Add commands for everything that's currently hardcoded.

[7ombie]

There're a bunch of items in the Keymap doc that have N/A as their documented command. As a result, users can only customize a subset of their bindings.

For example, there's currently no way to assign a new keybinding for debugging. We must use g inside Space Mode. As my debugger is usually LLDB, I'd prefer to use l (inside Space Mode), but there's no debug command to bind to.

[the-mikedavis]

Those N/As are there because the key opens a "minor mode" (another set of keybindings). Also see https://docs.helix-editor.com/keymap.html#minor-modes which is a set of bindings that do the same thing. The N/A for repeat last insert on that page is covered by #1488

[7ombie]

Why does Helix treat minor mode bindings any differently? For example, if the user added this to their config...

[keys.normal.space]
l = "debug"
g = "no_op"

... couldn't the Space Mode be updated to remove g and add l etc?

It's not the end of the world, but it keeps coming up (I can't rebind the dot or colon, and have limits with minor modes). I just wondered if there was a reason to not support it (or if it just hadn't been implemented).

[the-mikedavis]

Minor modes are really just groups of keybinds. For example <space>g and <space>w are defined as:

helix/helix-term/src/keymap/default.rs

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	"g" => { "Debug (experimental)" sticky=true
	"l" => dap_launch,
	"r" => dap_restart,
	"b" => dap_toggle_breakpoint,
	"c" => dap_continue,
	"h" => dap_pause,
	"i" => dap_step_in,
	"o" => dap_step_out,
	"n" => dap_next,
	"v" => dap_variables,
	"t" => dap_terminate,
	"C-c" => dap_edit_condition,
	"C-l" => dap_edit_log,
	"s" => { "Switch"
	"t" => dap_switch_thread,
	"f" => dap_switch_stack_frame,
	// sl, sb
	},
	"e" => dap_enable_exceptions,
	"E" => dap_disable_exceptions,
	},
	"w" => { "Window"
	"C-w" | "w" => rotate_view,
	"C-s" | "s" => hsplit,
	"C-v" | "v" => vsplit,
	"C-t" | "t" => transpose_view,
	"f" => goto_file_hsplit,
	"F" => goto_file_vsplit,
	"C-q" | "q" => wclose,
	"C-o" | "o" => wonly,
	"C-h" | "h" | "left" => jump_view_left,
	"C-j" | "j" | "down" => jump_view_down,
	"C-k" | "k" | "up" => jump_view_up,
	"C-l" | "l" | "right" => jump_view_right,
	"H" => swap_view_left,
	"J" => swap_view_down,
	"K" => swap_view_up,
	"L" => swap_view_right,
	"n" => { "New split scratch buffer"
	"C-s" | "s" => hsplit_new,
	"C-v" | "v" => vsplit_new,
	},
	},

If you want to remap entire modes you need to move the commands in that mode:

[keys.normal.space]
g = "no_op"
[keys.normal.space.l]
l = "dap_launch"
r = "dap_restart"
# ... etc ...

I've reopened #5734 which talks about finding a convenient way to remap those.

I can't rebind the dot or colon

Colon isn't special-cased as far as I'm aware. You can rebind the command_mode command to another key and remap :.

[7ombie]

Thanks for taking the time.

Colon isn't special-cased as far as I'm aware. You can rebind the command_mode command to another key and remap :.

I didn't know that. I just assumed, based on the docs.

I've reopened #5734 which talks about finding a convenient way to remap those.

Thank you. Much appreciated.