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[ SPACE - doesn't insert a space

Open davidpiano opened this issue 5 years ago • 2 comments
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The commands [ SPACE and ] SPACE should probably be explained differently. They don't insert a space character - they insert a new line. How you might want to say that is a good question, but on a cheat sheet it's confusing to call something by the name of a different thing.

(The existing explanation is probably a good trick for remembering what the command does, but it's misleading as an explanation.)

davidpiano avatar Apr 25 '20 16:04 davidpiano

Thanks.

What do you think about having a table for [ more spcefically. I'm hesitant to do that for the most part, but there are a lot of comands with [ as a leader that describe "before/after". paste, paran, buffer, etc.

Running with this: There are a small number of keys that act as spacemacs-specific leader keys in their own right. [ could be one.

How do you feel about putting up a PR? I find that issue raisers often close an issue better than I would have thought to do.

Ben-PH avatar Apr 25 '20 16:04 Ben-PH

I'm agnostic on the bigger issues you raised - I think as long as people are finding what they look for easily enough, those parts are up to you.

I noticed that the words I found misleading are exactly the words in some documentation somewhere - a bit frustrating, not your fault.

I think I'd describe these as "Add a blank line above, but don't move point" and "Add a blank line below, but don't move point". Cumbersome words, but I hope they're accurate. Maybe my descriptions are too long for a cheat sheet.

davidpiano avatar Apr 30 '20 19:04 davidpiano