Gobble - emacs' hungry backspace mode for ST2

[skyronic]

Hi,

I really liked how emacs handles the backspace key more efficiently and tried to replicate a small bit of functionality in Sublime Text.

The plugin can be found here:
https://github.com/skyronic/Gobble

This is a video of the plugin in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEQvi09QW1I

Need feedback and suggestions before I submit it into package control!

[iamntz]

wow, this is pretty nice!
Thanks!

I think there are some problems on haml:
http://screencast.com/t/Kd3PQkoBu
(note how indentation changes when i press backspace)

[skyronic]

wow, this is pretty nice!
Thanks!

I think there are some problems on haml:
http://screencast.com/t/Kd3PQkoBu
(note how indentation changes when i press backspace)

Hi!

Thanks for trying it out.

I can reproduce your bug. I think the reason this is happening is because I re-indent the line every time, and rely on sublime's in-built re-indenting functionality.

I'll make some more changes now to preserve the same level of indentation.

[wuub]

Looks nice. I'll give it a go once others find initial bugs

What screen capture software are you using?

[skyronic]

Looks nice. I'll give it a go once others find initial bugs

What screen capture software are you using?

Hi wuub!

Thanks ! Do let me know if you find any issues.

I'm using gtk-recordmydesktop (linux) and key-mon [ http://code.google.com/p/key-mon/ ]

[skyronic]

wow, this is pretty nice!
Thanks!

I think there are some problems on haml:
http://screencast.com/t/Kd3PQkoBu
(note how indentation changes when i press backspace)

Hey iamntz,

I have fixed the bug you encountered. The reason was that I was calling the "reindent" command after deleting a line.

Now I just copy the original whitespace string and re-prepend it after it has been deleted. It should work much better for languages which do not have a stable re-indent mechanism and even plain text!

[facelessuser]

Pretty cool. Thanks!

[phillip.koebbe]

I like what you're trying to do with Gobble, but I just encountered a point of contention regarding auto indent.

Consider creating a new function in Ruby:

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def new_function

end


I don't use a lot of snippets, so when I do this, I type 'def new_function' and then ENTER, and with auto indenting, the insertion point would be on the next line but indented one more level:

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def new_function<enter>
     |<insertion point>


My normal practice is to then press ENTER again to go to the next line, BACKSPACE to back up one indentation level and type 'end'. But with Gobble, I can't. When I press BACKSPACE, I go back to the previous line. So I either need to not use auto indent (unlikely) or SHIFT+TAB instead of BACKSPACE before typing 'end'. I'm not sure which is better. I'll have to play with it a bit and see what I think.

[Or I could just start using a snippet and save myself from typing 'end' a lot! ]

Either way, thanks for making the Sublime Community a little better!

[iamntz]

@phillip.koebbe: at least on windows, shift+backspace works pretty much as expected

Edit:

I have fixed the bug you encountered. The reason was that I was calling the "reindent" command after deleting a line.

Thanks! Works awesome!

[phillip.koebbe]

@phillip.koebbe: at least on windows, shift+backspace works pretty much as expected

Wow. Thanks for that! And on a Mac, SHIFT+BACKSPACE works pretty much as expected, too HAH HAH.

You know, in all my years of pecking on a keyboard, I can't think of a time that I've shifted a backspace. Har har.

In related news, I think I've decided to use a snippet. There's already one for ruby and I just need to change it a little to my liking.