On 12 June 2011 18:55, Martin Kühl <martin.ku...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you considered a command-quasimode? That way you could keep > vi-style composeable commands and stay mostly modeless.
Yes, this is possible -- I was wondering whether we could fit in command composition. A quasimode would work well for things like numeric composition (e.g., `Meta↓ # ↑ Ctrl↓ 6 r f ↑' or similar), but wouldn't work for complex functions like substitution. For substitution I'm tempted to just add a keybind to switch to and from the command pane, which appears at the bottom of the view (`Quake-like', as Paul says). That means we can do this just with a raw command, like vi does with `:'. So that's pretty much modeless, then. The only mode is switching pane, which is a necessary component of the X user's locus. Sounds good to me. > Nice, just please keep leaping backwards in mind as well. I seem to > recall later Archie prototypes spliting leap into two commands for > leaping forwards and backwards (Mod+> and Mod+< respectively), both > implemented as quasimodes. Yeah, leaping backward is an annoyance. I'd like to keep leaps in instant muscle memory, which imo rules out `Mod->'. Meta-Ctrl would use up too many digits -- I imagine binding Meta to CapsLock, in which case I naturally use fingers 4 and 5, leaving nothing to hit Shift -- we would need "foot pedals and a chin switch". So honestly I don't know, yet. I'm open to more ideas. Thanks, cls
