[MlMt] Vi Navigation - Thread

[Kai Großjohann]

If you store the attached file as `~/Library/Application 
Support/MailMate/Resources/KeyBindings/Kai.plist` and then select custom 
keybindings and enter "Kai, Gmail" into the text field, then you get 
`h/l` support amongst other things.

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I've been inspired by both Gmail and vi/vim, but I didn't take them 
literally.  So besides `h/l` the other keys might not be exact.

* `d` for delete is not something they do but it just made sense to me.
* `/` for entering the search field might be the default now, I'm not 
sure.
* `m` to mark as read or mark as unread made sense to me but I'm not 
sure if it's faithful
* I've used multi-key bindings inspired by `g g` in vim for various 
related things:
   * `g h` to go to the list of mailboxes
   * `g g` to go to the list of emails in the current mailbox
   * `g m` to go to the message view -- I never use this I now realize
   * `g a` to go to the first message -- this is an Emacs analogy with 
Ctrl-A for beginning of line...
   * `g z` to go to the last message -- in Emacs it would have been 
Ctrl-E for end of line, but if a is the first, then z must be the last
   * I don't think I've ever used `g /`, as plain `/` works
* Uppercase `Q, W, E` were alternatives for `g h, g g, g m` but I never 
use them
* I couldn't find a good binding to show the list of "From" identities 
when composing a message, and I think not all bindings work, so I 
settled on Ctrl-O as a compromise, but it's hard for me to remember this 
one, I keep searching
* `q` to close the current window was an analogy from `less`

It might be easier to see how to extend it if you have examples.

Kai


On 31 Mar 2015, at 23:42, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> On 31 Mar 2015, at 20:37, Chris Jones wrote:
>
>> Being a long time Vi/Vim user I love the fact that I can use Vi keys 
>> (j & k) to navigate the message list pane. Is it also possible to use 
>> the Vi keys h & l to expand/collapse a thread as well as navigate 
>> up/down the thread?
>
> You should be able to setup most things to whatever suits you best 
> using [custom key 
> bindings](http://manual.mailmate-app.com/custom_key_bindings) and the 
> available navigation related 
> [selectors](http://manual.mailmate-app.com/key_binding_selectors).
>
> -- 
> Benny
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