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Update qutebrowser.org/doc/faq.html question
'What's the difference between insert and passthrough mode?' to reflect escape->shift+escape keybinding change
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What's the difference between insert and passthrough mode?::
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They are quite similar, but insert mode has some bindings (like `Ctrl-e` to
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open an editor) while passthrough mode only has escape bound. It might also
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be useful to rebind escape to something else in passthrough mode only, to be
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able to send an escape keypress to the website.
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open an editor) while passthrough mode only has shift+escape bound. This is
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because shift+escape is unlikely to be a useful binding to be passed to a
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webpage. However, any other keys may be assigned to leaving passthrough mode
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instead of shift+escape should this be desired.
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Why does it take longer to open a URL in qutebrowser than in chromium?::
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When opening a URL in an existing instance, the normal qutebrowser

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