Re: Vim key bindings?

On 09.11.2008 (08:30), tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > 1. Has someone done the job, in the form of a plugin or something?
> Nobody has mentioned doing so. I very much doubt that there are emelFM2
> actions to implement _all_ vim operations.

That would be too much to ask for. Basically, I'm after the navigation keys
to begin with, and perhaps copy and delete.

> > 2. If not: how do I go about doing it? I've tried to get the basic h,j,k,l
> > navigation keys to work for starters (for parent,down,up,enter,
> > respectively), but I can't find a config option to go down/up in the list.
> > I'm sure it's simple...

> Some relevant actions might be:
> pane.go_up
> pane.open
> filelist.goto_bottom
> filelist.goto_top

I've found those, and they are good, but what about simple up and down in
the list, from one element to the next above or below -- what the up and
down arrow keys do?

> (By un-commenting a line in emelfm2.h) emelFM2 can be built with an action
> key.fake
> and that can be used to translate a keypress into other(s). This action
> is not much tested. It should allow conversion from vim-standard to
> gtk-standard.

I'll have a look at it.
 
> > 3. I'm aware of the problem that using unmodified characters creates for
> > the quicksearch box. Is there a way to activate it so that I could type,
> > e.g., <space> and get to the box so that the vim keys would be overridden?
> 
> There's no mechanism to temporarily 'ignore' any/all binding(s). I guess
> it would be tricky to decide when to cease such ignoring, when a
> 'type-ahead' search is fairly liberal about what it will respond to, and
> when so.

What I mean is: as it is now, type-ahead search is initiated with any
standard keyboard input, right? (i.e. without ctrl/alt modifiers). What
about an action to start that only with a certain key (say, <space>)? That
would in fact 'ignore' the normal bindings, at least it does now. 

> > PS: The welcoming message to the list says that:
> > 
> > On 08.11.2008 (10:08), FreeLists Mailing List Manager wrote:
> > > Everything regarding emelFM2, the GPLed GTK+2 file manager is on-topic on
> > > this list. Bug reports, feature requests and comments should be posted
> > > here.  The official homepage is at:
> > > http://dasui.prima.de/e2wiki/
> > 
> > but that address seems to be wrong?
> Indeed. Where is that URL appearing ? In a message to new ML subscribers ?

yes.

Eyolf

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