bind-key not honored in article view

[pushcx]

In newsboat 2.11.1 I have some bound keys:

unbind-key o
bind-key o open-in-browser-and-mark-read
bind-key O open-in-browser
bind-key a open-all-unread-in-browser-and-mark-read

These keys work when the feed list and in the list of articles in a particular feed, and I see them when I hit ? for the list of keys. When I'm viewing an individual article, the bindings for o and a don't work and are missing from the list of keys, though O is listed as open-in-browser.

These shortcuts used to work in all views and stopped working in the last month or two. I'm sorry, I don't know exactly which version they stopped working in.

Thanks for any help, and for a great newsreader.

[Minoru]

Hi! Indeed, with 2.11.1, I see the following:

• only O works in articlelist, o and a don't;
• only O is listed in help dialog for articlelist, o and a aren't.

But in 2.10 (released 8 months ago), it behaved the same!

Also:

• from what I gather with quick search over Git log, open-in-browser-and-mark-read was part of articlelist from the very beginning, but was never implemented for articleview;
• open-all-unread-in-browser-and-mark-read doesn't make sense for articleview, because there's only one article in it—there is no "all" to speak of.

Are you sure you didn't tweak your keybinds recently? I don't see how the ones you show could've worked in any Newsboat (or Newsbeuter!) version.

[Minoru]

Hi! Indeed, with 2.11.1, I see the following:

• only O works in articlelist, o and a don't;
• only O is listed in help dialog for articlelist, o and a aren't.

But in 2.10 (released 8 months ago), it behaved the same!

Also:

• from what I gather with quick search over Git log, open-in-browser-and-mark-read was part of articlelist from the very beginning, but was never implemented for articleview;
• open-all-unread-in-browser-and-mark-read doesn't make sense for articleview, because there's only one article in it—there is no "all" to speak of.

Are you sure you didn't tweak your keybinds recently? I don't see how the ones you show could've worked in any Newsboat (or Newsbeuter!) version.

[pushcx]

No, I haven't touched them in months. I swear I've seen o -> open-in-browser-and-mark-read work, but maybe I'm imagining things.

Well, if this can't have worked I suppose it's not a bug. Perhaps it could be a feature request? I'd really like it to work. I can understand why a working would be a little odd.

[pushcx]

No, I haven't touched them in months. I swear I've seen o -> open-in-browser-and-mark-read work, but maybe I'm imagining things.

Well, if this can't have worked I suppose it's not a bug. Perhaps it could be a feature request? I'd really like it to work. I can understand why a working would be a little odd.

[Minoru]

Both of them would be odd, actually. open-in-browser-and-mark-read is odd for articleview because if you're looking at an article, it's already marked as read—no need to do it again.

Can you explain how making these work will make your life better, or help you in any way?

[Minoru]

Both of them would be odd, actually. open-in-browser-and-mark-read is odd for articleview because if you're looking at an article, it's already marked as read—no need to do it again.

Can you explain how making these work will make your life better, or help you in any way?

[pushcx]

I don't have to think. I can hit o to move on from the article, secure that it's in the browser and marked. Otherwise it's o in articlelist but On in the detail view.

[pushcx]

I don't have to think. I can hit o to move on from the article, secure that it's in the browser and marked. Otherwise it's o in articlelist but On in the detail view.

[Minoru]

I see. Ideally, this should be solvable with out macro key system, but it doesn't let you write a macro for a specific dialog yet, and it makes you press an additional key to invoke the macro.

I still don't wan't to add open-in-browser-and-mark-read to articleview, because it's main purpose—opening and marking—doesn't completely make sense there, and once added, it will be very hard to remove.

So the only remedy I have for you right now is to do something like this:

unbind-key o
bind-key o open-in-browser-and-mark-read articlelist
bind-key o open-in-browser articleview

This will let you press o in articlelist and on in articleview, which is slightly less typing.

[Minoru]

I see. Ideally, this should be solvable with out macro key system, but it doesn't let you write a macro for a specific dialog yet, and it makes you press an additional key to invoke the macro.

I still don't wan't to add open-in-browser-and-mark-read to articleview, because it's main purpose—opening and marking—doesn't completely make sense there, and once added, it will be very hard to remove.

So the only remedy I have for you right now is to do something like this:

unbind-key o
bind-key o open-in-browser-and-mark-read articlelist
bind-key o open-in-browser articleview

This will let you press o in articlelist and on in articleview, which is slightly less typing.