vim: show pending input beside cursor for multikey mappings

[justDeeevin]

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Describe the feature

In #4189, support was added for keymaps to multiple keys in succession, pursuing a j k keymap to exit insert mode in Vim mode. While this feature is very useful on its own, it's still a bit clunky to use.

There are two main suggestions I'd like to make:

• The timeout on the keymap should be adjustable (currently hardcoded at 1000ms)
• The currently pending key should be previewed, if in the editor (see how Neovim does this below).

If applicable, add mockups / screenshots to help present your vision of the feature

zed.feature.request.demo.mp4

[justDeeevin]

I'm open to working on a PR for this myself, but it'd take some time to familiarize myself with the codebase. If I find the time, I suppose.

[xzbdmw]

The currently pending key should be previewed

It seems many vim user is annoyed by that fake char

[justDeeevin]

It seems that many vim user is annoyed by that fake char

It would make sense to make this optional, then.

[ConradIrwin]

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I think it'd be nice to show the pending key, if not in the editor, at least in the status bar (where we show f etc.).

[0x2CA]

Now hardcoded 1000ms, if you change the configuration will be very good for the delay of jk, but this does not solve the actual problem, in vim in have nowait can solve this problem
for example:

inoremap <nowait> jj <ESC>

[paulkass]

Second the proposal to "de-hardcode" 1000ms delay and add a nowait option. This issue is really annoying. Especially annoying if I press j multiple times to scroll 3 lines and the editor waits for a second before jumping to the last line.

[xzbdmw]

It seems you have j<something> in your normal mode mapping

[fabiodcorreia]

I also have the same issue, mappings with space for example "space e e" when I'm writing in insert mode every space hangs until 1s passes or I press another key. Would be nice if the wait would me shorter then 1s.