feat: Add 'a', 'A', 'h', and 'l' bindings to vim-normal mode #1697
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The current 'i' binding to switch to insert mode is entirely unintuitive since what I almost always want to do is append to the current query. The fact that the cursor extends past the current input (which vim doesn't do with default settings) adds to the problem. The 'a' key is what I would reach for, but 'A' makes a lot of sense too so I added that. The 'h' and 'l' bindings for moving the cursor also help makes things a bit more usable.
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Add 'I' binding to vim-normal mode (a la 'A' introduced in atuinsh#1697) to jump into vim-insert mode at the beginning of the search input. Also add '/' and '?' bindings to vim-normal mode to clear the search input and jump into vim-insert mode. This mimicks the UX in e.g. `set -o vi` (bash) or `bindkey -v` (zsh) mode when you are using 'k' and 'j' to browse history lines and can type '/' or '?' to start a new search. (In a perfect world it would limit the search to the forward or backward range starting at your current position in the history, but this is a reasonable first step.)
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Add 'I' binding to vim-normal mode (a la 'A' introduced in atuinsh#1697) to jump into vim-insert mode at the beginning of the search input. Also add '/' and '?' bindings to vim-normal mode to clear the search input and jump into vim-insert mode. This mimics the UX in e.g. `set -o vi` (bash) or `bindkey -v` (zsh) mode when you are using 'k' and 'j' to browse history lines and can type '/' or '?' to start a new search. (In a perfect world it would limit the search to the forward or backward range starting at your current position in the history, but this is a reasonable first step.)
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Add 'I' binding to vim-normal mode (a la 'A' introduced in atuinsh#1697) to jump into vim-insert mode at the beginning of the search input. Also add '/' and '?' bindings to vim-normal mode to clear the search input and jump into vim-insert mode. This mimics the UX in e.g. `set -o vi` (bash) or `bindkey -v` (zsh) mode when you are using 'k' and 'j' to browse history lines and can type '/' or '?' to start a new search. (In a perfect world it would target the search in the forward or backward range starting at your current position in the history, but this is a reasonable first step.)
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Add 'I' binding to vim-normal mode (a la 'A' introduced in #1697) to jump into vim-insert mode at the beginning of the search input. Also add '/' and '?' bindings to vim-normal mode to clear the search input and jump into vim-insert mode. This mimics the UX in e.g. `set -o vi` (bash) or `bindkey -v` (zsh) mode when you are using 'k' and 'j' to browse history lines and can type '/' or '?' to start a new search. (In a perfect world it would target the search in the forward or backward range starting at your current position in the history, but this is a reasonable first step.)
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The current 'i' binding to switch to insert mode is entirely unintuitive since what I almost always want to do is append to the current query. The fact that the cursor extends past the current input (which vim doesn't do with default settings) adds to the problem. The 'a' key is what I would reach for, but 'A' makes a lot of sense too so I added that.
The 'h' and 'l' bindings for moving the cursor also help makes things a bit more usable.
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