[patrickkidger]

So why this over qutebrowser [1] ? (Which has been my go-to keyboard-first browser for a long time.) This isn't mentioned in the FAQ despite I think being the natural comparison.

[1] https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser

[BoingBoomTschak]

As someone who used Qute for a long time:

* Python is much slower than SBCL (yes, even if rendering is done by Blink); including the lack of threading

* Bookmarks are pure crap, they don't have tags nor directories to sort them better

* Less hackable (e.g. something that should be possible in Nyxt: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/3933)

* Massive gaps: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/2328 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/2492 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/5731 (!!!)

* Per domain/URL settings never progressed further than the initial batch of properties: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/3636

* Adblocking is better than hostfile but still missing a lot compared to uBlock (https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/6480). No script blocking matrix like uBlock "advanced mode" at all.

My impression is that it has been stuck in bug fixing/dependency churn for a long time now. Switched to Firefox while waiting for Nyxt to be usable (apparently, Nyxt 4 will be it).

[rnhmjoj]

> My impression is that it has been stuck in bug fixing/dependency churn for a long time now

I don't think it's just your impression: it's exactly what happened. Depending on Qt for the rendering engine means the browser has been tied to the painfully long release cycle of the whole of Qt. Quickly fixing bugs or implementing new features is hard, they have to hack around limited APIs, beg for more and continually fix new bugs introduced by upstream (both Qt and google).

[wkat4242]

Nyxt does have ublock origin? It would be a must have for me too.

[BoingBoomTschak]

Not yet, but Nyxt 4 is supposed to support WebExtensions.

[wkat4242]

Nice!! Then I can also use my password manager and more. Will deffo give it a try then. I hope it'll come soon.

[treeshateorcs]

you can redirect in QB. this is how i do it (from my config):

    def redirect(info: interceptor.Request):
        if info.request_url.host() == "en.m.wikipedia.org":
            new_url = QUrl(info.request_url)
            new_url.setHost("en.wikipedia.org")
            try:
                info.redirect(new_url)
            except interceptors.RedirectFailedException:
                pass

[BoingBoomTschak]

Cool, thanks for the tip!

[anonzzzies]

For me; CL/SBCL. It is more fun for me.

[manx]

I loved qutebrowser, but many pages didn't work because of the rendering engine. That made me go back to Firefox.

[rnhmjoj]

The engine is QtWebEngine, which is essentially Chromium without the proprietary stuff. It may a be a bit outdated, but I've never seen a page not being rendered properly. Maybe you used it way back when the default engine was QtWebKit.

[manx]

Interesting. I'll give it another try.

[rgreekguy]

Also no Python, all Common Lisp.

[llm_trw]

Vim vs Emacs bindings for one.

[yasser_kaddoura]

You can configure both to use either.

List of emacs-like config in Qutebrowser:

https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/blob/main/doc/hel...

[llm_trw]

Like always it's a second class citizen. I spend a stupid 6 months trying to use emacs like vim. Emacs isn't a text editor. If you need to edit text as a rectangle of characters then you can drop in evil mode. Expecting to use emacs control characters from evil mode it a bit like using Kanji to write English.

[emptysongglass]

Evil (VIM emulation mode in Emacs) does not in any way behave like a second-class citizen. I use evil every single day and it's fantastic.

Emacs is a text editor, yes, among other things.

If anyone is reading this who hasn't tried Emacs, don't let takes like this spoil you giving Emacs a try. Doom Emacs is a fantastic experience to get started but there are more minimal starter kits that give you just evil-mode to start.

[llm_trw]

I literally said you can use evil mode to edit text.

But trying to use vim inspired motion and editing in other modes is a terrible idea. Just learn how Emacs does it and stop thinking of everything as text. There is usually deeper semantic meaning behind the syntax that an Emacs mode will let you edit directly.

[Y_Y]

If you want to write English using kanji I recommend starting here: https://www.zompist.com/yingzi/yingzi.htm

[jolmg]

It was my experience too that it's better to commit to using Emacs like Emacs. `C-x SPC` is the Emacs way to select a rectangle of characters.

[devjab]

Doomemacs was everything I wanted Neovim to be for me personally. I know it’s a big war on the web, but for some of us evil mode emacs is the easy way to use vim motions.

The only real disadvantage for me is that it’s significantly easier to run Neovim on windows (work).