noctuid/general.el

Can I run a command just after hitting a prefix?

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alienbogart commented

Runtime Environment

  • OS: MX Linux 18.3
  • i3 version 4.13 (2016-11-08)
  • i3/config
  • dotfiles
  • GNU Emacs 27.0.50
  • Org mode version 9.2.3
  • Evil version 1.2.14
  • ~/.emacs.d

Issue

Let's say I have the following:

(general-define-key
 :prefix "<escape>"
 :states '(normal visual)
 :keymaps 'override
 "<escape>" 'save-some-buffers)

By hitting escape twice, save-some-buffers will be executed, which is fine. But what if I also wanted a command to run by the time I hit the first escape? Something like evil-ex-nohighlight, for example? Would that feasible?

noctuid commented

If you always want the first action to happen, I'd suggest binding the key to a hydra, and running whatever you want in the setup (evil-ex-nohighlight for this example).

You could also use general-key-dispatch with :timeout, so that if you didn't press the second escape within a certain timeframe, it would call evil-ex-nohighlight. If you pressed it within the time frame, it would call save-some-buffers.