Is vi keyscheme really set?

Nyxt Configuration Questions
1

I would like to set the vi keyscheme. I did:

  • Ctrl-space: common-settings
  • Select Keyscheme: vi
  • Restart Nyxt (because I never know when it’s necessary)

Now, I can open the Bindings page with ?. But I see mostly CUA bindings:

Title Keywords
* Bindings
*** override-map command
*** help-mode-default-map current heading buffer list key
*** bookmarks-mode-cua-map url current bookmarks g element
*** history-mode-default-map url parent forward buffer navigate
*** hint-mode-cua-map hints open selected element buffers
*** document-mode-cua-map current page text selected heading
*** search-buffer-mode-cua-map

Only help-mode-default-map looks vi like.

When I check common-settings, keyscheme Cua is selected again.

  1. Are there really only vi key bindings for help-mode?
  2. How do I know if the vi keyscheme is really selected?
  3. Does the keyscheme selection in common-settings have any meaning or is always the first entry selected (which would be confusing)? I noticed already for slot values that only the default value is shown, never the actual value.
2

Answer to the first question: There are more vi key bindings.

I have found the relevant section in the manual: https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/documentation#keybinding-configuration.

After adding this to my config.lisp

(define-configuration buffer
  ((default-modes
    (pushnew 'nyxt/mode/vi:vi-normal-mode %slot-value%))))

I see many more vi sections on the Bindings page:

Title Keywords
* Bindings
*** override-map command
*** bookmarks-mode-vi-normal-map m url l bookmarks current
*** history-mode-vi-normal-map url parent forward h buffer
*** hint-mode-vi-normal-map f hints open selected g
*** document-mode-vi-normal-map current page heading g buffer
*** search-buffer-mode-vi-normal-map incrementally current unbound search
*** autofill-mode-default-map field saved
3

@MaxGyver83 which version are you running?

When you use common-settings, the configuration is saved at auto-config.lisp. If you’re writing your own config file, config.lisp, then perhaps it makes no sense for you to use the auto configuration facilities.

4

Adding this setting to config.lisp was only my second try. When I use common-settings, this code is added to my auto-config.3.lisp:

(define-configuration (web-buffer prompt-buffer panel-buffer
                       nyxt/mode/editor:editor-buffer)
  ((default-modes (pushnew 'nyxt/mode/vi:vi-normal-mode %slot-value%))))

What’s the difference? Only that the input-buffer is omitted when I use common-settings?

5

The difference is the scope. I’d suggest that you add the keyscheme to input-buffer, since not all buffers are input buffers.