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…a real Shift+Tab Three things a Mac hand hits in its first minute, all measured on a real pty: * Every editor chord is now bound on Cmd too -- <D-c/x/v/a/s/f/z>, Cmd+Shift+Z for redo, Cmd+/ in all its spellings, Cmd+Q for the quit prompt, Cmd+arrows and Cmd+Backspace on the built-ins keymodel already governs, and Cmd+V into the REPL. A terminal program never sees Cmd by default -- the terminal owns it -- but nvim decodes CSI-u super chords with no negotiation at all, so the moment a terminal forwards them (iTerm2 3.5+ is one setting, scoped to the kitty protocol so the shell keeps its Cmd) the whole set is live. Every OTHER printable Cmd chord is floored to <Nop>: unmapped, a forwarded Cmd+W typed the literal text "<D-w>" into the buffer, replaced a selection with it, and ate a character in normal mode. docs/macos-cmd.md has the per- terminal recipes; tests/keycheck.sh prints what a terminal actually sends. * Backspace out of the click-anywhere ghost space used to inch back one invisible column per press with the text untouched -- measured, virtcol 40, 39, 38 with the line identical -- which read as "backspace does not move the cursor back". One press now snaps the caret to the end of the real text, the next deletes for real. Ordinary backspace is untouched. * Shift+Tab in insert dedents the current line. Unmapped it fell back to plain Tab and INDENTED. i_CTRL-D rather than the selection engine, so it also takes one level off the whitespace-only line the autoindent just gave you. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThis change adds insert-mode dedent and virtual-space Backspace handling, maps forwarded macOS Cmd shortcuts across editor modes, documents terminal setup, adds a keyboard diagnostic script, and expands regression coverage. ChangesKeyboard input and macOS Cmd support
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR adds macOS Command-key handling and terminal setup guidance, but the current documentation would prevent undo/redo from reaching the editor in Ghostty and documents an incorrect manual sequence for Cmd+Shift+Z; Command-line mode also leaves some forwarded printable Cmd chords unhandled. These concrete issues should be corrected before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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Terminal->>drill: Forward Cmd CSI-u sequence
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148-154: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winCover the complete generated Cmd floor.
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<D-w>. The implementation generates floors for every printable code point from 32 through 126, including special spellings for space,<, and|. A regression in punctuation, shifted letters, or another special spelling can pass this test. Enumerate the generated left-hand sides and assert<Nop>in every mode, with an allowlist for supported mappings that intentionally overwrite a floor.Suggested test shape
for _, m in ipairs({"n", "i", "x", "s", "t"}) do - ok("cmdfloor_" .. m, vim.fn.maparg("<D-w>", m):lower() == "<nop>", - vim.fn.maparg("<D-w>", m)) + for _, k in ipairs(all_printable_cmd_keys) do + if not supported_cmd_keys[k] then + ok("cmdfloor_" .. k .. "_" .. m, + vim.fn.maparg(k, m):lower() == "<nop>", + vim.fn.maparg(k, m)) + end + end end🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@docs/macos-cmd.md`:
- Around line 133-145: Update the Ghostty configuration examples in the
documentation to use unbind for Cmd+Z and Cmd+Shift+Z instead of ignore, so both
chords reach Neovim and trigger undo/redo. Preserve the surrounding macOS
menu-shortcut guidance and keycheck.sh reference.
- Around line 95-107: Update the Cmd+Shift+Z entry in the macOS shortcut table
to use the CSI-u sequence [122;10u, preserving the existing formatting and
leaving other shortcut mappings unchanged.
In `@KEYS.md`:
- Around line 195-198: Update the terminal-mode documentation in KEYS.md to
state that only the listed Ctrl/Cmd keys perform actions, while other forwarded
Cmd chords are explicitly bound to <Nop> and do not reach Python. Preserve the
existing behavior and key list.
In `@nvimrc.lua`:
- Around line 1471-1478: Add "c" to both mode lists used by the map calls for
the general Command chords and the special "<D-CR>/<D-BS>" chords, while
preserving the existing ordering so the later "<D-v>" mapping continues to
override the no-op.
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In `@tests/suite_options.sh`:
- Around line 148-154: Expand the Cmd-floor test around the existing cmdfloor
loop to enumerate every generated printable-code-point mapping from 32 through
126, including the special spellings for space, “<”, and “|”, and assert each
maps to <Nop> in every mode. Add an explicit allowlist for supported mappings
that intentionally overwrite a floor, while preserving the existing mode
coverage.
