Request feature repeat command

[Deleted user]

Would it be possible to add the repeat command, for example when using f<char> I press ; in normal mode to repeat.

Thank you :)

[dbalatero]

This requires a bunch of research on how this mechanism works on Vim, so if you'd like to see it can I request you look into it (via :h help) and report back here?

How do you decide what is repeated and what isn't? Not clear on it.

[Deleted user]

I found it under Left-right motions https://neovim.io/doc/user/quickref.html

It's really useful for quickly jumping to the next character.

Edit: I was going to mention Neovim headless but I think that breaks autocomplete if used in an editor. This method you're using is far more flexible and works brilliantly in xcode.

You've done an amazing job with this, I wish I had found it sooner.

[dbalatero]

If you are interested in adding this, you can clone this repo, and point your ~/.hammerspoon/Spoons/VimMode.spoon directory at the cloned repo. Then develop using it. I recommend binding a key like hyper + h to reload your hammerspoon config.

Things to point out:

1. We don't track the last motion in the command state:

VimMode.spoon/lib/command_state.lua

Lines 6 to 13 in a900bae

	local state = {
	charsEntered = "",
	motion = nil,
	motionTimes = nil,
	operator = nil,
	operatorTimes = nil,
	pendingInput = nil
	}

2. This is where the motion is fired:

VimMode.spoon/lib/state.lua

Lines 57 to 70 in a900bae

	onfire = function(self)
	local result = vim:fireCommandState()
	if result.mode == "visual" then
	if result.hadOperator then
	self:enterNormal()
	else
	self:enterVisual()
	end
	else
	if result.transition == "normal" then self:enterNormal()
	else vim:exitAsync() end
	end
	end,

3. All the normal mode keys are bound in here:

VimMode.spoon/lib/modal.lua

Lines 196 to 205 in a900bae

	-- Normal mode
	modal
	:withContext('normal')
	:bind({}, 'i', function() vim:exitAsync() end)
	:bindMotionsToModal('operator')
	:bindCountsToModal('operator')
	:bind({}, 'c', operator(Change))
	:bind({}, 'd', operator(Delete))
	:bind({}, 'y', operator(Yank))
	:bind({}, 'r', operatorNeedingChar(Replace, Right))

[Deleted user]

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I will give it a shot.

[dbalatero]

@assertcarlos If you don't end up working on this, please comment back here so I know this is an open request.

[Deleted user]

Hi @dbalatero I tried working on this but unfortunately ended up giving up after about a day of trying to get it to work.