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Now you can use it anywhere. Press a keyboard shortcut of your choice, and a new Emacs frame (window) will be opened. After you’re done, just…",{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},"16514034","usr1106","> You can use it anywhere with any application which allows you to paste text. Thanks for this clarification. (Even pasting becomes increasingly impossible. For e.g. Google does…",{"value":59,"source":60,"evidence":61},"Emacs and vim users who want their editor everywhere","inferred",[62,66],{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},"16514442","JepZ","The editor war isn't over yet :D https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fzachcurry\u002Femacs-anywhere (here) vs. https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fcknadler\u002Fvim-anywhere + https:\u002F\u002Fnews.ycombinator.com\u002Fitem?id=16395379…",{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},"16514505","cmrdporcupine","Great idea. I will use this. Minor nit, can you fix the grammar here: \"inserted into the application your using\" Should be \"you're using\" as in \"you are using\". Thanks for this.",{"value":71,"source":72,"evidence":73},"Knee-jerk reaction to vim-anywhere","maker",[74],{"id":75,"by":10,"text":76},"16514451","You’ve got that right! I built this as a knee-jerk reaction to vim-anywhere. XD",[78],{"value":79,"source":72,"evidence":80},"xdotool",[81],{"id":82,"by":10,"text":83},"16514377","Good eye! I don’t think it does on account of xdotool. If you can suggest something better than xdotool I’m open to using it. I only use two commands from xdotool at the moment.","open_source","unknown",{"praise":87,"objections":116,"requests":139,"questions":156,"alternatives":170},[88,107],{"value":89,"source":48,"evidence":90},"Useful idea that brings Emacs everywhere",[91,95,99,103],{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"16514339","psibi","This is amazing, I have always wanted something like this. Given that it requires xdotool, I was wondering if it would work in a Wayland system (I don't use Wayland yet, I'm just…",{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"16515883","paultopia","I'm typing this comment in Emacs! This is so exciting!",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"16514810","KasianFranks","It's about time it caught up to vi on the 'being available anywhere' front.",{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"16515358","Blackthorn","Lovely idea. I used to use emacs with Firefox via plugin many years ago and I still miss it. Hope one day you can figure out Windows!",{"value":108,"source":48,"evidence":109},"Works in many apps, including Facebook and Spacemacs",[110,113],{"id":111,"by":97,"text":112},"16515896","It even works in Facebook! If it can handle the ten layers of browser UI capture there, it can handle anything...",{"id":114,"by":97,"text":115},"16516369","FWIW, I can confirm it works in spacemacs (after killing and restarting the emacs server).",[117,125,132],{"value":118,"source":48,"evidence":119},"Relies on the clipboard and xdotool, so Wayland support is unclear",[120,121],{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"16514967","FrenchyJiby","For one it seems to be system-wide rather than Firefox-specific (too bad It's All text doesn't work after Quantum). Apparently relies on the clipboard instead of filesystem",{"value":126,"source":48,"evidence":127},"Setup instructions gave errors for some users",[128],{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"16515658","spectrum1234","I'm getting 'No such file or directory' errors following these instructions. I use spacemacs but I don't think this should cause any issues. 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I wouldn't understand anything without the screenshot altho I use Emacs for 11…",[140,148,152],{"value":141,"source":48,"evidence":142},"Clearer description of what it does",[143,144],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},"16514788","rkangel","I found the description pretty good, but maybe an extra 'headline' might be helpful: What it does: Use emacs to input text in any program at any time How it work: A keyboard…",{"value":149,"source":48,"evidence":150},"Windows support",[151],{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},{"value":153,"source":48,"evidence":154},"Wayland support",[155],{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},[157,164],{"value":158,"source":48,"evidence":159},"How is this different from It's All Text?",[160],{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"16514905","josteink","How is this different from “it’s all text”?",{"value":165,"source":48,"evidence":166},"Does it work on web sites built with JavaScript?",[167],{"id":168,"by":56,"text":169},"16513980","Nice idea. 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