different key binding presets

[extrawurst]

based off of #43 there is still the open issue of how to support different key bindings like vim,emacs and nano. I need input on those, cause I don't use them at all.

The most flexible solution would be having gitui dump the default bindings into a config file (on first run) and load it on startup so people can alter it.

My plan is to do it in 2 bigger changes:

1. make key bindings dynamic

• refactor the key constants into a type KeyBindings
• change all the pattern matching on CT constants for the bindings currently to be done using runtime variables from the KeyBindings
• refactor commands::CommandText to be dynamic since they reference the keys

2. allow changing the bindings

• enable serde feature in crossterm to be able to serialise them
• use ron to load/save KeyBindings

[hkdobrev]

👍

What I've found strange immediately after starting gitui was the different style in key bindings among them. The most stark was using letters for everything, but exiting with Ctrl-c. Most command-line tools taking over the entire screen like that exit with q. git add --interactive also quits with q Enter.

Do you think these could be unified? Thanks!

[extrawurst]

Hey @hkdobrev thanks for your interest in gitui ❤️.

Before Quit was bound to the q key but that did not work in the commit popup, so I added Esc which bugged me because I prefer consistency. Then I got complaints that it is standard to support ctrl+c so I switched it to being the Quit binding.

Ultimately there is no single key bindings that satisfy everyone. This ticket and #43 shows that. The big advantage of gitui is that even if they are odd the bindings are always clearly communicated and nothing to learn from man files.

Anyhow I hope solving this issue will allow you to setup any bindings you like :)

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[wezm]

Just bumping this to stop the bot from closing.

[lucax88x]

Top this, awesome tool and those binding would make it favourite.

[extrawurst]

Good news! Thanks to @yanganto this is actually on the way. Please checkout the branch (#234) and let us know what you think and how you like it so we meet the many expectations :)

[tony]

For vim-style keybindings, see https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/blob/master/KEY_CONFIG.md or #1114