Normal mode is where you will spend most of your time.
You can scroll up and down pages using k
and j
, and left and right with h
and l
.
You can repeat the last action with .
.
Many keypresses in normal mode take you into another mode. t
, for example, puts you into command mode prefilled with the command for opening a new tab; F
puts you into hinting mode to open a link in a background tab; gi
focuses the first text box on the page and allows you to press Tab
to switch between text boxes.
All the keys in normal mode are bound to commands; for example, j
is bound to scrolline 10
. If you are ever curious as to what a key sequence does in normal mode, you can simply use :bind [keys]
and the command line will tell you to which command they are bound.
The next page will explain how to use some of the various hint modes.