Implement Emacs key bindings

src/main/java/org/jabref/JabRefGUI.java

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import javafx.application.Platform;
 import javafx.scene.Scene;
+import javafx.scene.input.KeyEvent;
 import javafx.stage.Screen;
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.jabref.gui.icon.IconTheme;
 import org.jabref.gui.importer.ParserResultWarningDialog;
 import org.jabref.gui.importer.actions.OpenDatabaseAction;
+import org.jabref.gui.keyboard.EmacsKeyBindings;
 import org.jabref.gui.shared.SharedDatabaseUIManager;
 import org.jabref.logic.autosaveandbackup.BackupManager;
 import org.jabref.logic.importer.OpenDatabase;
@@ -87,6 +89,12 @@ private void openWindow(Stage mainStage) {
         root.getChildren().add(JabRefGUI.mainFrame);
 
         Scene scene = new Scene(root, 800, 800);
+
+        //Handle Emacs key bindings
+        scene.addEventFilter(KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED, event -> {
+            EmacsKeyBindings.executeEmacs(scene, event);
+        });
+
         Globals.getThemeLoader().installCss(scene, Globals.prefs);
         mainStage.setTitle(JabRefFrame.FRAME_TITLE);
         mainStage.getIcons().addAll(IconTheme.getLogoSetFX());

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/keyboard/EmacsKeyBindings.java

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package org.jabref.gui.keyboard;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import javafx.scene.Scene;
+import javafx.scene.control.TextInputControl;
+import javafx.scene.input.KeyEvent;
+
+import org.jabref.Globals;
+import org.jabref.logic.util.strings.EmacsStringManipulator;
+import org.jabref.model.util.ResultingEmacsState;
+import org.jabref.preferences.JabRefPreferences;
+
+public class EmacsKeyBindings {
+
+    public static void executeEmacs(Scene scene, KeyEvent event) {
+        boolean EmacsFlag = Globals.prefs.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS);
+        if (EmacsFlag && scene.focusOwnerProperty().get() instanceof TextInputControl) {
+            boolean CAFlag = Globals.prefs.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS_REBIND_CA);
+            boolean CFFlag = Globals.prefs.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS_REBIND_CF);
+            boolean CNFlag = Globals.prefs.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS_REBIND_CN);
+            boolean AUFlag = Globals.prefs.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS_REBIND_AU);
+
+            KeyBindingRepository keyBindingRepository = Globals.getKeyPrefs();
+            TextInputControl focusedTextField = (TextInputControl) scene.focusOwnerProperty().get();
+            Optional<KeyBinding> keyBinding = keyBindingRepository.mapToKeyBinding(event);
+            if (keyBinding.isPresent()) {
+                if (keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_DELETE)) {
+                    focusedTextField.deletePreviousChar();
+                    event.consume();
+                } else if (keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_BACKWARD)) {
+                    focusedTextField.backward();
+                    event.consume();
+                } else if (CFFlag && keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_FORWARD)) {
+                    focusedTextField.forward();
+                    event.consume();
+                } else if (CAFlag && keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_BEGINNING)) {
+                    focusedTextField.home();
+                    event.consume();
+                } else if (keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_END)) {
+                    focusedTextField.end();
+                    event.consume();
+                } else if (keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_BEGINNING_DOC)) {
+                    focusedTextField.home();
+                    event.consume();
+                } else if (keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_END_DOC)) {
+                    focusedTextField.end();
+                    event.consume();
+                } else if (keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_UP)) {
+                    focusedTextField.home();
+                    event.consume();
+                } else if (CNFlag && keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_DOWN)) {
+                    focusedTextField.end();
+                    event.consume();
+                } else if (keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_CAPITALIZE)) {
+                    int pos = focusedTextField.getCaretPosition();
+                    String text = focusedTextField.getText(0, focusedTextField.getText().length());
+                    ResultingEmacsState res = EmacsStringManipulator.capitalize(pos, text);
+                    focusedTextField.setText(res.text);
+                    focusedTextField.positionCaret(res.caretPos);
+                    event.consume();
+                }
+                else if (keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_LOWERCASE)) {
+                    int pos = focusedTextField.getCaretPosition();
+                    String text = focusedTextField.getText(0, focusedTextField.getText().length());
+                    ResultingEmacsState res = EmacsStringManipulator.lowercase(pos, text);
+                    focusedTextField.setText(res.text);
+                    focusedTextField.positionCaret(res.caretPos);
+                    event.consume();
+                }
+                else if (AUFlag && keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_UPPERCASE)) {
+                    int pos = focusedTextField.getCaretPosition();
+                    String text = focusedTextField.getText(0, focusedTextField.getText().length());
+                    ResultingEmacsState res = EmacsStringManipulator.uppercase(pos, text);
+                    focusedTextField.setText(res.text);
+                    focusedTextField.positionCaret(res.caretPos);
+                    event.consume();
+                }
+                else if (keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_KILLLINE)) {
+                    int pos = focusedTextField.getCaretPosition();
+                    focusedTextField.setText(focusedTextField.getText(0, pos));
+                    focusedTextField.positionCaret(pos);
+                    event.consume();
+                } else if (keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_KILLWORD)) {
+                    int pos = focusedTextField.getCaretPosition();
+                    String text = focusedTextField.getText(0, focusedTextField.getText().length());
+                    ResultingEmacsState res = EmacsStringManipulator.killWord(pos, text);
+                    focusedTextField.setText(res.text);
+                    focusedTextField.positionCaret(res.caretPos);
+                    event.consume();
+                }
+                else if (keyBinding.get().equals(KeyBinding.EMACS_BACKWARDKILLWORD)) {
+                    int pos = focusedTextField.getCaretPosition();
+                    String text = focusedTextField.getText(0, focusedTextField.getText().length());
+                    ResultingEmacsState res = EmacsStringManipulator.backwardKillWord(pos, text);
+                    focusedTextField.setText(res.text);
+                    focusedTextField.positionCaret(res.caretPos);
+                    event.consume();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/keyboard/KeyBinding.java

