Roaming cursor for selecting inside blocks - #75
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backnotprop merged 6 commits intoSep 20, 2026
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A list was one block, so j/k stepped over a whole findings list and c commented on all of it. Items open a block each; nested content stays with its item.
Block mode had no row movement, so a keyboard selection always anchored at the block's first row. o enters roaming: the visual motions move the cursor with nothing selected, v anchors there, Esc or a block key returns. Motions are shared with visual mode.
Roaming reaches any line of a list, so splitting it into item blocks bought little and changed rendering (a block gap between bullets) and the block model for everyone. Decision 15 records why.
The first version used three one-line items, so j moving a row and j moving a block were indistinguishable.
Closer to vim: i steps into the block the way insert mode steps into a line, and o carries unrelated meanings (open a line, swap visual ends).
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Nice I just create an issue for this 😄 #76 |
h, l and the arrow keys moved the cursor in block mode with nothing drawn, so v anchored at a column the user never saw. They now enter roaming first, which draws the cursor, then move. refs plannotator#76
This was referenced Sep 21, 2026
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Merged and released in v0.9.0. Thanks for this; the decision note was exactly the kind of write-up we like. I added one commit on top so block-mode h/l and the arrows enter roaming too, which closed #76 alongside it. |
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Huge QoL fix thanks! |
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Love the project, thanks for working on it, been massively improvement in my loop using this with the herdr plugin.
PR addresses one nit where I want to comment on a single line from a block.
This PR adds that with:
ostarts movable cursor, c to start copy, v to stop then c to commentCleanShot.2026-09-18.at.13.16.16.mp4