rkevin-arch / vscode-nano-keybindings

Nano keybindings for VSCode

nano-keybindings

This is a VS Code extension that lets you use keybindings from GNU nano.

Note that this is a personal project used by me. This extension may be buggy. In case it destroys your project or clipboard contents accidentally, please do submit a bug report, but I'm not liable for any of the damage caused. Use at your own risk.

Features

This extension gives you nano-style cutting and pasting:

• ctrl+k cuts.
  • If you have text selected, this will act as your traditional cutting (ctrl+x in most editorss).
  • Otherwise, if you have "cut to end" enabled, this will cut everything from your current cursor to the end of the line, excluding the newline.
  • If you have "cut to end" disabled, this will cut the entire line your cursor is on. If you use ctrl+k multiple times, it will append each line into your clipboard.
• ctrl+u pastes.
• alt+u toggles "cut to end" mode (default: disabled)

It also adds the following keybindings for default actions:

• ctrl+w for searching
• ctrl+\ for replace
• alt+w for next match
• alt+q for previous match
• ctrl+shift+_ for going to a line
• ctrl+x for closing a file

To-do

The feature I needed the most was cut and paste, so I haven't implemented any of the other features yet. If you would like to see a feature added, please let me know! (or better yet, make a PR).

Release Notes

0.1.1

Bugfix: typos in README, ctrl+x closes entire editor instead of file, and removed debug output from extension.

0.1.0

Initial release, with cut and paste.