zulip/zulip-terminal

Add web app hotkeys for message formatting during compose

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#1,525 opened on Jun 24, 2024

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area: hotkeysarea: message composefurther discussion requiredgood first issuemissing feature: user

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Description

Description of feature

This could include various hotkeys, which may or not be appropriate to the terminal environment.

These may conflict with existing keys, but we should collect them when we know them, and if not added, then at least note somewhere that they are not present (or why) - or have a different hotkey, or workaround.

Known at this time: (list likely incomplete)

  • pasting in text (see related possible bugs re eg. tab/enter?)
  • ctrl + shift + l (ctrl+L): while text selected -> wraps link syntax ready to paste text
  • cmd/ctrl + shift + c: shortcut for inserting code span (zulip/zulip#29646, zulip/zulip#30533)

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Research direction
Examine the terminal app's current hotkey handling code and determine where to add new hotkeys for message formatting (link wrap and code span). Check any existing keybinding configurations and test infrastructure.
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
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2
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1-3 hours
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70