[MlMt] Vi Navigation - Thread

[Chris Jones]

Thanks Kai,

I've taken your example keybindings and have created my own and I am 
happy with the results. I appreciate the information.

Cheers,
-Chris

On 1 Apr 2015, at 1:52, Kai Großjohann wrote:

> 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.
>
> ![](cid:C39260B4-9DCE-4FAF-881E-5F8EA993918A at gmail.com 
> "PastedImage.png")
>
> 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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