From: Steve Talley <stephen.talley@sun.com>
To: Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li>
Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk
Subject: Re: vim-a-like vi mode status bar
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 15:12:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020220151256.I26794@thpppt> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020216172000.GA892@stu163.keble.ox.ac.uk>; from igloo@earth.li on Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 05:20:00PM +0000
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I have a mode line that appears below the command line (attached). It
has a bug here and there, but is fairly solid and pretty simple.
Steve
Ian Lynagh wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have thought it would be nice to have a vim-a-like indicator of
> whether or not you are insert or command mode when using the vi line
> editting mode for a long time now. In a burst of enthusiasm I have
> put something together over the last couple of days (attached).
> However it's not quite as nice as it might have been and I have run
> into a few annoyances along the way.
>
> Initially I was planning to have the indicator in the prompt.
> However AFAICT once the prompt has been displayed it is cached, so
> even if you for zsh to redraw it (I tried various things like "zle
> redisplay", "zle push-input; zle get-line", "zle -R") it just
> redraws the old one. Did I miss a way to do this?
>
> Is there a reason why it shouldn't be possible to pipe something
> into source? Or another way to do it without a temporary file?
>
> With the script attached, if I paste a command in then only the
> first character is visible until I press ^R. If I type something
> else first then it works fine (even if I first delete what I
> typed!). Perhaps this is a bug?
>
> I also couldn't find a way to set the statusbar after accepting a
> command. zsh -M complains it's not being called from a widget if I
> call it from precmd.
>
> Finally I would welcome any comments/criticisms on the code!
>
> Thanks Ian
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#
# Set vi mode status bar
#
#
# Reads until the given character has been entered.
#
readuntil () {
typeset a
while [ "$a" != "$1" ]
do
read -E -k 1 a
done
}
#
# If the $SHOWMODE variable is set, displays the vi mode, specified by
# the $VIMODE variable, under the current command line.
#
# Arguments:
#
# 1 (optional): Beyond normal calculations, the number of additional
# lines to move down before printing the mode. Defaults to zero.
#
showmode() {
typeset movedown
typeset row
# Get number of lines down to print mode
movedown=$(($(echo "$RBUFFER" | wc -l) + ${1:-0}))
# Get current row position
echo -n "\e[6n"
row="${${$(readuntil R)#*\[}%;*}"
# Are we at the bottom of the terminal?
if [ $((row+movedown)) -gt "$LINES" ]
then
# Scroll terminal up one line
echo -n "\e[1S"
# Move cursor up one line
echo -n "\e[1A"
fi
# Save cursor position
echo -n "\e[s"
# Move cursor to start of line $movedown lines down
echo -n "\e[$movedown;E"
# Change font attributes
echo -n "\e[1m"
# Has a mode been set?
if [ -n "$VIMODE" ]
then
# Print mode line
echo -n "-- $VIMODE -- "
else
# Clear mode line
echo -n "\e[0K"
fi
# Restore font
echo -n "\e[0m"
# Restore cursor position
echo -n "\e[u"
}
clearmode() {
VIMODE= showmode
}
#
# Temporary function to extend built-in widgets to display mode.
#
# 1: The name of the widget.
#
# 2: The mode string.
#
# 3 (optional): Beyond normal calculations, the number of additional
# lines to move down before printing the mode. Defaults to zero.
#
makemodal () {
# Create new function
eval "$1() { zle .'$1'; ${2:+VIMODE='$2'}; showmode $3 }"
# Create new widget
zle -N "$1"
}
# Extend widgets
makemodal vi-add-eol INSERT
makemodal vi-add-next INSERT
makemodal vi-change INSERT
makemodal vi-change-eol INSERT
makemodal vi-change-whole-line INSERT
makemodal vi-insert INSERT
makemodal vi-insert-bol INSERT
makemodal vi-open-line-above INSERT
makemodal vi-substitute INSERT
makemodal vi-open-line-below INSERT 1
makemodal vi-replace REPLACE
makemodal vi-cmd-mode NORMAL
unfunction makemodal
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-02-20 22:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-02-16 17:20 Ian Lynagh
2002-02-16 17:48 ` Thomas Köhler
2002-02-16 20:05 ` Ian Lynagh
2002-02-17 18:57 ` Thomas Köhler
2002-02-20 22:12 ` Steve Talley [this message]
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