Binding to toggle between 'to-char' and 'up-to-char' behavior

[glucas]

It would be convenient to have a binding from the zop-to-char input loop to toggle between zapping the target character and only zapping up to the target character. This would allow for both zop-to-char and zop-up-to-char behavior with a single global binding.

For example, bind C-SPC to a new zop-toggle-include-target-char command. Then I could always start with M-z <char> and hit C-SPC if I decide to keep the target char as is.

[mrkkrp]

I'm not sure it would be convenient. People usually use only zap-to-char or zap-up-to-char and it becomes part of their mental model what this "zap" command does. The thing you propose would require more mental energy to operate it with little benefit. IMHO.

[glucas]

I could be an edge case, then. Personally I often find myself wanting both variants. I think the interactive-with-feedback approach of zop would make it more intuitive than having two separate bindings (e.g. having to remember which variant I bound with a 'z' vs. 'Z', or whatever).

[snowman]

@glucas have you implement it yourself? I don't know-how could do that, if so, please share, or else until someday I implement it would post that code here.

[thierryvolpiatto]

snowman [email protected] writes:

@glucas have you implement it yourself? I don't know-how could do that, if so, please share, or else until someday I implement it would pose the code here.

1. Create a var with a key as value
2. When user hit this key (compare input with var value) do (setq zop-to-char--delete-up-to-char (not zop-to-char--delete-up-to-char))

-- Thierry