This layer enhances the default commands of Emacs and is primarily intended to
be used with the emacs editing style as it does not change anything in the Vim
key bindings.
However the emacs editing style is not required, you can still use this layer
while you are using the vim editing style if you have some kind of mixed
style.
The commands defined in this layer are taken from various sources like Prelude.
Subsequent presses of C-a toggles between the beginning of the line and the
first non-whitespace character.
Similarly, subsequent presses of C-e will toggle between the end of the code
and the end of the comments.
A combination of kill-region and backward-kill-word, depending on whether
there is an active region. If there’s an active region kill that. If not kill
the preceding word.
Pressing M-q for the first time fills current paragraph and pressing M-q for
the second time unfills it. Note that some modes override this key binding so
it’s not available everywhere. Due to implementation details unfilling doesn’t
work when called twice via M-x.
To use this configuration layer, add it to your ~/.spacemacs. You will need to
add better-defaults to the existing dotspacemacs-configuration-layers list in
this file.
Choose if C-a first brings you to the beginning of the line or the beginning of
the code (first non-whitespace character).
(better-defaults :variables
better-defaults-move-to-beginning-of-code-first t)Choose if C-e first brings you to the end of the line or the end of the code
(before or after comments).
(better-defaults :variables
better-defaults-move-to-end-of-code-first nil)| Key Binding | Description |
|---|---|
C-a | move to beginning of line or code |
C-e | move to end of line or code |
C-w | backward kill word or region |
C-y | Automatically indenting after pasting. With prefix argument, paste text as it is |
M-q | fill or unfill current paragraph |