priority of mappings

[pogyomo]

Currently there exists six type of mappings

• native mode
  • default mappings
  • global mappings
  • buffer local mappings
• submode
  • default mappings
  • global mappings
  • buffer local mappings

For each mode, the priority of mapping is as follow:

• default mappings < global mappings < buffer local mappings

So, what it will be the priority between mappings of native mode and of submode?

[pogyomo]

I think at least submode's one must have high priority compare to native mode's one for each type of mapping.

[pogyomo]

Close. Maybe reopen in future.

[drowning-cat]

I believe submode.nvim should override all "native mode" keymaps. Currently, I have an issue with neo-tree because its buffer keymap takes precedence over submode's keymaps. I can't even perform an action—in my case, resizing—while focused on a window with the neo-tree buffer. This means I would have to assign keymaps for all buffers (as submode may not be activated within neo-tree buffer) and manually remove them when leaving.

In the future, someone might suggest a use case for calling buffer-specific keymaps without leaving submode, but I don't have one.

[!NOTE] If submode is active when a new buffer is added, you would also need to attach these keymaps to the buffer.

Some ideas:

• An option like precedence_over='global'|'default'|'buffer' for a submode.
• An option like scope='global'|'default'|'buffer' for a specific keymap.
• Defining filetypes that will use buffer-scoped keymaps (e.g., ft=neo-tree).
• Overriding only if keymaps are explicitly defined over default ones.
• mini.clue style: a fuction that enables triggers for a specific buffer.