Re: feature suggestion

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:04:38 +1100
tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:38:00 +0800
> bxuefeng <phyrster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Hi emelfm2 developers, 
> > 
> > In a most humble and earnest fashion, I want to suggest a feature to
> > emelfm2:
> > 
> > The complete support of Vim keybindings. 
> > 
> > Reasons: 
> > 
> > vim-like keybindings are very fast and efficient as least for vim
> > users. I noticed that there is vi support for file view and a few
> > keybindings for moving around, but I think if more vim flavor are
> > added to emelfm2, the efficiency will multiply. For example,
> > 
> > v to mark the files/dirs to act;
> > yy to copy; 
> > dd to delete;
> > p to move the copied/deleted files to the desired location;
> > / to search
> > : to switch to the command mode
> > ...
> > 
> > Of course, non-vimmers can still use the default keybindings. There is
> > a file manager called vifm which uses vim keybindings but it does not
> > support Asian languages yet.
> 
> It seems that the embedded library code (originally from redhat) used to
> manipulate key binding settings does not support 'non-modified' letters
> or numbers. So at present, the supported vi-key bindings are hard-coded,
> which is kind of contrary to e2's general approach to things (and BTW, I
> see that a couple of those don't work properly ...)

Nope, I was too hasty. I think that it will happily support any letter or 
number, but as of now, only when it's a change to an existing binding. It 
crashes when any new binding is added. Oops !

I'm inclined to fix that, then remove the "use vi bindings" config option, in 
favour of letting users apply as many vi bindings as they want ...

Bring on a config-file "skinning" tool, someone ?

Regards
Tom


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