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The floor covered n/i/x/s/t but not c, so a forwarded Cmd chord at the ':' or '/' prompt fell through as a stray character -- measured on a pty, ESC[119;9u (Cmd+W) left a literal "w" in getcmdline(). Drill opens that prompt itself: Cmd+F is a bare '/'. The <D-v> cmdline paste is bound after the floor, so it still overwrites its slot; the widened spot-check covers the three spellings the generator has to name by hand, which are the ones that would regress quietly. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Four places answered the same question -- what actually reaches nvim -- and got it wrong. Ghostty's `ignore` consumes a key and forwards nothing; `unbind` is the one that drops Ghostty's claim and lets the chord through. As written the recipe threw Cmd+Z away instead of undoing. The iTerm2 table spelled Cmd+Shift+Z `[90;9u`. That happens to work, because nvim folds <D-S-z> and <D-Z> into one key, but it is not what the protocol says and it contradicted this file's own next paragraph: mod 10 is Cmd+Shift, and the key code stays unshifted at 122. The README promised "every drill shortcut" on Cmd. Ctrl+E and Ctrl+R are deliberately not, and the floor makes them <Nop>, so a mac hand pressing Cmd+E got silence. KEYS.md said nothing but Ctrl+E and Ctrl+Shift+Q is bound in terminal mode, which now invites the reader to expect an unbound Cmd chord to reach python. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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CodeScene's delta gate caught main() growing 178 -> 204 lines with the new backspace cases. The ghost space is one feature -- clicking into it, typing there, backspacing out -- so it moves out whole, not just the new half: main() is 171 lines now, under where it started. The block is unchanged apart from its indentation, and all ten cases still pass on a real pty. keycheck.sh gets its signal keys back. 'raw' clears isig, so a Ctrl+C from someone giving up on the wait was read as a byte and reported as "something arrived". isig alone would have been worse than the bug: it also hands back QUIT, and an untrapped Ctrl+\ would have exited past the EXIT trap, leaving the caller in raw mode with the keyboard protocol still pushed. So the trap widens in the same breath. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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"trap cleanup INT" was half a fix: bash runs the handler and then RESUMES the script, so Ctrl+C restored the terminal and then fell straight through to "RESULT: nothing arrived" -- reporting a deliberate abort as a terminal that failed to forward the chord. cleanup rides EXIT alone now and each signal exits (128+signo) to reach it, so it still runs exactly once. Measured on a pty, Ctrl+C during the wait: before this branch it was read as a byte and printed "something arrived. Raw bytes: ^C" with status 0; now the script stops at once with status 130 and prints no result at all. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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<D-c/x/v/a/s/f/z>, Cmd+Shift+Z redo, Cmd+/, Cmd+Q, Cmd+arrows, Cmd+Backspace, Cmd+V into the REPL). Terminals don't forward Cmd by default; once one does (iTerm2 3.5+ is a single setting, scoped to the kitty protocol), the whole set is live. Every other printable Cmd chord is floored to<Nop>so a forwarded Cmd+W can't type literal<D-w>into the buffer.i_CTRL-D), instead of falling through to a plain Tab that indented.Docs & tests
docs/macos-cmd.md: per-terminal setup recipes;tests/keycheck.shprints what a terminal actually sends.tests/mouse_drive.py,tests/suite_config.sh).🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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Adds mac-style Cmd chords, fixes Backspace in virtual space, and makes insert-mode Shift+Tab dedent. Previously Cmd chords were ignored or leaked "<D-…>" text, Backspace stepped through invisible columns, and Shift+Tab indented; now forwarded Cmd chords mirror editor shortcuts, Backspace snaps home then deletes, and Shift+Tab dedents the current line. All other forwarded Cmd chords are floored to no-ops across normal, insert, visual, select, terminal, and command-line modes to prevent stray characters; insert-mode Cmd+C copies the line; Cmd+V also pastes in the REPL; Cmd+Q opens the quit prompt.
[122;10u]. Forwarding is scoped to the kitty protocol so the shell keeps normal Cmd.unbind, notignore. Some mac menu shortcuts may intercept; verify withtests/keycheck.sh(now negotiates the protocol and exits cleanly on signals).Ctrl+EandCtrl+Rremain Ctrl-only by design.Written for commit 1fc7d8b. Summary will update on new commits.
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This PR adds forwarded macOS Cmd shortcuts and improves insert-mode Backspace and Shift+Tab behavior.
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%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%% flowchart LR U[macOS keyboard input] --> T[Terminal emulator] T -->|Forwarded CSI-u Super chord| N[Neovim key decoder] N --> M[Cmd mappings in nvimrc.lua] M --> E[Editing and navigation actions] M --> R[REPL paste or quit flow] B[Backspace in virtual space] --> S[Snap to end of real text] ST[Shift+Tab in Insert mode] --> D[Dedent current line]Reviews (3): Last reviewed commit: "Make the signal keys actually leave keyc..." | Re-trigger Greptile
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