Advanced text editing commands

[Kornel Benko]

Am Thu, 27 Apr 2023 12:41:47 -0400
schrieb Scott Kostyshak <skostysh at lyx.org>:

> On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 11:27:45AM -0400, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> > On 4/27/23 10:57, Scott Kostyshak wrote:  
> > > I imagine Emacs users have similar desires to use Emacs features in LyX.  
> > 
> > In the case of Emacs, there is the file emacs.bind, which implements some of
> > the Emacs key bindings. The problem with vi is the modes, which would take
> > work to implement. But you could certainly implement some kind of 'trigger'
> > keystroke (something you don't use much, say the pipe), and then implement
> > some vi key bindings as key sequences. I.e., in effect the pipe would
> > 'switch modes' momentarily. This would not work well for character-type
> > navigation, but for other commands it might work.
> > 
> > It may be that the things some key bindings do is not yet implemented. But
> > you can do a lot with sequences of LyX commands (via the command-sequence
> > LFUN).  
> 
> Ah that makes sense. I didn't realize that key difference which I can see makes it more
> difficult to have Vim-like functionality in LyX.
> 
> Out of curiosity, do the emacs users on this list actually use emacs.bind?
> 
> Scott

I am using it.

	Kornel
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