll N pages down.
[N]CTRL-B
Scroll N pages up.
[N]CTRL-D
Scroll N half pages down.
[N]CTRL-U
Scroll N half pages up.
[N]gg Scroll to the top of the current page. Or if N is given to N% of the page.
[N]G Scroll to the bottom of the current page. Or if N is given to N% of the page.
0, ^ Scroll to the absolute left of the document. Unlike in Vim, 0 and ^ work exactly the same way.
$ Scroll to the absolute right of the document.
[N]h Scroll N steps to the left of page.
[N]l Scroll N steps to the right of page.
[N]j Scroll page N steps down.
[N]k Scroll page N steps up.
m{a-z} Set a page mark {a-z} at the current position on the page. Such set marks are only available on
the current page; if the page is left, all marks will be removed.
m{A-Z} Set a page mark {A-Z} at the current position on the page. These marks are permanent across any
page.
'{a-z} Jump to the mark {a-z} on the current page.
'{A-Z} Jump to the global mark {A-Z} on a (possibly) different page.
'' Jumps to the position before the latest jump, or where the last "m'" command was given.
Hinting
Hinting in Vimb is how you accomplish the tasks that you would do with the mouse in common mouse-driven
browsers: open a URI, yank a URI, save a page and so on. When hinting is started, the relevant elements
on the page will be marked by labels generated from configured `hint-keys'. Hints can be selected by
using <Tab>, <C-I> or <C-Tab>, <C-O>, by typing the chars of the label, or filtering the elements by some
text that is part of the hinted element (like URI, link text, button label) or any combination of these
methods. If <enter> is pressed, the current active hint will be fired. If only one possible hint
remains, this will be fired automatically.
Syntax: ;{mode}{hint}
Start Hints mode. Different elements depending on mode are highlighted and `numbered'. Elements can be
selected either by typing their label, or by typing part of their text (hint) to narrow down the result.
When an element has been selected, it is automatically clicked or used (depending on mode) and hint mode
ends.
The filtering of hints by text splits the query at ' ' and use the single parts as separate queries to
filter the hints. This is useful for hints that have a lot of filterable chars in common and many chars
are required to make a distinct selection. For example ';over tw' will easily select the second hint out
of {'very long link text one', 'very long link text two'}.
The following keys have special meanings in Hints modes:
<CR> Selects the first highlighted element, or the current focused.
<Tab> Moves the focus to the next hint element.
<S-Tab>
Moves the focus to the previous hint element.
<Esc>, CTRL-C, CTRL-[
Exits Hints mode without selecting an element.
Hint modes:
f Is an alias for the ;o hint mode.
F Is an alias for the ;t hint mode.
;o Open hint's location in the current window.
;t Open hint's location in a new window.
;s Saves the hint's destination under the configured `download-path'.
;O Generate an `:open' prompt with hint's URI.
;T Generate an `:tabopen' prompt with hint's URI.
;e Open the configured editor (`editor-command') with the hinted form element's content. If
the file in editor is saved and the editor is closed, the file content will be put back in
the form field.
;i Open hinted image in the current window.
;I Open hinted image in a new window.
;k Kill (remove) hinted element from the page.
;p Push the hint's URI to the end of the Read It Later queue like the `:qpush' command. This
is only available if Vimb was compiled with the QUEUE feature.
;P Push the hint's URI to the beginning of the Read It Later queue like the `:qunshift'
command. This is only available if Vimb was compiled with the QUEUE feature.
;x Hints like ;o, but instead of opening the hinted URI, the `x-hint-command' is run in Vimb.
["x];y Yank hint's destination location into primary and secondary clipboard and into the register
x.
["x];Y Yank hint's text description or form text into primary and secondary clipboard and into the
register x.
Syntax: g;{mode}{hint}
Start an extended hints mode and stay there until <Esc> is pressed. Like normal hinting, except
that after a hint is selected, hints remain visible so that another one can be selected with the
same action as the first. Note that the extended hint mode can only be combined with the
following hint modes I o p P s t y Y.
Motion
Motions commands are like those for normal mode except that CTRL is used as modifier. But they
can not be used together with a count.
CTRL-F Scroll one page down.
CTRL-B Scroll one page up.
CTRL-D Scroll half page down.
CTRL-U Scroll half page up.
CTRL-J Scroll one step down.
CTRL-K Scroll one step up.
Searching
/QUERY, ?QUERY
Start searching for QUERY in the current page. / start search forward, ? in backward direction.
