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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "B.V. Raghav" <bvraghav@iitk.ac.in>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: RE: Changing key-bindings for icicle-search mode
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 10:09:04 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <395953e4-66b4-45f7-8f0e-a082a5ed7ab8@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vb7mkii5.fsf@think.bvr.lan>

> I have come to use icicle, and like it for its less intrusive interface
> (well, most of the time.)
> 
> While in icicle-occur (and icicle-search) The search results are shown
> in a temporary buffer. Where if I intend to navigate in coordination.
> i.e. to say jump locations (next or prior) based on the search results,
> I call, interactively, (icicle-previous-apropos-candidate-action
> &optional NTH) OR (icicle-next-apropos-candidate-action &optional NTH)
> 
> The key bindings for the respective commands are <C-prior> and <C-next>
> respectively.
> 
> I find these key-bindings a little too cumbersome. ...  I want to
> change them for the specific mode, i.e. icicle search mode (and I
> dont know the name either)


TL;DR - Hit `M-g' and then use the arrow keys (up/down).

---

You can change the keys you ask about by customizing (`M-x
customize-option) options `icicle-apropos-cycle-next-action-keys'
and `icicle-apropos-cycle-previous-action-keys'.  Their default
values are the lists ([C-next]) and ([C-prior]), respectively.
You can add keys to those lists or replace the ones that are there
by default.

Also (if `icicle-default-cycling-mode' is `apropos' or if you have
hit `S-TAB') you can just use the keys `C-S-down' and `C-S-up' for
this (or use `C-S-' plus the mouse wheel).  These keys are defined
by options `icicle-modal-cycle-down-alt-action-keys' and
`icicle-modal-cycle-up-alt-action-keys' (same option names, but
with `-alt').

Customizing any of these keys affects all Icicles cycling actions;
they are not specific to search.  If you want to change such a key
for search only then you will need to advise `icicle-search' (or a
specific Icicles search command).  Use an `around' advice that
binds the key options to whatever values you want.

---

The keys for cycling among apropos candidates without acting on
them are the same, but without the `C-' prefix, i.e., `next' and
`down'.  But you can always just use the `down' and `up' arrows
for that instead, if the candidates are apropos completions
(e.g., if you have used `S-TAB' or if you have customized option
`icicle-default-cycling-mode' to `apropos').

You can use `M-g' in the minibuffer to toggle the use of prefix
`C-' for this.  So to cycle among some search hits (the source
targets) you can use `M-g' and then just repeatedly hit `next'
or `prior' (or `down' or `up') instead of repeating the same
keys using modifier `C-'.  Hit `M-g' to toggle back to the usual
behavior.

IOW, you can hit `M-g' to then use just the down/up arrows, to
get the behavior you want.  Hitting `M-g' again makes these
arrows cycle only among candidates (inserting them one-by-one
in the minibuffer), without moving to the corresponding target
search hits.



  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-25 18:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-25  9:03 Changing key-bindings for icicle-search mode B.V. Raghav
2015-12-25 18:09 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2015-12-26  6:46   ` B.V. Raghav

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