If someone submits a PR for Erlang/OTP, they will automatically work for Elixir, so please go down that road. :)
On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 03:58 Fernando Canizo <fernandocan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Request (TL;DR): > > Please add support for Home and End keys in `iex` shell. > > I know one can use CTRL-A and CTRL-E respectively, however I believe that > having those keys working as expected is a good addition to the developer > experience. > > Context (you can omit this): > > While looking for a way to configure `iex` properly to make Home and End > keys work, came across this post from Elixir Forum: > https://elixirforum.com/t/home-and-end-keys-dont-work-in-iex/31563 where > the reply from _kokolegorille_ says: "I think it’s easier to learn some > Emacs, than to make HOME and END keys work". > > Which got me thinking, cause... How hard can it be to add a couple of new > mappings? So I went looking for iex configuration documentation and didn't > find anything related to key mappings. > > I downloaded Elixir source code and grepped around for several possible > terms. But got nothing. > > Skimmed through all files under `lib/iex/lib/iex` and found a comment on > `server.ex` saying: "Starts IEx to run directly from the Erlang shell." > > Then I thought: "Maybe that's why _kokolegorille_ implied it was a hard > task, cause you have to work it upstream. > > I went to check Erlang shell code then, and I found this PR: > https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/794 saying that in Oct 2015 the keys > are already working on Erlang shell. > > Now I'm puzzled, because if they work there and `iex` is just an Erlang > shell underneath, then those keys should work. > > I installed Erlang and started `erl` to see that Home and End aren't > working there. > > So now I'm completely lost and came here to see if someone can walk me > through the inner workings of keys in `iex` and see if there's a solution > for this issue. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/fc833068-a689-46d5-8544-f7d7b41daae0n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/fc833068-a689-46d5-8544-f7d7b41daae0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4JNomb%2BwBaKYbkJcJCH4VgeapjLGJH0y%3DjdSefDYSauUw%40mail.gmail.com.
