From a tip on the Drupal support list, I tried out the mozex Firefox extension, and it was complete love at first use. While it does allow for using my own handlers for things like mail, telnet, and downloads, the real gem is that it can call an external editor for textareas.
Right-click on a text area, select mozex→edit textarea, and, behold! The text editor of your choice opens up, editing a temporary file. Save the file, and the contents are placed into the textarea. The use for this? VIM!
With the help of a GUI version of vim called Vim.app, I’m happily inside my favorite text editor right now, instead of the standard text area. This is just fantastic, as now I’ve got all the power of vim instead of the incredibly anemic controls in a standard textarea.
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