Re: [PING][PATCH] Add shortcuts for "nexti" and "stepi" commands in Single-Key mode

Simon Marchi
2017-08-04T13:29:10Z

On 2017-08-04 07:48, Ruslan Kabatsayev wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After using these shortcuts for some time I found that they are still
> not best: one has to hold Shift in order to continuously step in
> instruction mode. Would it be better to e.g. replace N->m, S->z? I
> think we can basically use any non-occupied shortcuts here, they just
> should be convenient, not necessarily be associated with "long"
> version of the commands.
>
> Regards,
> Ruslan

Ok, I understand how having to hold shift may not be so practical.

It would be nice if there was a pattern that made it easy to
remember/deduce the keys for stepi/nexti from the keys for step/next,
which are more obvious. For example, if we used 'a' for stepi and 'b'
for nexti, the "instruction" versions of the keys would both be at the
left of their "non-instruction" counterpart. That's with a
QWERTY-centric view though, maybe it doesn't make sense with other
layouts.

Simon