micro-editor / micro-editor/micro
Feature Request: add Ctrl+o shortcut key to toggle back and forth between micro and the main terminal
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Description
Description of the problem or steps to reproduce
The CLI file manager called GNU Midnight Commander (install with sudo apt install mc, then run with mc) has a really convenient Ctrl+o shortcut which toggles back and forth between the main terminal and the mc file manger. Please test it to see what I'm talking about.
I'd really like to see the same thing in micro, ideally which would work well with mc, so that pressing Ctrl+o repeatedly would cycle through terminal-->mc-->micro-->back to terminal, etc., repeatedly.
The minimum request though is a shortcut key which toggles just between micro and the main terminal, just like mc can do.
Specifications
Commit hash: 225927b9
OS: Linux Ubuntu 22.04
Terminal: terminator 2.1.1
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the Ctrl+o behavior in GNU Midnight Commander and compare it with micro in the reported Ubuntu 22.04 and Terminator 2.1.1 setup. The minimum done state is a Ctrl+o shortcut that toggles between micro and the main terminal; compatibility with the terminal--mc--micro cycle is the broader goal.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100