GUI key bindings? (documentation, extension)

[jwaldmann]

This is just for increased convenience .. about key bindings in the web client:

• which are there? Ctrl-Enter to send a block, and Ctrl-x,c,v seems to kill/copy/paste. Is there, e.g., a command to close/minimize the pane with the repl's messages? (The messages are fine, I need them, but I don't want to reach to the mouse to close the pane)
• how can the user find out? (e.g., menu/key to show help text. I understand you don't want a menu at all because it would steal screen estate, and be a detraction in performance)
• are they customizable? (e.g., I'd love to be able to use emacs/readline semantics for ctrl-a,e,p,n,y,k)

Of course this depends a lot on what you think the target audience is. Kids these days are probably using Atom-based editors also locally which, I assume, have this Ctrl-x,c,v for copy-pasting which feels completely alien to me.

[munshkr]

Key bindings are not documented yet:

• Ctrl+Enter / Cmd+Enter: Send current block
• Shift+Enter: Send current line
• Ctrl+. / Cmd+.: Silence everything (depends on the target: hush in Tidal, Clock.clear() in foxdot, CmdPeriod.run in SC)

They are not customizable, but it's just a matter of building the UI for this.

The text editor is CodeMirror, which allows customizing key bindings. It actually has modes for Emacs and Vim baked into, it's just a matter of telling it to use it.

A help text could be useful too. I haven't bothered yet because I tried to keep the UI simple, but if we keep adding features, it will become necessary.

This project is pretty young, and I focused on normal editor features for the time being, but would be great to have that kind of customization. I'm mostly a Vim user so I can understand your needs :)

[jwaldmann]

"telling it to use it" ... Sounds good. Too bad about C-n, C-w though (I tried the demo in the link).

PS: didn't know about C-.

[munshkr]

New key binding (to document):

• Ctrl+Shift+H / Cmd+Shift+H: Show/hide text editors