How do I trigger a Ryo Hydra?

[Jeet Ray]

Hello!

New to Emacs, so I apologize for what may seem like a ridiculous question; however, in a situation such as your Hydra for Git! mode... how would you exit to "insert" mode again? 😅

Thank you kindly for the help, and looking forward to using this incredible package (with Hydra 😹)!

[Jeet Ray]

Actually, if I may change the issue (should I create a new one?): I set up your example of A Hydra for Git!, for org-mode, but while I can toggle ryo on and off, the hydra doesn't seem to work. How would I go about triggering it?

This is the code:

(ryo-modal-key
    "SPC o" :hydra
    '(hydra-org ()
             "A hydra for org-mode!"
             ("o" org-babel-tangle "tangle" :color color-208)
             ("f" org-babel-tangle-file "tangle file" :color color-202)
             ("q" nil "cancel" :color red)))

And this how I installed ryo:

(use-package ryo-modal
    :straight (:host github :repo "kungsgeten/ryo-modal"
        :branch "master"))

In case it matters, I'm using chemacs2 with Doom Emacs on top of Emacs-Nox.

[Erik Sjöstrand]

Hi! I'm not 100% sure I understand the question, but regarding how to exit a Hydra, check the documentation of the hydra package. One way is to use :color blue on a command (instead of :color red above). Then you'll exit the Hydra, but ryo-modal-mode will still be active. If you want to exit the hydra and deactivate ryo-modal-mode you could simply call the ryo-modal-mode command with :color blue, like this:

(ryo-modal-key
 "SPC o" :hydra
 '(hydra-org ()
             "A hydra for org-mode!"
             ("o" org-babel-tangle "tangle")
             ("f" org-babel-tangle-file "tangle file")
             ("q" ryo-modal-mode "cancel" :color blue)))

Here's some information on colors in Hydras: https://github.com/abo-abo/hydra#color

[Jeet Ray]

Ah, got it; thanks! Unfortunately, I'm still not seeing the menu itself when pressing SPC o in ryo-modal-mode (accessed via M-x). Am I missing something in the code, or perhaps my emacs configuration?

[Jeet Ray]

Whoops; didn't mean to do that. Those two buttons really shouldn't be so close together.

[Erik Sjöstrand]

It could be that Space is already used for something else and that Emacs doesn't want to use it as a prefix key. Try binding it to something else and see if it works. It could also be that you're using an old version om ryo-modal, perhaps from MELPA Stable instead of regular MELPA?

[Jeet Ray]

Ah, yes; SPC o is already is being used. I was hoping ryo would override that in the ryo-modal-mode; is there any way to do that?

Also, I'm using the master branch of ryo, as stated here:

(use-package ryo-modal
    :straight (:host github :repo "kungsgeten/ryo-modal"
        :branch "master"))

[Jeet Ray]

Not again...

[Jeet Ray]

Also, I changed the keybinding to SPC j, as that seems to be free, but I get the message that said keybinding is undefined, both in ryo-modal-mode and not.

[Jeet Ray]

I believe I solved the original issue somehow; thanks for all the help!