doomemacs/modules/input/layout/README.org

#+TITLE:   input/layout
#+DATE:    Jun 29, 2020
#+SINCE:   v3.0
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* Table of Contents :TOC_3:noexport:
- [[#description][Description]]
  - [[#maintainers][Maintainers]]
  - [[#module-flags][Module Flags]]
  - [[#plugins][Plugins]]
- [[#prerequisites][Prerequisites]]
- [[#features][Features]]
  - [[#bépo][Bépo]]
    - [[#easymotion][Easymotion]]
    - [[#leaving-mnemonics-alone-when-possible][Leaving mnemonics alone when possible]]
    - [[#possible-contributions][Possible contributions]]
    - [[#org-mode][Org-mode]]
- [[#configuration][Configuration]]
  - [[#bépo-1][Bépo]]
- [[#troubleshooting][Troubleshooting]]
  - [[#how-to-investigate-an-issue-][How to investigate an issue ?]]
  - [[#how-to-deactivate-the-new-bindings-and-go-back-to-the-old-ones-][How to deactivate the new bindings and go back to the old ones ?]]

* Description
This module provides barebones support for using Doom with non-qwerty layouts.

** Maintainers
+ @gagbo (Author, Bépo)

** Module Flags
+ =+bepo= Enables modifications for the BÉPO layout (customized with version 1.1 in mind)

** Plugins
None

* Prerequisites
If you are using =:editor evil=, you should use =(evil +everywhere)=, as the
module uses =evil-collection= utilities to do the remapping.

If you are not using =:editor evil=, then you have nothing to do.

* Features
# An in-depth list of features, how to use them, and their dependencies.
** Bépo
Support for the bépo layout includes:
- Setting Avy keys to the correct home row keys
- Changing navigation keys to =ctsr=
  + old =t= is mapped to =j=
  + old =s= is mapped to =k= (i.e. staging in the magit status buffer is done
    with =k=)
  + See [[*Configuration][Configuration]] to see where old =c= and =r= functions
    are remapped
- Bind =<>= functions to =«»= keys when possible
- Bind =[]= functions to =()= keys when possible (the "unimpaired-like"
  bindings)
- Bind =é= key to =w= functions when possible
- Bind =è= key to useful functions when possible
- Bind =`~= functions to =$#= keys when possible

*** Easymotion

If you use =evil-easymotion=, then all the bindings that were on =gs= have been
moved to =gé=.

In short : =g s j= -> =g é t= (evilem-motion-next-line). And so on.

*** Leaving mnemonics alone when possible
Exchanging =hjkl= to =ctsr= has the effect of destroying a few mnemonics: the
change operator becomes =l= for example, or the window split becomes =SPC é k=.

The module tries to limit those changes to the minimum, especially in special
buffers. A concrete example is magit.

As the =magit: project= buffer (obtained with =magit-status=) does not need
left-right navigation, keys =c=, =r=, =h=, and =l= keep their "expected" bindings,
while =t=, =s=, =j=, and =k= are flipped:
- checking the log from a magit buffer is still on =l=
- staging a file/region has been moved to =k=

*** Possible contributions
**** Avoid =g= and =z= to be used too often
A nice addition in the future might be to have all the normal mode bindings that
start with =g= start with =,= instead to avoid the curl on these common
bindings. This is *not* implemented for the time being.

The same thing could be done to =z=, potentially using =à= instead.

**** Proper minor mode
Also, implementing all those changes as a minor we could flip on and off would
help with adoption

**** Put "word" text objects to é instead of w
"inside word" and "around word" are =iw= and =aw=, which use the very poorly
rated =w= key in the bépo layout. Finding a way to use =é= or even =è= more for
these would be a welcome change

*** Org-mode
=evil-org= allows to define =evil-org-movement-bindings= to automatically map
movement bindings on non-hjkl keys. It maps automatically keys to =C-c= and
=C-r= in normal and insert states though, and it's not really user friendly in
Emacs to remap those.

Therefore, in org-mode:
- =org-shiftright= is bound to =C-»=
- =org-shiftleft= is bound to =C-«=

* Configuration
** Bépo
=doom-bepo-cr-rotation-style= controls whether:
- =qwerty-c= functions are mapped on =bépo-l= key, and =qwerty-r= functions on
  =bépo-h= key (='ergodis=), or
- =qwerty-c= functions are mapped on =bépo-h= key, and =qwerty-r= functions on
  =bépo-l= key (='strict=)
='strict= would be the logical choice but the =c= functions are used more often
than the =r= ones so [[https://bepo.fr/wiki/Vim#Principe][Ergodis]] advises to
actually put all the =c= functions on the key that does not need a curl.

* Troubleshooting
# Common issues and their solution, or places to look for help.
** How to investigate an issue ?
If a key is misbehaving, use =describe-key= (=C-h k= or =SPC h k= or =F1 k=) to
see the functions bound to the key, and more importantly in which map it is
bound.

You should ignore all =evil-collection-...-backup-map= keymaps, as they are
artifacts from =evil-collection-translate-key= and those maps are actually not
active.

Most likely the solution is to call one of the "key rotation" functions on the
relevant keymaps.
** How to deactivate the new bindings and go back to the old ones ?
If you are learning a new layout you might want to go back to tho old one to
"get work done". Sadly the only way is to comment out the module, run =doom
sync= and restart emacs.

Restoring the session =SPC q l= by default helps to lower the impact of the
restart.