Unbind built-in keybinds

[ok-nick]

I find some of the built-in keybinds counterintuitive, like <C-w>, for example. I expect it to delete the previous word, but by default it closes panels and the program. There are a few other default keybinds that I don't like and there should probably be an option to disable them.

[ghost]

Agreed. I'm quite surprised that there seems to be no way to do this. Since you can define your own key bindings, it seems fairly natural that you might want to unbind the defaults. In my case, I wanted to unbind input_go_left/right so I can disambiguate the arrow keys, after mapping those to ctrl-b/-f. As for syntax, perhaps a field in a verbs list entry like force_unique_key or unbind_others? That way there wouldn't be any weirdness about resolution order. Perhaps additionally, maybe one could have a :unbound or :noop internal for true unbinding.

[Canop]

I forgot this issue, which is why it didn't progress.

I'll do something, probably a kind of no-op verb as you suggest.

The cleanest design would probably be to separate bindings from verb definition but this implies a lot of breaking changes.

[ghost]

No worries! Yeah, the current design of mixing keybindings and verb definitions is a little weird and might get a little weirder if unbinding is added as-is, though on the other hand it wasn't that confusing either, just by reading the docs (while learning broot a few days ago) I kind of groked how to do it without too much difficulty. Either way, it's your call, I'm not going to die if I have to wait a few months for unbinding. I'll be happy about it whenever it arrives.

Cheers, and thanks for your efforts!

[Canop]

@SamuelSwartzberg I did it. The code and logic is ugly, but it makes it possible to unbind a key.

#883

[ghost]

Thanks a bunch!