philc / philc/vimium

Feature Request: Consider support smart keywords

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Description

Firefox's keyword search feature is so awesome. I always use it. But unfortunately, Vimium does not support this feature in open popup. We still have to do this in search bar. You can find more information from here and here.

(Example) Steps to reproduce:

  1. Press o or O
  2. Type yt numa numa
  3. This should navigate to YouTube search page results (But it searches in default search engine instead)

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing how the o and O open-popup commands handle typed search terms. Reproduce the yt numa numa example and compare it with Firefox smart keyword behavior; done means the popup routes recognized keywords to the corresponding keyword search instead of the default search engine.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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