Hello I just join discussion because I love vim and want to give a small suggestion:
Is it possible to put a parameter in .vimrc like: set keymap=byte-queue, structured, etc.. (default is byte-queue) so that both sets of mapping could be kept... sorry if I see the problem too surface. On Feb 18, 3:14 am, Bram Moolenaar <b...@moolenaar.net> wrote: > Paul Evans wrote: > > I would like this. For all systems. Everywhere. > > > This is a large undertaking. This isn't a "send me a patch" request. > > > I am talking about ripping out the byte-queue input system and replacing > > it with a structured keypress queue. The lot. Everything. Remove the > > "stuck in the 1970s all the world is a DEC-style glass virtual terminal" > > input queue, and replace it with one that has structures; remembers > > modifiers, etc.. With a structure we can properly represent "Ctrl-I" as > > being the letter I with a control key, totally separate from the Tab. > > > Having done this, we can feed in the input events from a terminal in > > EXACTLY the same way it currently works. We can take events out to match > > them up to map/etc.. much neater. We can feed events in from GTK or > > similar GUIs, without having to go near legacy 1970s terminal > > technology, meaning that GTK (et.al) users can map Tab, Ctrl-I and > > Ctrl-Shift-I, all independently of each other. > > You can just keep the existing queue and make this work. It actually > already works for most keys, using a modifier sequence. Using > structures only makes it bigger. > > Main problem is that this won't be backwards compatible, currently > CTRL-I is the same as Tab. I don't know how to make this work without > breaking backwards compatibilty. > > > Having done this, I can then quite easily send you a patch to use > > libtermkey if that is wanted, because then it will be able to recognise > > Tab, Ctrl-I and Ctrl-Shift-I even over terminal from a > > properly-configured xterm. But that is PURELY an extension mechanism. My > > primary request is to fix the underlying queue mechanism. > > > This is an issue that has been dragging on for years now - 7 or 8 years > > by my count. 7 or 8 years I have been sitting in #vim on Freenode; in > > all that time almost every week we'll get someone or other asking how > > they can map some key or other, that we have to keep explaining "No, > > sorry, you can't. Not even in GTK.". > > Actually, in the GUI many key combinations do work. Not all though. > > > I am happy to sit and discuss it with you for potentially hours if > > necessary. What I cannot do is "send a patch" - it's not a small simple > > few-lines fix like that. > > > I think it is about time we ended this unfortunate situation, and > > properly fixed the real underlying mechanism. > > > Yours, with my real name, > > > -- > > Paul "LeoNerd" Evans > > -- > A cow comes flying over the battlements, lowing aggressively. The cow > lands on GALAHAD'S PAGE, squashing him completely. > "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD > > /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net --http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ > /// sponsor Vim, vote for features --http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/\\\ > \\\ an exciting new programming language --http://www.Zimbu.org /// > \\\ help me help AIDS victims --http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
