micro-editor / micro-editor/micro
`showkey` command could be more intuitive
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Description
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I learned about the showkey command in https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/pull/3385#issuecomment-2229119874. These were the first things I tried:
- At first, I thought
showkeywould be interactive (it's not) like its namesake - The message ("Please provide a key to show") doesn't exactly disagree with 1): Is it a prompt where I should type the keybinding? (nope)
help showkeydoesn't work
Maybe showkey could be interactive, like raw? No idea how difficult that might be.
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Commit hash: 68d88b57
OS: macOS Sonoma 14.5
Terminal: Ghostty
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Research direction
Start by locating the showkey command and its help registration, then compare its behavior with the raw command and the referenced Linux showkey. Clarify whether the intended outcome is interactive input, clearer messaging, working help, or a combination; done should mean the command's behavior and usage are intuitive and documented.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100