use the singleton construction idiom to create vimperator.hints

content/hints.js

@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
 
 vimperator.Hints = function () //{{{
 {
+    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    ////////////////////// PRIVATE SECTION /////////////////////////////////////////
+    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////{{{
+
     var submode    = ""; // used for extended mode, can be "o", "t", "y", etc.
     var hintString = ""; // the typed string part of the hint is in this string
     var hintNumber = 0;  // only the numerical part of the hint
@@ -467,12 +471,14 @@ vimperator.Hints = function () //{{{
         return true;
     }
 
-    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////}}}
     ////////////////////// PUBLIC SECTION //////////////////////////////////////////
-    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////{{{
+
+    return {
 
         // TODO: implement framesets
-    this.show = function (mode, minor, filter)
+        show: function (mode, minor, filter)
         {
             if (mode == vimperator.modes.EXTENDED_HINT && !/^[;asoOtTwWyY]$/.test(minor))
             {
@@ -509,14 +515,14 @@ vimperator.Hints = function () //{{{
             }
             else // still hints visible
                 return true;
-    };
+        },
 
-    this.hide = function ()
+        hide: function ()
         {
             removeHints(0);
-    };
+        },
 
-    this.onEvent = function (event)
+        onEvent: function (event)
         {
             var key = vimperator.events.toString(event);
             var followFirst = false;
@@ -672,6 +678,8 @@ vimperator.Hints = function () //{{{
                 showHints();
                 processHints(followFirst);
             }
+        }
+
     };
 
     // FIXME: add resize support
@@ -685,6 +693,7 @@ vimperator.Hints = function () //{{{
     //         doc = window.content.document;
     // }
 
+    //}}}
 }; //}}}
 
 // vim: set fdm=marker sw=4 ts=4 et:

content/vimperator.js

@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ const vimperator = (function () //{{{
             vimperator.log("Loading module quickmarks...", 3);
             vimperator.quickmarks    = vimperator.QuickMarks();
             vimperator.log("Loading module hints...", 3);
-            vimperator.hints         = new vimperator.Hints();
+            vimperator.hints         = vimperator.Hints();
             vimperator.log("Loading module io...", 3);
             vimperator.io            = vimperator.IO();
             vimperator.log("Loading module completion...", 3);