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Re: [PING][PATCH] Add shortcuts for "nexti" and "stepi" commands in Single-Key mode


On 2017-08-04 07:48, Ruslan Kabatsayev wrote:
Hello,

After using these shortcuts for some time I found that they are still
not best: one has to hold Shift in order to continuously step in
instruction mode. Would it be better to e.g. replace N->m, S->z? I
think we can basically use any non-occupied shortcuts here, they just
should be convenient, not necessarily be associated with "long"
version of the commands.

Regards,
Ruslan

Ok, I understand how having to hold shift may not be so practical.

It would be nice if there was a pattern that made it easy to remember/deduce the keys for stepi/nexti from the keys for step/next, which are more obvious. For example, if we used 'a' for stepi and 'b' for nexti, the "instruction" versions of the keys would both be at the left of their "non-instruction" counterpart. That's with a QWERTY-centric view though, maybe it doesn't make sense with other layouts.

Simon


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