*, # Start searching for the current selected text, or if no text is selected for the content of the
primary or secondary clipboard. * start the search in forward direction and # in backward
direction.
Note that these commands will yank the text selection into the clipboard and may remove other
content from there!
[N]n Search for Nnth next search result depending on current search direction.
[N]N Search for Nnth previous search result depending on current search
<CR> Perform a click on element containing the current highlighted search result. direction.
Zooming
[N]zi Zoom-In the text of the page by N steps.
[N]zo Zoom-Out the text of the page by N steps.
[N]zI Full-Content Zoom-In the page by N steps.
[N]zO Full-Content Zoom-Out the page by N steps.
zz Reset Zoom.
Yank
["x]y Yank the URI or current page into register x and clipboard.
["x]Y Yank the current selection into register x and clipboard.
COMMAND MODE
Commands that are listed below are ex-commands like in Vim, that are typed into the inputbox (the command
line of vimb). The commands may vary in their syntax or in the parts they allow, but in general they
follow a simple syntax.
Syntax: :[:| ][N]cmd[name][!][ lhs][ rhs]
Where lhs (left hand side) must not contain any unescaped space. The syntax of the rhs (right hand side)
if this is available depends on the command. At the moment the count parts [N] of commands is parsed,
but currently there is no command that uses the count.
Commands that are typed interactivly are normally recorded into command history and register. To avoid
this, the commands can be prefixed by one or more additional `:' or whitespace.
Multiple commands, separated by a `|' can be given in a single command line and will be executed
consecutively. The pipe can be included as an argument to a command by escaping it with a backslash.
Following commands process the entire command-line string literally. These commands will include any `|'
as part of their argument string and so can not be followed by another command.
- autocmd
- cmap, cnoremap, imap, inoremap, nmap, nnoremap
- eval
- normal
- open, tabopen
- shellcmd
Command Line Editing
<Esc>, CTRL-[, CTRL-C
Ignore all typed content and switch back to normal mode.
<CR> Submit the entered `ex` command or search query to run it.
CTRL-H Deletes the char before the cursor.
CTRL-W Deletes the last word before the cursor.
CTRL-U Remove everything between cursor and prompt.
CTRL-B Moves the cursor directly behind the prompt `:'.
CTRL-E Moves the cursor after the prompt in inputbox.
CTRL-V Pass the next key press directly to GTK.
CTRL-R {a-z"%:/;}
Insert the content of given register at cursor position. See also section about `:reg[ister]'
command.
Command Line History
<Tab> Start completion of the content in the inputbox in forward direction.
<S-Tab>
Start completion of the content in the inputbox in backward direction.
<Up> Step backward in the command history.
<Down> Step forward in the command history. Yank the current selection into register x and clipboard.
Open
:o[pen] [URI]
Open the give URI in the current window. If URI is empty, the configured 'home-page' is opened.
:t[abopen] [URI]
Open the give URI in a new window. If URI is empty, the configured 'home-page' is opened.
Key Mapping
Key mappings allow users to alter the actions of key presses. Each key mapping is associated with a mode
and only has effect when the mode is active. The following commands allow the user to substitute one
sequence of key presses by another.
Syntax: :{m}map {lhs} {rhs}
Note that the lhs ends with the first found space. If you want to use space also in the {lhs} you have
to escape this with a single '\', as shown in the examples.
The rhs starts with the first non-space char. If you want a rhs that starts with a space, you have to use
"<Space>".
Standard key mapping commands are provided for these modes m:
n Normal mode: when browsing normally.
i Insert mode: when interacting with text fields on a website.
c Command Line mode: when typing into Vimb's command line.
Most keys in key sequences are represented simply by the character that you see on the screen when you
type them. However, as a number of these characters have special meanings, and a number of keys have no
visual representation, a special notation is required.
As special key names have the format <...>. The following special keys can be used: <Left>, <Up>,
<Right>, <Down> for the cursor keys, <Tab>, <Esc>, <CR>, <Space>, <BS>, <F1>-<F12> and <C-A>-<C-Z>. If
you want an actual sequence of keys like "<", "C", "R", ">" then escape with a backslash: "<CR>". If you
want a backslash followed by a special key then use <Bslash>.
:nm[ap] {lhs} {rhs}
:im[ap] {lhs} {rhs}
:cm[ap] {lhs} {rhs}
Map the key sequence lhs to rhs for the modes where the map command applies. The result,
including rhs, is then further scanned for mappings. This allows for nested and recursive use of
mappings.
