spacemacs/layers/+misc/multiple-cursors/README.org

#+TITLE: multiple-cursors layer

* Table of Contents                     :TOC_4_gh:noexport:
- [[#description][Description]]
  - [[#features][Features:]]
- [[#install][Install]]
- [[#configuration][Configuration]]
- [[#key-bindings][Key bindings]]
  - [[#evil-mc][=evil-mc=]]

* Description
** Features:
- support for multiple cursors.

* Install
To use this configuration layer, add it to your =~/.spacemacs=. You will need to
add =multiple-cursors= to the existing =dotspacemacs-configuration-layers= list in this
file.

* Configuration
Currently the only supported backend is =evil-mc=, but more backends will be
availabe in the future.

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
  (setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '(
    (multiple-cursors :variables multiple-cursors-backend 'evil-mc))
#+END_SRC

* Key bindings
** =evil-mc=
The =evil-mc= package provides the following key bindings:

| Key Binding | Description                        |
|-------------+------------------------------------|
| ~g r f~     | evil-mc-make-and-goto-first-cursor |
| ~g r h~     | evil-mc-make-cursor-here           |
| ~g r j~     | evil-mc-make-cursor-move-next-line |
| ~g r k~     | evil-mc-make-cursor-move-prev-line |
| ~g r l~     | evil-mc-make-and-goto-last-cursor  |
| ~g r m~     | evil-mc-make-all-cursors           |
| ~g r n~     | evil-mc-skip-and-goto-next-match   |
| ~g r N~     | evil-mc-skip-and-goto-next-cursor  |
| ~g r p~     | evil-mc-skip-and-goto-prev-match   |
| ~g r P~     | evil-mc-skip-and-goto-prev-cursor  |
| ~g r r~     | evil-mc-resume-cursors             |
| ~g r s~     | evil-mc-pause-cursors              |
| ~g r u~     | evil-mc-undo-all-cursors           |

For easy navigation you also have the following:

| Key Binding | Description                        |
|-------------+------------------------------------|
| ~M-n~       | evil-mc-make-and-goto-next-cursor  |
| ~M-p~       | evil-mc-make-and-goto-prev-cursor  |
| ~C-n~       | evil-mc-make-and-goto-next-match   |
| ~C-p~       | evil-mc-make-and-goto-prev-match   |
| ~C-t~       | evil-mc-skip-and-goto-next-match   |
| ~C-M-j~     | evil-mc-make-cursor-move-next-line |
| ~C-M-k~     | evil-mc-make-cursor-move-prev-line |