Hints containing modifier do not trigger

[dtomvan]

Describe the bug When defining a hint with a key combination containing a modifier, for example <C-W>, it will not trigger.

Config options Consider the following hint:

hints = {
    ['<C-W>[hjkl]'] = {
        message = function(keys)
            return 'Use <A-' .. keys:sub(7) .. '> instead of ' .. keys
        end,
        length = 2,
    },
}

Expected behavior When typing <C-W>h, the hint "Use instead of h" should be shown.

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[m4xshen]

3 problems:

1. - is a magic characters so you need to escape it. (see Programming in Lua)
2. The length is the length of the final matched string, so it should be 6.
3. key:sub(7) should be key:sub(6) to get the final character of the string.

["<C%-W>[hjkl]"] = {
   message = function(keys)
      return "Use <A-" .. keys:sub(6) .. "> instead of " .. keys
   end,
   length = 6,
},

This should work.

[m4xshen]

Btw, I am really happy to know that there are people using the custom hint configuration!

Please consider sharing your custom hints in the discussion. I am curious about what other people have created!

[dtomvan]

3. key:sub(6) should be key:sub(7) to get the final character of the string.

<C-W>h
123456 <<<

Nope, it is really 6. Thanks for helping, though. It works now!

Also, thank you so much for adding all of the builtin hints. They are really useful and must've taken a long time to come up with and write.