Taking inspiration from regular prefix commands and prefix arguments, this library implements a similar abstraction; a new kind of prefix command that is associated with a specific set of infix arguments and suffix commands.
Invoking such a prefix command displays a popup buffer which lists the associated infix arguments and suffix commands. In that buffer each argument is prefixed with the key sequence that can be used to toggle it or change its value. Likewise each suffix command is prefixed with the key used to invoke it. Such a popup buffer might look like this:
,----------------------------------------- |Switches | -l Show graph (--graph) | -d Show refnames (--decorate) | |Options | =m Search messages (--grep="popup") | =p Search patches (-G) | |Action | l Show log for current branch | o Show log for another branch '-----------------------------------------
The user could then for example type -l to toggle the --graph switch
(when it is on then it is shown in green, otherwise in gray), or =m to
change the value of the option --grep.
Once all arguments are as desired one invokes a suffix command, which
causes the popup buffer to disappear. The suffix command should then
retrieve the infix arguments in its interactive form like this is done
for prefix arguments.
While such "prefix-infix-suffix" combos were inspired by regular prefix commands and prefix arguments, they are also quite different. This should illustrate the most basic differences:
/- command1
prefix --- command2
\- command3
/- command1
C-u ... --- command2
\- well any command
/- argument1 -\ /- suffix1
prefix----- argument2 --+-- suffix2
^ \- argument3 -/
| |
'--------'
(refresh buffer)
This package has been superseded by Transient ((transient)Top). No new features will be added but bugs will be fixes.