:cmap <C-G>h /home/user/downloads/
Adds a keybind to insert a file path into the input box. This could be useful for the
`:save' command that could be used as ":save ^Gh".
:nmap <F1> :set scripts=on<CR>:open !glib<Tab><CR>
This will enable scripts and lookup the first bookmarked URI with the tag `glib' and open
it immediately if F1 key is pressed.
:nmap \ \ 50G
Example which maps two spaces to go to 50% of the page.
:nn[oremap] {lhs} {rhs}
:ino[remap] {lhs} {rhs}
:cno[remap] {lhs} {rhs}
Map the key sequence lhs to rhs for the mode where the map command applies. Disallow mapping of
rhs, to avoid nested and recursive mappings. Often used to redefine a command.
:nu[nmap] {lhs}
:iu[nmap] {lhs}
:cu[nmap] {lhs}
Remove the mapping of lhs for the applicable mode.
Bookmarks
:bma [tags]
Save the current opened URI with tags to the bookmark file.
:bmr [URI]
Removes all bookmarks for given URI or, if not given, the current opened page.
Handlers
Handlers allow specifying external scripts to handle alternative URI methods.
:handler-add handler=cmd
Adds a handler to direct handler links to the external cmd. The cmd can contain one placeholder
`%s` that will be filled by the full URI given when the command is called.
:handler-add mailto=urxvt -e mutt %s
to start email client for mailto links.
:handler-add magnet=xdg-open %s
to open magnet links with xdg-open.
:handler-add ftp=urxvt -e wget %s -P ~/ftp-downloads
to handle ftp downloads via wget.
:handler-remove handler
Remove the handler for the given URI handler.
Shortcuts
Shortcuts allow the opening of an URI built up from a named template with additional parameters. If a
shortcut named 'dd' is defined, you can use it with `:open dd list of parameters' to open the generated
URI.
Shortcuts are convenient to use with search engines where the URI is standardised and a single parameter
is user defined.
:shortcut-add shortcut=URI
Adds a shortcut with the shortcut and URI template. The URI can contain multiple placeholders
$0-$9 that will be filled by the parameters given when the shortcut is called. The parameters
given when the shortcut is called will be split into as many parameters like the highest used
placeholder.
To use spaces within the parameters, the parameters can be grouped by surrounding them with
single-or double quotes-as shown in example shortcut `map'.
:shortcut-add dl=https://duckduckgo.com/lite/?q=$0
to setup a search engine. Can be called by `:open dl my search phrase'.
:shortcut-add gh=https://github.com/$0/$1
to build URIs from given parameters. Can be called `:open gh fanglingsu vimb'.
:shortcut-add map=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=$0&daddr=$1
to search for a route, all but the last parameter must be quoted if they contain spaces
like `:open map "city hall, London" railway station, London'
:shortcut-remove shortcut
Remove the search engine to the given shortcut.
:shortcut-default shortcut
Set the shortcut for given shortcut as the default, that is the shortcut to be used if no shortcut
is given and the string to open is not an URI. It doesn't matter if the shortcut is already in use
or not to be able to set it.
Settings
:se[t] var=value
Set configuration values named by var. To set boolean variable you should use 'on', 'off' or
'true' and 'false'. Colors are given as hexadecimal value like '#f57700'. Spaces or more equals
signs in value just work without quotes: for example, ":set sans-serif-font=Some Sans Font".
:se[t] var+=value
Add the value to a number option, or append the value to a string option. When the option is a
comma separated list, a comma is added, unless the value was empty.
:se[t] var^=value
Multiply the value to a number option, or prepend the value to a string option. When the option
is a comma separated list, a comma is added, unless the value was empty.
:se[t] var-=value
Subtract the value from a number option, or remove the value from a string option, if it is there.
When the option is a comma separated list, a comma is deleted, unless the option becomes empty.
:se[t] var?
Show the current set value of variable. VAR.
:se[t] var!
Toggle the value of boolean variable var and display the new set value.
Queue
The queue allows the marking of URIs for later reading. This list is shared between the single instances
of Vimb.
:qpu[sh] [URI]
Push URI or, if not given, the current URI to the end of the queue.
:qun[shift] [URI]
Push URI or, if not given, the current URI to the beginning of the queue.
:qp[op]
Open the oldest queue entry in the current browser window and remove it from the queue.
:qc[lear]
Removes all entries from queue.
