qutebrowser
qutebrowser is a lightweight keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5 and QtWebKit.
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Installation
The qutebrowserAUR and qutebrowser-gitAUR packages can be installed.
Basic usage
Use :
to access the command prompt. You can use Tab
to auto-complete.
Read the man page for more details.
$ man qutebrowser
basic keyboard shortcuts
o = enter url O = enter url in new tab f = spawn hints. Use arrow keys to browse the hints while displaying their URI, or use the hint letters. F = spawn hints in new tab ;b = spawn hints in new background tab ;r = follow multiple background links rapidly H = back L = forward J = go to next tab K = go to previous tab 'n'+T = goto 'n' tab d = close tab u = undo closing tab ctrl+s = stop loading r = reload R = reload ignoring cache ctrl+e = open editable field in external editor (insert mode only) ;d = download hinted URL m = save bookmark gf = toggle page source view + = zoom_in - = zoom_out = = reset to 100% Ss = show settings/configuration/options
vim-like
i = toggle_insert_mode (Esc works to go back to normal mode much like Vim) Esc = back to normal mode (ctrl+n works too) j = scroll down k = scroll up h = scroll left l = scroll right gg = go to top G = go to bottom / = find in page n = repeat find forward :q = quit/exit
user configuration
You will find the configuration files of qutebrowser in your XDG_CONFIG_HOME (or ~/.config)
under qutebrowser/
. The main configuration happens in the file qutebrowser.conf, which is organized in sections like an ini-file. For example, under [searchengines] you can configure your search engines as described by the comment. To add a shortcut for searching the the arch wiki, add these two lines:
archwiki = https://wiki.archlinux.org/?search={} aw = ${archwiki}
Now - in qutebrowser - you can search the arch wiki for an article about qutebrowser via :open aw qutebrowser
which will bring you to this page. As per the standard configuration the key mapping 'o' will subsitute :open, so typing o aw <your search term>
will henceforth allow you to quickly search the arch wiki.