&dactyl.appName; is a free media player add-on for &dactyl.host;, which combines the best features of the CMus music player and the Vim text editor.

1. Starting &dactyl.appName;: How &dactyl.appName; starts up, where it reads the config file, etc.
2. Player mode: Interacting with the media player.
3. Browsing: Basic key mappings and commands needed for a browsing session (how to open a web page, go back in history, etc.)
4. Buffer: Operations on the current document (scrolling, copying text, etc.)
5. Command-line mode: Command-line editing.
6. Insert mode: Insert-mode editing.
7. Options: A description of all options.
8. Text search commands: Searching for text in the current buffer.
9. Tabs: Managing your tabbed browsing session.
10. Hints: Selecting hyperlinks and other page elements.
11. Keyboard shortcuts and commands: Defining new key mappings, abbreviations and user commands.
12. Expression evaluation: Executing JavaScript.
13. Marks: Using bookmarks, QuickMarks, history and local marks.
14. Repeating commands: Using macros to repeat recurring workflows.
15. Automatic commands: Automatically executing code on certain events.
16. Printing: Printing pages.
17. &dactyl.appName;'s GUI: Accessing &dactyl.host; menus, dialogs and the display panels.
18. Styling the GUI and web pages: Changing the styling of content pages and &dactyl.appName; itself.
19. Error and informational messages: A description of informational and error messages.
20. Developer information: How to write plugins and documentation.
21. Various commands: Other help which doesn't readily fit into any other category.
22. Plugins: Documentation for any plugins you have installed.
23. Index: An index of all commands and options.

• Vim-like keybindings (h, j, gg, ZZ, , etc.)
• Ex commands (:quit, :open www.foo.com, …)
• Tab completion for all commands, highly configurable via wildmode, autocomplete, ...
• Hit-a-hint like navigation of links (start with f to follow a link)
• Advanced completion of bookmark and history URLs
• Vim-like status line with a Wget-like progress bar
• Minimal GUI (easily hide superfluous menubar and toolbar with )
• Ability to :source JavaScript, CSS, and &dactyl.appName; command files
• Easy quick searches (see :open)
• Count supported for many commands (3 will go back 3 pages)
• Visual bell for errors (visualbell)
• Marks support (ma to set mark a, 'a to jump to it)
• QuickMark support
• :map, :command, :normal, and macros
• Editing of text fields with an external editor
• AutoCommands to execute actions on certain events
• A comprehensive help system, explaining all commands, mappings, options, and plugins