Re: Modal Keyboard Layout for EMACS

[sergiusruiz@gmail.com]

Em quinta-feira, 22 de novembro de 2012 21h21min35s UTC-2, Stefan Monnier  escreveu:
> (defvar mvi-command-mode-map
>   (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
>     (define-key map "h" 'backward-char)
>     (define-key map "j" 'next-line)
>     (define-key map "k" 'previous-line)
>     (define-key map "l" 'forward-char)
>     (define-key map "i" 'mvi-insert-mode)
>     (define-key map "/" 'mvi-doubled-self-insert-key)
>     map))
> 
> (defun mvi-doubled-self-insert-key ()
>   (interactive)
>   (call-interactively 'self-insert-command)
>   (mvi-insert-mode 1))
> 
> (define-minor-mode mvi-command-mode
>   "Minimalistic VI-like mode."
>   :lighter " <N>"
>   :global t
>   (if mvi-command-mode (mvi-normal-mode -1))
> 
> (defvar mvi-command-mode-map
>   (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
>     (define-key map "\e" 'mvi-command-mode)
>     (define-key map "/"  'mvi-command-mode)
>     map))
> 
> (define-minor-mode mvi-insert-mode
>   "Normal Emacs editing mode with escape to VI mode."
>   :lighter " <I>"
>   :global t
>   (if mvi-insert-mode (mvi-command-mode -1)))

That is for Monnier. I became very impressed with your el-script. It is small and elegant. It seems however that you did'nt test it, which makes it even more impressive. However, I want to use it, and I believe that Junnia wants to use it too. By the way, I am not a full-fledged elisp programmer, and have difficulty with modes. Therefore, I am not able to fix the program myself.

For instance, mvi-command-mode calls mvi-normal-mode. I cannot find the definition of mvi-command-mode anywhere in your code. Here:

> (define-minor-mode mvi-command-mode
>   "Minimalistic VI-like mode."
>   :lighter " <N>"
>   :global t
>   (if mvi-command-mode (mvi-normal-mode -1))

Besides this, I miss the parameter init-value in all define-minor-mode macro calls. 

(define-minor-mode mvi-insert-mode
  "Normal Emacs editing mode with escape to VI mode."
   nil   ;; <<==== Is this line missing?
  :lighter " <I>"
  :global t
  (if mvi-insert-mode (mvi-command-mode -1)))

To make a long story short, I will be pleased in having a working copy of this program.