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Bepo layer

• Description
• Mapping
• Supported modes/packages/layer
• Install
• Key bindings
  • company
  • evil
  • evil-escape
  • evil-surround
  • evil-window
  • helm
  • magit
  • neotree
  • org
  • ranger
  • spacemacs-specific
• Contributors
• Sources

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Description

This layer changes the key bindings in spacemacs to be compatible with the bepo keyboard layout. bepo is a keyboard layout optimized for the French language. This package first switch traditional hjkl movement keys with ctsr, and then try to correct the bugs introduced by these changes in other modes/packages.

Mapping

The mapping correction is the one proposed for vim on the bepo's official wiki. This layer tries to do the following changes when the following letters are used for doing a movement:

• Map the movements keys under the right hand's fingers:

  • c → h
  • t → j
  • s → k
  • r → l

• Map lost functionalities back to some keys:

  • h → r
  • j → t
  • k → s
  • l → c

The equivalent remapping is also valid for uppercase letters when they are used te represent a movement, or to keep the mnemonic between the lower/upper-case consistent.

Some bepo keys are not used in traditional mapping, mainly because they are not present on the en-us keyboard layout. They can be used as an alias for other shortcuts:

• Map unused é key as an alias of w, more useful in vim mode:

  • é → w
  • É → W

• Map indentation on direct-access keys:

  • » → >
  • « → <

Some default configurations are also not optimal for vim, so the following defaults are changed:

• Change evil-escape escape combination to something faster to type, while being nearly nonexistant in french or english words:

  • fd → gq

• In avy, the key used to select words/lines are remapped to the 8 characters under the fingers:

  • a u i e t s r n
• Add « and » as operators for evil-surround, surrounding text with the specified symbols.

In some cases the key remapping will not follow these conventions, mainly because there are better alternatives, or because some moves don't make sense.

Example: In magit status, the c is used for commit by default, but if we want to follow the conventions, it should be remapped to "move left". As it is not useful to move left on magit, because operations are done on lines, the c is not remapped.

Note: One difference exists with the wiki version: the w is not remapped to C-w to avoid having to change its meaning in other modes. Spacemacs provides already a SPC w key binding for working with windows.

Supported modes/packages/layer

• avy
• company
• evil
• evil-escape
• evil-surround
• evil-window
• helm
• magit
• neotree
• org
• ranger
• spacemacs

Install

To use this contribution add it to your ~/.spacemacs

  (setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '(bepo))

Key bindings

Thanks to `which-keys`, you shouldn't probably have to go through this list, the keys being shown after a small delay following a keypress.

company

Key Binding	Description	Replace/equivalent
C-t	Company next line	C-j
C-s	Company previous line	C-k
C-r	Company complete selection	C-l

evil

Key Binding	Description	Replace/equivalent
c	Move the cursor left	h
t	Move the cursor down	j
s	Move the cursor up	k
r	Move the cursor right	l
C	Top of the window	L
T	Join lines	J
S	Smart doc lookup	K
R	Bottom of the window	H
h	Replace	r
j	Until	t
k	Substitute	s
l	Change	c
H	Replace mode	R
J	Backward Until	T
K	Substitute line	S
L	Change line	C
é	Word (without punctuation)	w
É	WORD (with punctuation)	W
»	Indent	>
«	Unindent	<

evil-escape

Key Binding	Description	Replace/equivalent
gq	Escape	fd

evil-surround

Key Binding	Description	Replace/equivalent
k	Evil-surround functionalities	s

evil-window

Key Binding	Description	Replace/equivalent
SPC w c	Window left	SPC w h
SPC w t	Window down	SPC w j
SPC w s	Window up	SPC w k
SPC w r	Window right	SPC w l
SPC w C	Window move far left	SPC w H
SPC w T	Window move very bottom	SPC w J
SPC w S	Window move very top	SPC w K
SPC w R	Window move far right	SPC w L
SPC w k	Split window below	SPC w s
SPC w l	Delete window	SPC w c
SPC w H	Rotate windows	SPC w R
SPC w K	Split window below and focus	SPC w S
SPC w L	Ace delete window	SPC w C
SPC w é	Other window	SPC w w
SPC w q	Delete window	SPC w c
SPC é	Alias for SPC w	SPC w