@@ -3,6 +3,21 @@
 import org.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization;
 
 public enum KeyBinding {
+    EMACS_DELETE("Emacs delete", Localization.lang("Delete text"), "ctrl+D", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
+    EMACS_BACKWARD("Emacs move caret left", Localization.lang("Move caret left"), "ctrl+B", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
+    EMACS_FORWARD("Emacs move caret right", Localization.lang("Move caret right"), "ctrl+F", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
+    EMACS_BEGINNING("Emacs move caret to beginning of line", Localization.lang("Move caret to beginning of line"), "ctrl+A", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
+    EMACS_END("Emacs move caret to  of line", Localization.lang("Move caret to end of line"), "ctrl+E", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
+    EMACS_BEGINNING_DOC("Emacs move caret to beginning of text", Localization.lang("Move the caret to the beginning of text"), "alt+LESS", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
+    EMACS_END_DOC("Emacs move caret to end of text", Localization.lang("Move the caret to the end of text"), "alt+shift+LESS", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
+    EMACS_UP("Emacs move caret up", Localization.lang("Move the caret up"), "ctrl+P", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
+    EMACS_DOWN("Emacs move caret down", Localization.lang("Move the caret down"), "ctrl+N", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
+    EMACS_CAPITALIZE("Emacs capitalize word", Localization.lang("Capitalize current word"), "alt+C", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
+    EMACS_LOWERCASE("Emacs lowercase word", Localization.lang("Make current word lowercase"), "alt+L", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
+    EMACS_UPPERCASE("Emacs uppercase word", Localization.lang("Make current word uppercase"), "alt+U", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
+    EMACS_KILLLINE("Emacs remove line", Localization.lang("Remove line after caret"), "ctrl+K", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
+    EMACS_KILLWORD("Emacs remove word forwards", Localization.lang("Remove current word forwards"), "alt+D", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
+    EMACS_BACKWARDKILLWORD("Emacs remove word backwards", Localization.lang("Remove the current word backwards"), "alt+DELETE", KeyBindingCategory.EDIT),
 