Automatic commands
An autocommand is a command that is executed automatically in response to some event, such as a URI being
opened. Autocommands are very powerful. Use them with care and they will help you avoid typing many
commands.
Autocommands are built with following properties.
group When the [group] argument is not given, Vimb uses the current group as defined with ':augroup',
otherwise, Vimb uses the group defined with [group]. Groups are useful to remove multiple grouped
autocommands.
event You can specify a comma separated list of event names. No white space can be used in this list.
Events:
LoadStarting
Fired before a new page is going to be opened. No data has been sent or received yet, the
load may still fail for transport issues.
LoadStarted
Fired if a new page is going to be opened. No data has been received yet, the load may
still fail for transport issues.
LoadCommitted
Fired if first data chunk has arrived, meaning that the necessary transport requirements
are established, and the load is being performed. This is the right event to toggle
content related setting like 'scripts', 'plugins' and such things.
LoadFinished
Fires when everything that was required to display on the page has been loaded.
DownloadStarted
Fired right after a download is started.
DownloadFinished
Fired if a Vimb managed download is finished.
DownloadFailed
Fired if a Vimb managed download failed.
pat Comma separated list of patterns, matches in order to check if a autocommand applies to the URI
associated to an event. To use ',' within the single patterns this must be escaped as '\,'.
Patterns:
* Matches any sequence of characters. This includes also '/' in contrast to shell patterns.
? Matches any single character except of '/'.
{one,two}
Matches 'one' or 'two'. Any '{', ',' and '}' within this pattern must be escaped by a '\'.
'*' and '?' have no special meaning within the curly braces.
\ Use backslash to escape the special meaning of '?*{},' in the pattern or pattern list.
cmd Any `ex` command vimb understands. The leading ':' is not required. Multiple commands can be
separated by '|'.
:au[tocmd] [group] {event} {pat} {cmd}
Add cmd to the list of commands that Vimb will execute automatically on event for a URI matching
pat autocmd-patterns. Vimb always adds the cmd after existing autocommands, so that the
autocommands are executed in the order in which they were given.
:au[tocmd]! [group] {event} {pat} {cmd}
Remove all autocommands associated with event and which pattern match pat, and add the command
cmd. Note that the pattern is not matched literally to find autocommands to remove, like Vim
does. Vimb matches the autocommand pattern with pat. If [group] is not given, deletes
autocommands in current group, as noted above.
:au[tocmd]! [group] {event} {pat}
Remove all autocommands associated with event and which pattern matches pat in given group
(current group by default).
:au[tocmd]! [group] * {pat}
Remove all autocommands with patterns matching pat for all events in given group (current group by
default).
:au[tocmd]! [group] {event}
Remove all autocommands for event in given group (current group by default).
:au[tocmd]! [group]
Remove all autocommands in given group (current group by default).
:aug[roup] {name}
Define the autocmd group name for the following ":autocmd" commands. The name "end" selects the
default group.
:aug[roup]! {name}
Delete the autocmd group name.
Example:
:aug github
: au LoadCommitted * set scripts=off|set cookie-accept=never
: au LoadCommitted http{s,}://github.com/* set scripts=on
:aug end
Misc
:cl[eardata] [dataTypes] [timespan]
Asynchronously clears the website data of the given list of dataTypes modified in the past
timespan. Note that the dataTypes must not contain spaces. If timespan is not given, all website
data will be removed. Note that this effects all running instances of vimb.
The dataTypes is a comma separated list of following types.
memory-cache
Memory cache.
disk-cache
HTTP disk cache.
offline-cache
Offline web application cache.
session-storage
Session storage data.
local-storage
Local storage data.
indexeddb-databases
IndexedDB databases.
plugin-data
Plugin data.
cookies
Cookies. Note that the cookies are not cleared in case a timespan is given.
hsts-cache
HTTP Strict Transport Security cache.
- Can be used to clear all known data types in case a timespan is used.
The timespan is given as sequence of '[multiplier]unit' tupels with following units.
y year (365 days)
w week (7 days)
d day
h hour
m minute
s second
Example:
:cleardata
to clear all known website data types without any timespan restriction.
:cleardata - 5m
to clear all known website data types modified in the last 5 minutes.
:cleardata local-storage,session-storage,cookies
to completely clear the cookies, local- and session-storage without time restrictions.
:cleardata disk-cache 2d4h
to clear the disk cache that was modified in the past two days and four hours.
