Edit mode for EXWM
Similar to atomic-chrome
except this package is made to work with EXWM and it works with any editable element of any app
The idea is very simple - when you invoke the edit,
it simulates C-a + C-c (select all & copy), or simply C-c if you already have something pre-selected.
Then it opens a buffer and yanks (pastes) the content so you can edit it,
after you done - it grabs (now edited text) and pastes back to where it’s started
Now that opens interesting possibilities, for example:
- when typing in ChromeDevTools console, you can initiate exwm-edit, then change major mode to whatever your favorite javascript mode is, have all the JS syntax highlighting, flycheck, etc;
- you can edit GitHub issues and wiki pages using markdown-mode and use your syntax checker and thesaurus;
- quickly modify url in browser address bar using multiple-cursors and regexp-replace things;
- edit and modify code snippets with ease in Slack;
- etc. and etc.
Default keybindings are just like in Org-mode (for editing source blocks):
C-c ' or C-c C-' - edit
C-c ' or C-c C-c - finish editing
C-c C-k - cancel editing
You can use hooks to set desired mode, etc, e.g.:
(use-package exwm-edit
:config
(defun ag-exwm/on-exwm-edit-compose ()
(spacemacs/toggle-visual-line-navigation-on)
(funcall 'markdown-mode))
(add-hook 'exwm-edit-compose-hook 'ag-exwm/on-exwm-edit-compose))