pepper

Experimental code editor

development thread

This is the main mode from where you can interact with the editor, buffers and so on.

keys	action
`h`, `j`, `k`, `l`	move cursors
`w`, `b`	move cursors by word
`n`, `p`	move main cursor to next/previous search match
`N`, `P`	add cursor to the next/previous search match if inside a search range or make a new one
`<c-n>`, `<c-p>`	go to next/previous cursor positions in history
`gg`	go to line
`gh`, `gl`, `gi`	move cursors to first, last and first non-blank columns
`gj`, `gk`	move cursors to first/last line
`gm`	move cursors to matching bracket
`gb`	fuzzy pick from all opened buffers
`f<char>`, `F<char>`	move cursors to next/previous `<char>` (inclusive)
`t<char>`, `T<char>`	move cursors to next/previous `<char>` (exclusive)
`;`, `,`	repeat last find char in forward/backward mode
`<c-d>`, `<c-u>`	move cursors half page down/up
`/`	enter search mode

keys	action
`aw`, `aW`	select word object
`a(`, `a)`, `a[`, `a]`, `a{`, `a}`, `a<`, `a>`, `a	`,` a"`,` a'`
`Aw`, `AW`	select word object including surrounding whitespace
`A(`, `A)`, `A[`, `A]`, `A{`, `A}`, `A<`, `A>`, `A	`,` A"`,` A'`
`v`	toggle selection mode
`V`	expand selections to either start or end of lines depending on their orientation
`zz`, `zj`, `zk`	scroll to center main cursor or frame the main cursor on the bottom/top of screen

keys	action
`xx`	add a new cursor to each selected line
`xc`	reduce all cursors to only the main cursor
`xv`	exit selection mode
`xo`	swap the anchor and position of all cursors
`xn`, `xp`	set next/previous cursor as main cursor
`x/`	reduce selections to their insersection with search ranges

keys	action
`d`	delete selected text
`i`	delete selected text and enter insert mode
`<`, `>`	indent/dedent selected lines
`y`	copy selected text to clipboard
`Y`	delete selected text and paste from clipboard
`u`, `U`	undo/redo

keys	action
`:`	enter script mode

Insert new text to the current buffer.

keys	action
`<esc>`	enter normal mode
`<left>`, `<down>`, `<up>`, `<right>`	move cursors
`<char>`	insert char
`<backspace>`, `<delete>`	delete char backward/forward
`<c-w>`	delete word backward
`<c-n>`, `<c-p>`	apply next/previous completion

Perform actions not directly related to editing such as: open/save/close buffer, change settings, execute external programs, etc.