:sh[ellcmd]! cmd
Like :sh[ellcmd] but asynchronous.
Example:
:sh! /bin/sh -c 'echo "`date` $VIMB_URI" >> myhistory.txt'
:sh[ellcmd] cmd
Runs the given shell cmd syncron and print the output into inputbox. The following patterns in
cmd are expanded: '~username', '~/', '$VAR' and '${VAR}'. A '\' before these patterns disables
the expansion.
The following environment variables are set for called shell commands.
VIMB_URI
This variable is set by Vimb every time a new page is opened to the URI of the page.
VIMB_SELECTION
This variable is set to the current selected text on the page.
VIMB_TITLE
Contains the title of the current opened page.
VIMB_PID
Contains the pid of the running Vimb instance.
VIMB_WIN_ID
Holds the X-Window id of the Vimb window.
VIMB_XID
Holds the X-Window id of the Vimb window or of the embedding window if Vimb is compiled
with XEMBED and started with the -e option.
:sh[ellcmd]! cmd
Like :sh[ellcmd] but asynchronous.
Example:
:sh! /bin/sh -c 'echo "`date` $VIMB_URI" >> myhistory.txt'
:s[ave] [path]
Download current opened page into configured download directory. If path is given, download under
this file name or path. path is expanded and can therefore contain '~/', '${ENV}' and '~user'
pattern.
:so[urce] [file]
Read ex commands from file.
:q[uit]
Close the browser. This will be refused if there are running downloads.
:q[uit]!
Close the browser independent from an running download.
:reg[ister]
Display the contents of all registers.
Registers:
"a — "z
26 named registers "a to "z. Vimb fills these registers only when you say so.
": Last executed `ex` command.
"" Last yanked content.
"% Curent opened URI.
"/ Last search phrase.
"; Contains the last hinted URL.
:e[val] javascript
Runs the given javascript in the current page and display the evaluated value.
Example: :eval document.cookie
:e[val]! javascript
Like :eval, but there is nothing print to the input box.
:no[rmal] [cmds]
Execute normal mode commands cmds. This makes it possible to execute normal mode commands typed
on the input box.
cmds cannot start with a space. Put a count of 1 (one) before it, "1 " is one space.
Example: :set scripts!|no! R
:no[rmal]! [cmds]
Like :normal, but no mapping is applied to cmds.
:ha[rdcopy]
Print current document. Open a GUI dialog where you can select the printer, number of copies,
orientation, etc.
INPUT MODE
<Esc>, CTRL-[
Switch back to normal mode.
CTRL-O Executes the next command as normal mode command and return to input mode.
CTRL-T Open configured editor with content of current form field.
CTRL-V Pass the next key press directly to WebKit.
CTRL-Z Enter the pass-through mode.
COMPLETIONS
The completions are triggered by pressing `<Tab>` or `<S-Tab>` in the activated inputbox. Depending of
the current inserted content different completions are started. The completion takes additional typed
chars to filter the completion list that is shown.
commands
The completion for commands are started when at least `:` is shown in the inputbox. If initial
chars are passed, the completion will lookup those commands that begin with the given chars.
settings
The setting name completion is started if at least `:set ` is shown in inputbox and does also
match settings that begins with already typed setting prefix.
history
The history of URIs is shown for the `:open ` and `:tabopen ` commands. This completion looks up
every given word in the history URI and titles. Only those history items are shown, where the
title or URI contains all tags.
:open foo bar<Tab>
will complete only URIs that contain the words foo and bar.
bookmarks
The bookmark completion is similar to the history completion, but does match only the tags of the
bookmarks. The bookmark completion is started by `:open !`, `:tabopen !` or `:bmr ` and does a
prefix search for all given words in the bookmark tags.
:open !foo ba
will match all bookmarks that have tags starting with "foo" and "ba". If the bookmark does
not have any tags set, the URL is split on `.' and `/' into tags.
:bmr tag
will match all bookmarks that have tags starting with "tag".
bookmark tags
The bookmark tag completion allows the insertion of already used bookmarks for the `:bma `
commands.
search The search completion allows a filtered list of already done searches. This completion starts by
`/` or `?` in inputbox and performs a prefix comparison for further typed chars.
