Sending single fake key to webpage

[kontheocharis]

Would it be possible to have a bind setting such that pressing a key would enter a mode in which the next key (only) would be sent to the web page?

For example, if that key is "n", then pressing "nf" would send "f" to the webpage.

Using fake-key for this would require binding every single key as such:

:bind na fake-key a
:bind nb fake-key b
:bind nc fake-key c
...

Is this possible to do without such repetition? (I'm assuming it isn't with the normal binding mechanism but is there a way to 'hack' it using config.py?)

Thanks.

[ninewise]

Well, you can bind n to enter-mode passthrough ;; later 1000 enter-mode normal. Then you'll enter passthrough mode for a second.

[mschilli87]

@noctuanivalis: But if that was a real command I'd expect to be able to do something like 2NAOI to send a and o to the web page and then enter insert mode... 😉

[ninewise]

Mine is just a silly workaround, an actual command to do this would be better indeed.

[kontheocharis]

Basically, to achieve this properly, some sort of command arguments are needed:

bind n* fake-key *

[The-Compiler]

I guess another possibility would be a mode similar to passthrough mode, but which automatically exits itself after handling a key. That'd probably be a much easier solution than implementing bindings with dynamic arguments.

[kontheocharis]

As a temporary solution, I've added this to my config.py:

import string

pass_key = 'a'
for l in list(string.ascii_lowercase):
    config.bind(pass_key + l, 'fake-key ' + l)

It's not perfect and only accounts for the base alphabet, but it works for the things I need (like youtube fullscreen & other controls).