helm

Key Binding	Description	Replace/equivalent
C-t	Helm next line	C-j
C-s	Helm previous line	C-k
C-j	Helm toggle resplit and spawn windows	C-t
C-k	Helm find files run grep	C-s

magit

Key Binding	Description	Replace/equivalent
t	Next line	j
s	Previous line	k
k	Stage change	s
j	Tag popup	t
h	Discard change	k

neotree

Key Binding	Description	Replace/equivalent
c	Spacemacs/neotree collapse or up	h
t	Evil next visual line	j
s	Evil previous visual line	k
r	Spacemacs/neotree expand or open	l
C	Neotree select previous sibling node	H
T	Neotree select down node	J
S	Neotree select up node	K
R	Neotree select next sibling node	L
h	Neotree hidden file toggle	l
k	Neotree rename node	r
l	Neotree create node	c
H	Neotree change root	R

org

Key Binding	Description
t	Evil next visual line
M c	Org metaleft
M t	Org metadown
M s	Org metaup
M r	Org metaright
M C	Org shiftmetaleft
M T	Org shiftmetadown
M S	Org shiftmetaup
M R	Org shiftmetaright
SPC m C	Org shiftleft
SPC m T	Org shiftdown
SPC m S	Org shiftup
SPC m R	Org shiftright
SPC m s	Org schedule
SPC j	Org todo
C S c	Org shiftcontrolleft
C S t	Org shiftcontroldown
C S s	Org shiftcontrolup
C S r	Org shiftcontrolright
SPC m t C	Org table move column left
SPC m t T	Org table move row down
SPC m t S	Org table move row up
SPC m t R	Org table move column right
SPC m t c	Org table previous field
SPC m t t	Org table next row
SPC m t r	Org table next field
SPC g t	Org forward heading same level
SPC g s	Org backward heading same level
M h	Capitalize word
M j	Transpose chars
M l	Move to window line top bottom
M H	Capitalize word
M J	Transpose chars
M L	Move to window line top bottom
SPC m H	Org refile
SPC m J	Org show todo tree
SPC m K r	Org demote subtree
SPC m K c	Org promote subtree
SPC m K t	Org move subtree down
SPC m K s	Org move subtree up
SPC m L	Evil org recompute clocks
SPC m t h	Org table recalculate
SPC m t k	Org table sort lines
SPC m t l	Org table convert
SPC m t j f	Org table toggle formula debugger
SPC m t j o	Org table toggle coordinate overlays
SPC «	Org metaleft
SPC »	Org metaright

ranger

Key Binding	Description	Replace/equivalent
c	Ranger up directory	h
t	Ranger next file	j
s	Ranger prev file	k
r	Ranger find file	l
C	Ranger prev history	H
T	Ranger next subdir	J
S	Ranger prev subdir	K
R	Ranger next history	L
H	Dired do rename	R
K	Eshell	S

spacemacs-specific

Key Binding	Description	Replace/equivalent
SPC j c	Push mark and goto beginning of line	SPC j h
SPC j t	Sp newline	SPC j j
SPC j s	Evil goto next line and indent	SPC j k
SPC j r	Push mark and goto end of line	SPC j l
SPC j T	Split and new line	SPC j J
SPC i T	Insert line below no indent	SPC i J
SPC i t	Evil insert line below	SPC i j
SPC i y	Helm yas	SPC i S
SPC i Yc	Auto yasnippet create	SPC i Sc
SPC i Ye	Auto yasnippet expand	SPC i Se
SPC i Yw	Auto yasnippet persist snippet	SPC i Sw

Contributors

• Fabien Dubosson

Sources

The bepo logo and the keymap image come from the bepo official website. They are licensed under the CC-BY-SA.