prompt-toolkit / prompt-toolkit/python-prompt-toolkit
Can I bind _back_to_navigation from a multikey?
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 10.6k
- Forks
- 815
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
VI folks often map a key sequence to escape, for example, I use fj like this in readline
bindkey -M viins 'fj' vi-cmd-mode
Can I do something similar? I see some keybinding code in prompttoolkit prompt, e.g. _back_to_navigation , but I don't know how to handle a double key.
I want this to enable the ability in ipython https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/14205
Contributor guide
No contributing guide indexed for this repository
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the multikey handling around _back_to_navigation in src/prompt_toolkit/key_binding/bindings/vi.py, which the issue links. Trace how vi key bindings are registered and determine whether a sequence such as fj can trigger this action. Done means establishing and documenting a working binding approach, with behavior suitable for the linked IPython use case.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100