This is fascinating and powerful. I'm going to have to check this out. As I learn more about Leo I see how dynamic the environment is and I'm probably only using 10% of Leo's features.
On Friday, April 10, 2015 at 4:30:07 PM UTC-4, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > Leo's second tutorial > <http://leoeditor.com/tutorial-pim.html#using-abbreviations-and-templates>mentions > > abbreviations, but doesn't indicate how amazingly powerful they are. > > Earlier today I realized that almost all of Leo's commands can be executed > as abbreviations! > > Rev a002317 tweaks the abbreviation code so that commands that set the > selection range work properly when the abbreviation goes away. For example: > > e;;={|{x='';c.k.simulateCommand('end-of-line-extend-selection')}|} > > defines the e;; abbreviation so it selects from the cursor position (after > e;; goes away) to the end of the line. Amazing! Similarly: > > ee;;={|{x = '' ; c.k.simulateCommand('end-of-buffer-extend-selection')}|} > > Notice: ee;; not E;; Much easier to type. Kinda like vim bindings > but without the need to keep hitting escape ;-) > > Abbreviations won't work for commands like sort-line that require an > existing selection range, but they probably will work for almost all other > Leo commands. > > Abbreviations are full scripting environments. As such, they are a bit of > a security risk (but no more than Ctrl-B). @bool scripting-abbreviations = > True must be in effect to make this all work. > > I don't suppose such abbreviations will supplant the minibuffer, but there > are many cases in which they would be useful. > > Edward > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
