3 Vim-ish Applications for Linux

If you are a Vim fan, you might like the following applications.

Vimperator - Firefox add-on

Vimperator is a free add-on which makes Firefox look and behave like Vim.

Install Vimperator.

Vifm - File manager

Vifm is a console file manager. It has vi like key bindings.

Install Vifm:

For Ubuntu:

Open the Terminal window, run this command:

$ sudo aptitude install vifm

Apvlv - PDF viewer

Apvlv is a lightweight PDF viewer. With Apvlv you can read PDF files like using Vim.

Install Apvlv:

For Ubuntu:

1. Installing build tools and all of the dependencies (optional):

   $ sudo aptitude install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libpoppler-dev libpoppler-glib-dev
   

2. Installing Apvlv:

   $ cd apvlv-version/
   $ ./configure && make && sudo make install
   

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