You'll rarely run into any errors from the switch but if you do, go ahead and ask about it in the IRC channel (#pentadactyl on irc.oftc.net)

Also - if you'd like lettered keys, try setting the following option in your .pentadactylrc:

set hintkeys='ASDFGHJLK;"

You'll lose the ability to type the hints' text to hit them.

Actually, any key that you don't use as a hintkey can still be used to narrow down the hints. I use lowercase hint keys, and I can hold shift and type the link text (as the matching is case-insensitive, but the labels are not). It works very well.

For aesthetic reasons I like to render the hint labels in uppercase. It can be done by adding text-transform: uppercase; to the Hint selector with :highlight

My .pentadactylrc file is linked at the bottom of the post but if you missed it - https://github.com/mattsacks/dotfiles/blob/master/pentadacty...

Just curious about that Shortcuts section in there - what's that for?

It almost looks like it's doing the same thing as the quickmarks (:he quickmarks).

where? the "command...." entries? those are basically javascript bookmarklets that are typically installed in your bookmarklets bar, but have now been assigned their own command. e.g., just type

:postToPinboard

when you want to bookmark the current page.

Sorry, should have been more specific. In your .pentadactylrc, under the Shortcuts section, where the first line is `map <Leader>r :o read<CR>`.

It looks like this is so that when you type <Leader>r, you go to google reader or something. Is that right?

With quickmarks, you press `Mr` or `M<buffer>` while you're on a page to set it, then `mr` or `m<buffer>` to go back there. It's pretty sweet :)

If you read the post, I detail how to allow keyboard shortcuts per website to pass through the addon and go to the website.

Look for ":set passkeys"

Whoops. Read right over it. Thanks for clarifying.

It is - the way you enter passthrough mode for domains in Vimium vs. passkeys for Pentadactyl is what makes the difference for me. Being able to still use the plugin when I'd like to and when I don't is perfect.

I suggest you start with vimtutor. It's a great introduction.