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-rw-r--r-- | doc/help/settings.asciidoc | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml | 13 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc index 7a5cfd47b..ca97fa973 100644 --- a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc +++ b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ |<<backend,backend>>|Backend to use to display websites. |<<bindings.commands,bindings.commands>>|Keybindings mapping keys to commands in different modes. |<<bindings.default,bindings.default>>|Default keybindings. If you want to add bindings, modify `bindings.commands` instead. -|<<bindings.key_mappings,bindings.key_mappings>>|This setting can be used to map keys to other keys. +|<<bindings.key_mappings,bindings.key_mappings>>|Map keys to other keys, so that they are equivalent in all modes. |<<changelog_after_upgrade,changelog_after_upgrade>>|When to show a changelog after qutebrowser was upgraded. |<<colors.completion.category.bg,colors.completion.category.bg>>|Background color of the completion widget category headers. |<<colors.completion.category.border.bottom,colors.completion.category.border.bottom>>|Bottom border color of the completion widget category headers. @@ -774,9 +774,10 @@ Default: [[bindings.key_mappings]] === bindings.key_mappings -This setting can be used to map keys to other keys. +Map keys to other keys, so that they are equivalent in all modes. When the key used as dictionary-key is pressed, the binding for the key used as dictionary-value is invoked instead. -This is useful for global remappings of keys, for example to map Ctrl-[ to Escape. +This is useful for global remappings of keys, for example to map <Ctrl-[> to <Escape>. +NOTE: This should only be used if two keys should always be equivalent, i.e. for things like <Enter> (keypad) and <Return> (non-keypad). For normal command bindings, qutebrowser works differently to vim: You always bind keys to commands, usually via `:bind` or `config.bind()`. Instead of using this setting, consider finding the command a key is bound to (e.g. via `:bind gg`) and then binding the same command to the desired key. Note that when a key is bound (via `bindings.default` or `bindings.commands`), the mapping is ignored. Type: <<types,Dict>> diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml index 22a4b2151..2e0f409ee 100644 --- a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml +++ b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml @@ -3232,13 +3232,20 @@ bindings.key_mappings: keytype: Key valtype: Key desc: >- - This setting can be used to map keys to other keys. + Map keys to other keys, so that they are equivalent in all modes. When the key used as dictionary-key is pressed, the binding for the key used as dictionary-value is invoked instead. - This is useful for global remappings of keys, for example to map Ctrl-[ to - Escape. + This is useful for global remappings of keys, for example to map <Ctrl-[> to + <Escape>. + + NOTE: This should only be used if two keys should always be equivalent, i.e. for + things like <Enter> (keypad) and <Return> (non-keypad). For normal command bindings, + qutebrowser works differently to vim: You always bind keys to commands, usually via + `:bind` or `config.bind()`. Instead of using this setting, consider finding the + command a key is bound to (e.g. via `:bind gg`) and then binding the same command to + the desired key. Note that when a key is bound (via `bindings.default` or `bindings.commands`), the mapping is ignored. |