     ABBREVIATE("Abbreviate", Localization.lang("Abbreviate journal names"), "ctrl+alt+A", KeyBindingCategory.TOOLS),
     AUTOGENERATE_BIBTEX_KEYS("Autogenerate BibTeX keys", Localization.lang("Autogenerate BibTeX keys"), "ctrl+G", KeyBindingCategory.QUALITY),

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/EntryEditorTab.fxml

@@ -27,7 +27,27 @@
     </CheckBox>
     <CheckBox fx:id="enableLatexCitationsTab" text="%Show 'LaTeX Citations' tab"/>
     <CheckBox fx:id="enableValidation" text="%Show validation messages"/>
-
+    <CheckBox fx:id="enableEmacsKeyBindings" text="%Use Emacs key bindings"/>
+    <CheckBox fx:id="enableEmacsRebindCA" text="%Rebind C-a" disable="${!enableEmacsKeyBindings.selected}">
+        <padding>
+            <Insets left="20.0"/>
+        </padding>
+    </CheckBox>
+    <CheckBox fx:id="enableEmacsRebindCF" text="%Rebind C-f" disable="${!enableEmacsKeyBindings.selected}">
+        <padding>
+            <Insets left="20.0"/>
+        </padding>
+    </CheckBox>
+    <CheckBox fx:id="enableEmacsRebindCN" text="%Rebind C-n" disable="${!enableEmacsKeyBindings.selected}">
+        <padding>
+            <Insets left="20.0"/>
+        </padding>
+    </CheckBox>
+    <CheckBox fx:id="enableEmacsRebindAU" text="%Rebind A-u" disable="${!enableEmacsKeyBindings.selected}">
+        <padding>
+            <Insets left="20.0"/>
+        </padding>
+    </CheckBox>
     <Label styleClass="sectionHeader" text="%Autocompletion"/>
     <CheckBox fx:id="enableAutoComplete" text="%Use autocompletion"/>
     <VBox spacing="10.0">

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/EntryEditorTabView.java

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ public class EntryEditorTabView extends AbstractPreferenceTabView<EntryEditorTab
     @FXML private CheckBox enableLatexCitationsTab;
     @FXML private CheckBox enableValidation;
     @FXML private CheckBox enableAutoComplete;
+    @FXML private CheckBox enableEmacsKeyBindings;
+    @FXML private CheckBox enableEmacsRebindCA;
+    @FXML private CheckBox enableEmacsRebindCF;
+    @FXML private CheckBox enableEmacsRebindCN;
+    @FXML private CheckBox enableEmacsRebindAU;
     @FXML private TextField autoCompleteFields;
     @FXML private RadioButton autoCompleteFirstLast;
     @FXML private RadioButton autoCompleteLastFirst;
@@ -48,6 +53,11 @@ public void initialize () {
         enableLatexCitationsTab.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.enableLatexCitationsTabProperty());
         enableValidation.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.enableValidationProperty());
         enableAutoComplete.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.enableAutoCompleteProperty());
+        enableEmacsKeyBindings.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.enableEmacsKeyBindingsProperty());
+        enableEmacsRebindCA.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.enableEmacsRebindCAProperty());
+        enableEmacsRebindCF.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.enableEmacsRebindCFProperty());
+        enableEmacsRebindCN.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.enableEmacsRebindCNProperty());
+        enableEmacsRebindAU.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.enableEmacsRebindAUProperty());
         autoCompleteFields.textProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.autoCompleteFieldsProperty());
         autoCompleteFirstLast.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.autoCompleteFirstLastProperty());
         autoCompleteLastFirst.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.autoCompleteLastFirstProperty());