SETTINGS
All settings listed below can be set with the `:set' command. See Settings under COMMAND MODE for
syntax.
accelerated-2d-canvas(bool)
Enable or disable accelerated 2D canvas. When accelerated 2D canvas is enabled, WebKit may render
some 2D canvas content using hardware accelerated drawing operations.
allow-file-access-from-file-urls(bool)
Indicates whether file access is allowed from file URLs. By default, when something is loaded
using a file URI, cross origin requests to other file resources are not allowed.
allow-universal-access-from-file-urls(bool)
Indicates whether or not JavaScript running in the context of a file scheme URL should be allowed
to access content from any origin. By default, when something is loaded in a using a file scheme
URL, access to the local file system and arbitrary local storage is not allowed.
caret(bool)
Whether to enable accessibility enhanced keyboard navigation.
cookie-accept (string)
Cookie accept policy {`always', `never', `origin' (accept all non-third-party cookies)}.
closed-max-items (int)
Maximum number of stored last closed URLs. If closed-max-items is set to 0, closed URLs will not
be stored.
completion-css (string)
CSS style applied to the inputbox completion list items.
completion-hover-css (string)
CSS style applied to the inputbox completion list item that is currently hovered by the mouse.
completion-selected-css (string)
CSS style applied to the inputbox completion list item that is currently selected.
cursiv-font (string)
The font family used as the default for content using cursive font.
dark-mode (bool)
Whether to enable dark mode. Websites can use the `prefers-color-scheme' media query to adjust
styles according to this option.
default-charset (string)
The default text charset used when interpreting content with an unspecified charset.
default-font (string)
The font family to use as the default for content that does not specify a font.
default-zoom (int)
Default Full-Content zoom level in percent. Default is 100.
dns-prefetching (bool)
Indicates if Vimb prefetches domain names.
download-command (string)
A command with placeholder '%s' that will be invoked to download a URI in case 'download-use-
external' is enabled.
The following additional environment variable are available:
$VIMB_URI
The URI of the current opened page, normally the page where the download was started from,
also known as referer.
$VIMB_DOWNLOAD_PATH
Setting value of 'download-path' which would be used normally for downloads.
:set download-command=/bin/sh -c "cd '$VIMB_DOWNLOAD_PATH' && curl -sLJOC - -e '$VIMB_URI' %s"
download-path (string)
Path to the default download directory. If no download directory is set, download will be written
into current directory. The following pattern will be expanded if the download is started '~/',
'~user', '$VAR' and '${VAR}'.
download-use-external (bool)
Indicates if the external download tool set as 'download-command' should be used to handle
downloads. If this is disabled Vimb will handle the download.
editor-command (string)
Command with placeholder '%s' called if form field is opened with $EDITOR to spawn the editor-like
`x-terminal-emulator -e vim %s'. To use Gvim as the editor, it's necessary to call it with `-f'
to run it in the foreground.
font-size (int)
The default font size used to display text.
frame-flattening (bool)
Whether to enable the Frame Flattening. With this setting each subframe is expanded to its
contents, which will flatten all the frames to become one scrollable page.
fullscreen (bool)
Show the current window full-screen.
hardware-acceleration-policy (string)
This setting decides how to enable and disable hardware acceleration.
ondemand
enables the hardware acceleration when the web contents request it, disabling it again when
no longer needed.
always enforce hardware acceleration to be enabled.
never disables it completely. Note that disabling hardware acceleration might cause some
websites to not render correctly or consume more CPU.
header (list)
Comma separated list of headers that replaces default header sent by WebKit or new headers. The
format for the header list elements is `name[=[value]]'.
Note that these headers will replace already existing headers. If there is no '=' after the
header name, then the complete header will be removed from the request, if the '=' is present
means that the header value is set to empty value.
Note that webkit reused already set headers in case of a reload of a page. So if there are
headers removed that where previously use to access a certain page and the page is reloaded or
opened via back/forward history the header will still be sent. To apply the new header setting
properly it's required to request another page or to open current page new by `O<Cr>`.
To use '=' within a header value the value must be quoted like shown in Example for the Cookie
header.
:set header=DNT=1,User-Agent,Cookie='name=value'
Send the 'Do Not Track' header with each request and remove the User-Agent Header
completely from request.
hint-follow-last (bool)
If on, vimb automatically follows the last remaining hint on the page. If off hints are fired
only if enter is pressed.
hint-keys-same-length (bool)
If on, all hint labels will have the same length, so no hints will be ambiguous.
hint-timeout (int)
Timeout before automatically following a non-unique numerical hint. To disable auto fire of
hints, set this value to 0.
hint-keys (string)
The keys used to label and select hints. With its default value, each hint has a unique label
which can be typed to select it, while all other characters are used to filter hints based on
their text. With a value such as asdfg;lkjh, each hint is `labeled' based on the characters of
the home row.
