Re: [STUMP] Prefix-Lock

Evan: good to know!

Michael: sounds like a good start. will look at that.

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Evan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Not related to your question, but related to selecting a window is PREFIX "
> This brings up windowlist, which allows you to start typing in the title
> of the window you want and it will jump the selection to it. Just a neat
> function I found before and have really enjoyed. Though it'd be nice to
> be able to select a window from any group.
>
> Evan


On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Michael Raskin <[email protected]>wrote:

> >I was demo'ing Stump to a coworker this afternoon and in order to cycle
> >through windows it was constantly PREFIX n, PREFIX n, PREFIX n. Normally
> >not a big deal, but with 6-7 windows and without having set binds for half
> >of them it gets a bit annoying; he picked it up and commented on it.
> >
> >So, here's my idea: Have a binding like PREFIX C-l that locks the PREFIX
> >key on. Each time a keychord completes, it'd revert to having just PREFIX
> >entered.
> >
> >For example:
> >
> >PREFIX C-l
> >n
> >n
> >n
> >ESC
> >
> >instead of the former. I have a couple of questions about this.
> >
> >1) is this a good idea? Any major pitfalls that I'm not seeing?
> >2) if it's a reasonable idea, is there already a built-in way to do this?
> >3) if it doesn't already exist, what's a good way to go about it?
> >
> >Ideally I'd like to be able to do it on submaps as well (eg s-w s-m is my
> >prefix for MPD control).
>
> Look for command-mode definition and try to create an analogous command
> fr your specific use case.
>
> I must admit that I am not sure how precisely to use command-mode, but
> it looks like pushing the binding maps should allow your functionality
> easily enough.
>
>
>
>

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