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| -rw-r--r-- | editor.h | 10 |
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@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ typedef struct { const char *alias; } KeyBinding; +/* a mode contains a set of key bindings which are currently valid. + * + * each mode can specify one parent mode which is consultated if a given key + * is not found in the current mode. hence the modes form a tree which is + * searched from the current mode up towards the root mode until a valid binding + * is found. + * + * if no binding is found, mode->input(...) is called and the user entered + * keys are passed as argument. this is used to change the document content. + */ typedef struct Mode Mode; struct Mode { Mode *parent; /* if no match is found in this mode, search will continue there */ |