Emacs/readline-like keys on text fields

mrbig
2019-09-12T08:18:32Z

This should be simple fairly simple to explain:

Even though the Vim front is well covered by things like Vimium, Vimium+ and qutebrowser (and it would probably be too much trouble to create a Vim mode for Tildes' text fields - especially when wasavi exists), Emacs-like keys might be a great addition for some people. Tildes seem to have a high number of Emacs and command-line users right now. I frequently find myself hitting keys such as:

C-p previous-line

C-n next-line

C-m for return

C-a to move cursor to the start of the line

C-e to move cursor to the start of end line

M-d to kill word

C-k kill line

C-u kill backwards line

C-b to backward char

C-f to forward char

C-b to backward char

M-f to forward word

M-b to backward word

C-w delete-backward-word

not a default Emacs keybinding but it's on readline and I think it makes sense

And so on.

There are, of course, alternatives such as Emacs Anywhere and Atomic Chrome, but they require an Emacs daemon to be running and are not a good alternative for quick edits since which switching to another editor is not practical.

So here's my suggestion!

Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~tildes/hi7/emacs_readline_like_keys_on_text_fields

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