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So I compiled the prerelease today. There were a number of hiccups with the process but nothing big, and I managed to get it running.

On first load you have a tutorial, and a menu to select the session. There's only one session so it should default to that. There is no way to click the menus like there is in Emacs, so I have to type Default in full each load.

Running "vi-normal-mode" doesn't switch the keybindings, and it only runs on new buffers, not old ones. It would be nice to have a "global mode" feature.

Futhermore, n and N do not work for searching in vi mode, and it would be nice to have "?" bound to the help buffer, simply because half the time I can't remember what key switches to which buffer. There should also be autocomplete on tab, like doom emacs has.

All in all, it feels half-baked, in it's current state, which I guess it is. I'll be happy to use it more when it's in a better state, but I don't think it'll be replacing Firefox any time soon

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Thanks for the feedback. Some answers:

- You can press `enter` instead of typing "default" in full if it's selected. - Running `vi-normal-mode` enables VI bindings in the current buffer only. If you want to enable them everywhere, you can use the graphical confiuration menu that's presented on startup.

- `tab` inserts the current selection in the input. Do you mean something else?

Thanks for responding! That wasn't my experience with using enter, but i just tried it and it works, so I'm pretty sure that was just me :) the command being relegated to buffers is useful to know.

> - `tab` inserts the current selection in the input. Do you mean something else?

In emacs (specifically ivy/helm), tab in context-sensitive. Using tab on a command input autocompletes that input, where elsewhere it behaves differently. There doesn't actually seem to be a nice way to select from the command lists given (like the session selector) without typing it in, and that means I have to type it in in full, which is awkward and cumbersome.

One final note is I just tried using it again -- first problem is duckduckgo.com does not load, I just get a blank page after it says "finished loading". The other is that the default key of 'd', I had assumed would close the buffer, but I guess that must be 'x' because it closed the entire window, which I would have expected from 'q'.

The prompt buffer (previously known as "minibuffer") supports fuzzy completion: you never have to type the suggestion in full. Just type a portion of what you want and the appropriate suggestion should come to the top. Even typos are supported.

If duckduckgo does not load, maybe you enable noscript-mode, proxy-mode or similar? Try starting the browser with `nyxt -I` (no config file). Do other HTTPS site work?

`d` is not bound by default.

To see the full list of commands and bindings, press `Ctrl+space`, it will display them all.

> The prompt buffer (previously known as "minibuffer") supports fuzzy completion: you never have to type the suggestion in full. Just type a portion of what you want and the appropriate suggestion should come to the top. Even typos are supported.

Thank you :) I tried this with a few commands and it does select the topmost entry when i hit "enter". However, typing in "duck" and hitting enter does not go to https://duckduckgo.com, which is what was intended. There doesn't seem to be a way to select or cycle through the available entries? mouse clicking does not work and nor do the arrow keys

> If duckduckgo does not load, maybe you enable noscript-mode, proxy-mode or similar? Try starting the browser with `nyxt -I` (no config file). Do other HTTPS site work?

https://news.ycombinator.com works with nyxt -I, however https://duckduckgo.com/ shows a blank screen. I compiled with the latest webkit2gtk on Alpine Linux. I've had this problem with Surf so it might straight up be a webkit problem.

> `d` is not bound by default.

When I press it it exits nyxt. Running it in a console we can now see this error: https://tpaste.us/x1zJ

Another thing I just noticed, is that hitting "emacs mode" in the command list loads emacs mode, but vi-normal is still active! Hitting "vi-normal" to make it go back into vi-mode does not work, but selecting 'vi' in the settings menu shifts the current buffer back to vi mode. Should I select 'emacs-mode' again to get out of it, like a toggle?

Quick website thing: Some part of the site crashes my iPad browser about half-way down. Feels like a lazy-load call.

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