[PATCH] change semantics of "delete" LFUNs again (was: Re: Assertion from command-sequence)

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 05:40:44PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Le 21/02/2022 à 15:10, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes a écrit :
> > Le 21/02/2022 à 03:27, Scott Kostyshak a écrit :
> > > On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 07:20:24PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> > > > I really wonder why this special behavior is by default, since
> > > > it is only
> > > > useful for interactive edition.
> > > > 
> > > > I would prefer to have
> > > >    char-delete-forward confirm
> > > > bound to the <del> key.
> > > 
> > > That sounds reasonable to me.
> > 
> > Here is what I came up with. Scott, please tell me whether the bit in
> > release notes makes sense.
> > 
> > What is missing here is the prefs2prefs_lfun.py part. I tried it a bit,
> > but python does not like me. Could somebody help for this part?
> > 
> > The interesting functions are (word|char)-delete-(for|back)ward
> > * If there is no argument, add argument `confirm'.
> > * If the argument is `force', remove it.
> > * If it is another string, remove it too actually (although it should
> > not happen)
> > 
> > I really do not understand how this magic python thing works. I have not
> > been able to make it match any of my regexes.
> 
> Ping!
> 
> Here is an updated version of the patch. I need help for the
> prefs2prefs_lfun.py script, along the lines presented above. Can someone do
> it or at least give directions?
> 
> Note that the patch as it stands changes the behavior of LyX: I did not add
> 'confirm' to the commands in lib/bind/, since I expect that to be done by
> pref2pref.
> 
> Just as a reminder, the goal is to have char-delete-backwards without
> argument actually delete previous element, without consideration of
> confirmation that are only relevant to interactive use.

Sorry, I have no experience with this.

> Once sorted out, this would be candidate for 2.4.0.

OK.

Scott
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