Navigating tasks with vim keys

[IgnacioJPickering]

I would like to navigate the TUI using vim-style keybindings (hjkl, triggered by the "escape" key). Is this a possibility?

[WhyNotHugo]

It might be simpler to configure ctrl+j, ctrl-k, etc (kinda like what fzf does). Modal editing might require more complicated changes (but should still be doable).

[balejk]

I have not spent any time trying to find out who is "guilty" for this (my terminal emulator/todoman/framework that todoman uses for interactive mode if any), but I accidentally discovered that Ctrl+o opens the currently focused field in external editor (vim in my case). I'm pretty sure that it is not a feature of my terminal emulator, which means it could work for you too. It will not help you with switching fields but it should if you are looking for a way to edit the individual fields in vim-like way.

Regarding switching fields: Ctrl+j/k would indeed be one natural possibility, another one would be (Shift+)Tab since Tab does not seem to currently insert an actual tab or do anything else. khal implements the latter.

Edit: it seems that the field jumping using tab is already being discussed in #204. Also my guess is that urwid is the one responsible for the open-in-editor feature.

[WhyNotHugo]

The Ctrl+o thing is a todoman feature:

todoman/todoman/widgets.py

Lines 63 to 65 in 27c45f0

	elif key == "ctrl o":
	# Allow editing in $EDITOR
	self._editor()

[WhyNotHugo]

ctrl+k is mapped to "delete till end of line". I'm not sure why this is. Maybe readline compat?

[balejk]

The Ctrl+o thing is a todoman feature:

Ah, I see, very cool!

<kbd>ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>k</kbd> is mapped to "delete till end of line". I'm not sure why this is. Maybe readline compat?

I presume (based on the other issue) that moving between fields is handled by urwid?

[WhyNotHugo]

The function that I linked above delegates any "unknown" key mappings to urwid. Arrow keys must be implemented by them.