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/EntryEditorTabViewModel.java

@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ public class EntryEditorTabViewModel implements PreferenceTabViewModel {
     private final BooleanProperty firstNameModeAbbreviatedProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
     private final BooleanProperty firstNameModeFullProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
     private final BooleanProperty firstNameModeBothProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
+    private final BooleanProperty enableEmacsKeyBindingsProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
+    private final BooleanProperty enableEmacsRebindCAProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
+    private final BooleanProperty enableEmacsRebindCFProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
+    private final BooleanProperty enableEmacsRebindCNProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
+    private final BooleanProperty enableEmacsRebindAUProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
 
     private AutoCompletePreferences autoCompletePreferences;
 
@@ -52,6 +57,11 @@ public void setValues() {
         acceptRecommendationsProperty.setValue(preferences.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.ACCEPT_RECOMMENDATIONS));
         enableLatexCitationsTabProperty.setValue(preferences.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.SHOW_LATEX_CITATIONS));
         enableValidationProperty.setValue(preferences.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.VALIDATE_IN_ENTRY_EDITOR));
+        enableEmacsKeyBindingsProperty.setValue(preferences.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS));
+        enableEmacsRebindCAProperty.setValue(preferences.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS_REBIND_CA));
+        enableEmacsRebindCFProperty.setValue(preferences.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS_REBIND_CF));
+        enableEmacsRebindCNProperty.setValue(preferences.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS_REBIND_CN));
+        enableEmacsRebindAUProperty.setValue(preferences.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS_REBIND_AU));
         enableAutoCompleteProperty.setValue(autoCompletePreferences.shouldAutoComplete());
         autoCompleteFieldsProperty.setValue(autoCompletePreferences.getCompleteNamesAsString());
 
@@ -84,6 +94,11 @@ public void storeSettings() {
         preferences.putBoolean(JabRefPreferences.ACCEPT_RECOMMENDATIONS, acceptRecommendationsProperty.getValue());
         preferences.putBoolean(JabRefPreferences.SHOW_LATEX_CITATIONS, enableLatexCitationsTabProperty.getValue());
         preferences.putBoolean(JabRefPreferences.VALIDATE_IN_ENTRY_EDITOR, enableValidationProperty.getValue());
+        preferences.putBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS, enableEmacsKeyBindingsProperty.getValue());
+        preferences.putBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS_REBIND_CA, enableEmacsRebindCAProperty.getValue());
+        preferences.putBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS_REBIND_CF, enableEmacsRebindCFProperty.getValue());
+        preferences.putBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS_REBIND_CN, enableEmacsRebindCNProperty.getValue());
+        preferences.putBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EDITOR_EMACS_KEYBINDINGS_REBIND_AU, enableEmacsRebindAUProperty.getValue());
 
         autoCompletePreferences.setShouldAutoComplete(enableAutoCompleteProperty.getValue());
         autoCompletePreferences.setCompleteNames(autoCompleteFieldsProperty.getValue());
@@ -148,4 +163,15 @@ public List<String> getRestartWarnings() {
     public BooleanProperty firstNameModeFullProperty() { return firstNameModeFullProperty; }
 
     public BooleanProperty firstNameModeBothProperty() { return firstNameModeBothProperty; }
+
+    public BooleanProperty enableEmacsKeyBindingsProperty() { return enableEmacsKeyBindingsProperty; }
+
+    public BooleanProperty enableEmacsRebindCAProperty() { return enableEmacsRebindCAProperty; }
+
+    public BooleanProperty enableEmacsRebindCFProperty() { return enableEmacsRebindCFProperty; }
+
+    public BooleanProperty enableEmacsRebindCNProperty() { return enableEmacsRebindCNProperty; }
+
+    public BooleanProperty enableEmacsRebindAUProperty() { return enableEmacsRebindAUProperty; }
 }
+