micro-editor / micro-editor/micro

Feature request: add shortcut keys and functions to delete from cursor to end of line, and from cursor to beginning of line

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Description

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Sublime Text has these shortcut keys and I'd like to use them in micro too.

  1. To delete from the cursor position to the end of the line: Ctrl + K K (hold Ctrl and press K two times). I use this one a lot.
    1. Current work-around in micro: Shift + Alt + RightArrow, then Backspace.
  2. To delete from the cursor position to the beginning of the line: Ctrl + Shift + Backspace.
    1. Current work-around in micro: Shift + Alt + LeftArrow, then Backspace.

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Commit hash: 225927b
OS: Linux Ubuntu 22.04
Terminal: terminator 2.1.1

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating micro's shortcut handling and existing line-deletion commands, then add the two requested key bindings and verify that each deletes from the cursor to the corresponding line boundary.

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Tech stack
go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
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