If the hint-keys string starts with a '0' the keys are considered to follow the rules of numeric
labeling. So that the ifrst char of the label will never start with the '0'.
Note that the hint matching by label built of hint-keys is case sensitive. In this vimb differs
from some other browsers that show hint labels in upper case, but match them lowercase.
To have upper case hint labels, it's possible to add following css to the `style.css' file in
vimb's configuration directory.
"span[vimbhint="label"] {text-transform: uppercase !important;}"
hint-match-element (bool)
If this is set to 'true' typed chars that are not part of the set 'hint-keys' are used to filter
hinted DOM elements by their text value. If 'hint-keys' are set to chars instead of numbers it
might be useful to disable matching of the elements by 'hint-match-element=false'.
history-max-items (int)
Maximum number of unique items stored in search-, command or URI history. If history-max-items is
set to 0, the history file will not be changed. This setting has no effect if option --incognito
is set.
home-page (string)
Homepage that vimb opens if started without a URI.
html5-database (bool)
Whether to enable HTML5 client-side SQL database support. Client-side SQL database allows web
pages to store structured data and be able to use SQL to manipulate that data asynchronously.
html5-local-storage (bool)
Whether to enable HTML5 localStorage support. localStorage provides simple synchronous storage
access.
hyperlink-auditing (bool)
Enable or disable support for <a ping>.
images (bool)
Determines whether images should be automatically loaded or not.
incsearch (bool)
While typing a search command, show where the pattern typed so far matches.
input-autohide (bool)
If enabled the inputbox will be hidden whenever it contains no text.
input-css (string)
CSS style applied to the inputbox in normal state.
input-error-css (string)
CSS style applied to the inputbox in case of displayed error.
intelligent-tracking-prevention (bool)
Whether WebKit's Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) is enabled.
javascript-can-access-clipboard (bool)
Whether JavaScript can access the clipboard.
javascript-can-open-windows-automatically (bool)
Whether JavaScript can open popup windows automatically without user interaction.
javascript-enable-markup (bool)
Whether JavaScript markup is enabled. Disabling can help with some older systems (ppc, ppc64,
etc.) that don't have complete JavaScript support to run webpages without crashing.
geolocation (string)
Controls website access to the geolocation API {`always', `never', `ask' (display a prompt each
time)}
media-playback-allows-inline (bool)
Whether media playback is full-screen only or inline playback is allowed. Setting it to false
allows specifying that media playback should be always fullscreen.
media-playback-requires-user-gesture (bool)
Whether a user gesture (such as clicking the play button) would be required to start media
playback or load media. Setting it on requires a gesture by the user to start playback, or to
load the media.
media-stream (bool)
Enable or disable support for MediaSource on pages. MediaSource is an experimental proposal which
extends HTMLMediaElement to allow JavaScript to generate media streams for playback.
mediasource (bool)
Enable or disable support for MediaSource on pages. MediaSource is an experimental proposal which
extends HTMLMediaElement to allow JavaScript to generate media streams for playback.
minimum-font-size (int)
The minimum font size used to display text.
monospace-font (string)
The font family used as the default for content using monospace font.
monospace-font-size (int)
Default font size for the monospace font.
notification (string)
Controls website access to the notification API, that sends notifications via dbus. {`always',
`never', `ask' (display a prompt each time)}
offline-cache (bool)
Whether to enable HTML5 offline web application cache support. Offline web application cache
allows web applications to run even when the user is not connected to the network.
print-backgrounds (bool)
Whether background images should be drawn during printing.
plugins (bool)
Determines whether or not plugins on the page are enabled.
prevent-newwindow (bool)
Whether to open links, that would normally open in a new window, in the current window. This
option does not affect links fired by hinting.
sans-serif-font (string)
The font family used as the default for content using sans-serif font.
scripts (bool)
Determines whether or not JavaScript executes within a page.
scroll-step (int)
Number of pixel vimb scrolls if 'j' or 'k' is used.
scroll-multiplier (int)
Multiplier to increase the scroll distance if window is scrolled by mouse wheel.
serif-font (string)
The font family used as the default for content using serif font.
show-titlebar (bool)
Determines whether the titlebar is shown (on systems that provide window decoration). Defaults to
true.
site-specific-quirks (bool)
Enables the site-specific compatibility workarounds.
smooth-scrolling (bool)
Enable or disable support for smooth scrolling.
spatial-navigation (bool)
Whether to enable the Spatial Navigation. This feature consists in the ability to navigate
between focusable elements in a Web page, such as hyperlinks and form controls, by using Left,
Right, Up and Down arrow keys. For example, if a user presses the Right key, heuristics determine
whether there is an element they might be trying to reach towards the right, and if there are
multiple elements, which element they probably want.
spell-checking (bool)
Enable or disable the spell checking feature.
spell-checking-languages (string)
Set comma separated list of spell checking languages to be used for spell checking.
