arpeggio

Define chords (simultaneously pressed keys) for speedy typing! Video demo.

This plugin is heavily inspired by kana/vim-arpeggio.

Usage

Put the chord definitions in the arpeggio.chords section of your config.cson:

"*":
  arpeggio:
    chords:
      fun: 'function'

Now, whenever you press f, u, n at the same time, you type the word function.

Running a command

      sd:
        command: "editor:delete-to-beginning-of-word"
      kl:
        command: "editor:delete-to-beginning-of-word"

If you press the chord sd or kl, it will remove the last typed word. I use it when I want to delete a lot of text without moving my hands away from the home row.

Inserting a snippet

      con:
        snippet: 'console.log($1)'

If you press the chord con, then console.log() will be typed, with the cursor between the parentheses.

Note: The snippets package must be activated in order for this feature to work.

Use Cases

Quickly type some hard-to-type unicode characters

      kaw: "川"
      kuc: "口"
      del: "∆"
      pri: "ʹ"

This allows you to type code like this very easily:

var ∆x = xʹ - x

For quickly typing common words

      the: "the"

If you press t, h, e at the same time, you will always get the word the, no matter in which order you pressed these keys.

Quickly insert a brackets block

      "{}":
        snippet: '''
          {
            $1
          }
        '''

If you press { and } at the same time, you will get an empty curly braces block, with the cursor positioned at the $1 placeholder.

Share your chords in the wiki!

Configuration Reference

"*":
  arpeggio:
    chords:
      <trigger>: <expansion>

• The trigger is a string of keys that is used to trigger.
• The expansion is an expansion object or a string for simple text expansion.

Expansion Object

An expansion is a text with the following keys: