Term::...::Emacs(3pm)

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💖 Term::...::Emacs(3pm) — a readline emacs mode 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the Term::...::Emacs(3pm) page and it's giving "tiny module, big emacs energy". it lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation corner of the manual and it's adorable. let's go 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

Term::ReadLine::Zoid::Emacs — a readline emacs mode 🎀

literally what it says on the tin. it's a mode. it's emacs-flavoured. she's iconic.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

okay so here's the whole vibe: this class doesn't get used on her own, she's a mode under Term::ReadLine::Zoid. so if you're looking for how to actually use her, go read that page, bestie — the usage deets live over there, not here. 💅

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

so what does this mode actually do? she provides some emacs key-bindings, and she took bash(1) as her reference implementation. like, bash is the blueprint, and she said "noted, slay, copying that homework but making it my own." 😌

also, this module provides a 'emac_multiline' key map. (yes that's spelled exactly like that, don't come for me, I'm just the messenger 💀)

👑 KEY MAPPING 👑

heads up: these bindings are additional to the ones already in Term::ReadLine::Zoid, which — plot twist — already contains some emacs key bindings. so this is a little bonus stack on top. extra. as she should. ✨

  • escape, ^[ — (prefix_meta)
  • meta-f — (forward_word)
  • meta-b — (backward_word)
  • ^X^V — (switch_mode_command) — enter (vi) command mode. taken from zsh(1). so you can dip into vi mode for a sec, no big deal, we contain multitudes 💜
  • ^V, ^Q — (quoted_insert) — insert the next key literally, ignoring any key-bindings. raw. unfiltered. she said "I don't care what you bound that to, I'm typing it anyway."
⚠️ WARNING: control or escape chars in the editline can cause unexpected results. so like… be careful, bestie. this is the "we're so back / it's over" pipeline and the editline does not care about your feelings 😭

🧚 TODO 🧚

the to-do list, aka the "we'll get to it, manifesting" section:

  • get count args right (see bash reference)
  • a lot more bindings
  • a emacs multiline mode

three whole items. she's honest about it. we respect the transparency fr fr 🙈

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Jaap Karssenberg (Pardus) <pardus@cpan.org> 💌

Copyright (c) 2004 Jaap G Karssenberg. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

(so yes, same terms as Perl itself — go wild, but respectfully 🌈)

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

  • Term::ReadLine::Zoid — the parent, the blueprint, the main character this little mode answers to 👑

and that's the whole page, no crumbs left, we kept every single detail 💖 this was Term::...::Emacs(3pm) from perl v5.34.0, dated 2022-06-17 — periodt. byeee, go bind some keys 🎀✨

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