The locale string typically is in the form lang_COUNTRY, where lang is an ISO-639 language code,
and COUNTRY is an ISO-3166 country code. For instance, sv_FI for Swedish as written in Finland or
pt_BR for Portuguese as written in Brazil.
status-bar (bool)
Indicates if the status bar should be shown.
status-bar-show-settings (bool)
Whether to show settings on the status bar. This shows on the right hand of the status bar some
runtime settings that where specified on compile time.
status-css (string)
CSS style applied to the status bar on none https pages.
status-ssl-css (string)
CSS style applied to the status bar on https pages with trusted certificate.
status-ssl-invalid-css (string)
CSS style applied to the status bar on https pages with untrusted certificate.
strict-ssl (bool)
If 'on', vimb will not load a untrusted https site.
stylesheet (bool)
If 'on' the user defined styles-sheet is used.
tabs-to-links (bool)
Whether the Tab key cycles through elements on the page.
If true, pressing the Tab key will focus the next element in the web view. Otherwise, the web
view will interpret Tab key presses as normal key presses. If the selected element is editable,
the Tab key will cause the insertion of a Tab character.
timeoutlen (int)
The time in milliseconds that is waited for a key code or mapped key sequence to complete.
user-agent (string)
The user-agent string used by WebKit.
user-scripts (bool)
If 'on' the user scripts are injected into every page.
webaudio (bool)
Enable or disable support for WebAudio on pages. WebAudio is an experimental proposal for
allowing web pages to generate Audio WAVE data from JavaScript.
webgl (bool)
Enable or disable support for WebGL on pages.
webinspector (bool)
Determines whether or not developer tools, such as the Web Inspector, are enabled.
x-hint-command (string)
Command used if hint mode ;x is fired. The command can be any vimb command string. Note that the
command is run through the mapping mechanism of vimb so it might change the behaviour by adding or
changing mappings.
:set x-hint-command=:sh! curl -e <C-R>% <C-R>;
This fills the inputbox with the prefilled download command and replaces `<C-R>%' with the
current URI and `<C-R>;' with the URI of the hinted element.
:nnoremap ;f :set x-hint-command=:sh! firefox '<C-R>;<CR><CR>;x
This makes the key sequence ";f" start hinting and then open the hinted URI in firefox.
xss-auditor (bool)
Whether to enable the XSS auditor. This feature filters some kinds of reflective XSS attacks on
vulnerable web sites.
FILES
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vimb[/PROFILE]
Directory for configuration data. If executed with -p PROFILE parameter, configuration is read
from this subdirectory.
config Ex commands from this file are executed on startup.
scripts.js
This file can be used to run user scripts, that are injected into every page that is
opened.
style.css
File for userdefined CSS styles. These file is used if the config variable `stylesheet' is
enabled.
$XDG_DATA_HOME/vimb[/PROFILE]
Directory for runtime data. If executed with -p PROFILE parameter, data files are written from
this subdirectory.
cookies.db Sqlite cookie storage. This file will not be touched if option --incognito is set.
closed Holds the URIs of last closed browser windows. This file will not be touched if option
--incognito is set.
history
This file holds the history of unique opened URIs. This file will not be touched if option
--incognito is set.
bookmark
This file holds the list of bookmarked URIs with tags.
command
This file holds the history of commands and search queries performed via input box. This
file will not be touched if option --incognito is set.
queue Holds the read it later queue filled by `qpush'.
search This file holds the history of search queries. This file will not be touched if option
--incognito is set.
ENVIRONMENT
http_proxy, HTTP_PROXY
If either environment variable is non-empty, the specified host and optional port is used to
tunnel requests. For example: HTTP_PROXY=localhost:8118.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to the main project page on https://github.com/fanglingsu/vimb/issues
or on the mailing list https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vimb-users.
AUTHOR
Daniel Carl
vimb/3.7.0 07 2024 VIMB(1)