Questions tagged [hydra]
for questions related to the use of the `hydra.el` package providing short keybindings for sequences of related commands
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How can an interactive function detect that it is invoked via an hydra?
Assume there's an interactive function foo. Assume it is bound in various keymaps and is also bound inside an hydra as a simple key, let's say "a".
How can foo's code detect that it was ...
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Is it possible to run a helm or other completion command for hydra window?
Spacemacs offers many hydra window to show various keys.
(And my question is not specific to spacemacs, just hydra in general)
Sometimes there are many commands so it's hard to find what's there.
Is ...
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hydra, let all keys work but not allow insert (self-insert-command)
I am setting up hydra + dap.
Although dap-hydra is provided, it messes up keybinding often times.
Often, I forget the hydra window is open and type something and messes up typing.
Furthermore, when ...
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custom use-package keyword only initializing last form
My package deino is a fork of hydra, which allows me to create temporary keymaps; here it is being used along with my package prime:
With following macro:
(defmacro prime* (parent first-call key func &...
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Using hydra to split windows like in doom-emacs and Spacemacs
I am writing my own Emacs config coming from doom-emacs and Spacemacs. One thing I really miss is the ability to split windows using split-window-below and split-window-right using S-w s s and S-w s v....
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mark-whole-region and pbcopy without losing current point/region
I wrote a hydra today (I think my very first one) - I always do Meta-| pbcopy after doing a C-x h, so why not let hydra help out:
(global-set-key
(kbd "C-x h")
(defhydra hydra-...
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How to check if a hydra is displaying?
If a hydra is opened, how do we check programmatically that it is actually open and displaying?
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using ivy completion on a hydra
I'd like to use ivy completion to select items from my hydra rather than using the specified keymap. The use case would be for a very large hydra. I could create nested hydras, but I want to be lazy ...
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How to trigger a hydra when entering evil-mode normal state?
I have the following:
(use-package evil
:hook
(after-init . evil-mode)
(evil-normal-state-entry . hydra-evil/body))
When leaving the emacs state (with C-z) and entering normal state, all my ...
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How do you handle a key sequence inside a function?
I want to run a function and do different actions based on the next key sequence.
I have this.
(defun ask-for-C-b-or-M-b (key-sequence)
(interactive "KPress Key")
(cond
((seq-set-equal-p ...
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How to select a rotating Hydra option?
From SPC f f (counsel-find-file) minibuffer, open Hydra with C-o (hydra-ivy/body).
This is what hydra looks on my system:
The Hydra right column has "[m] matcher: order".
Pressing 'm' rotates matcher ...
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How to properly define hydras inside use-package?
For example, I use undo-tree and have the following in my config file:
(use-package undo-tree
:ensure t
:diminish (undo-tree-mode . "")
:config
(global-undo-tree-mode 1))
Now I want to use ...
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Hydra that executes interactive search
What I want is an easy-to-use hydra for macro execution. Typically I execute a keyboard macro a few times (e), and then might want to repeat infinitely until the end of a buffer (u). Sometimes I ...
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ivy-hydra: error upon C-o
While trying to figure out another problem. I was advised to use the ivy-hydra package.
By default, it appears that ivy-hydra is NOT included with prelude-ivy. So I did a package-install ret ivy-...
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Returning to the parent hydra
I'm looking for a way to return to the parent hydra after using certain commands. In this example
(defhydra hydra-a (:color teal)
"a"
("b" (progn
(hydra-b/body)
(hydra-push '(...
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advice on easy formating of hydra docstring
so i used to use the auto generation of hydra hints with the
:hint nil and :column 3 argument
i recently find a need to have better control on whats presented in the hint area of some huge hydras i ...
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Little help with a hydra
I need a hydra with four "heads", each of should exit the hydra when its function is executed.
The hydra intended to be used in dired-mode and direx:direx-mode and pop-up when O pressed. This is what ...
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How can i make toggle shortcuts like org mode or magit
I am writing an elisp package currently I am using hydra, I would like to be able to have shortcuts you can toggle on and off for various flags.
You see this sort of thing in magit and org mode when ...
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bookmark+: after emacs restart the bmkp-jump-dired/bmkp-jump wont work before visiting buffers
this is a weird issue regarding Bookmark+. after an emacs restart the bmkp-jump-dired/bmkp-jump-1 functions wont work (when I launch them via a command such as in a hydra) before visiting the buffers.
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Make hints appear immedietly when using Hydra
I use Hydra, and find it very useful. However, I often find that I can only remember the key to trigger the hydra itself, but can't remember which keys are used for the "heads".
Luckily, Hydra will ...
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Use hydra with evil motions
I'm trying to use a hydra to dispatch among a selection of motions. See this minimal example:
(defhydra hydra/test (:color blue)
"This is a test hydra"
("n" evil-next-line))
(evil-define-motion ...
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How to open a given directory in Dired?
I want to use hydra (in Emacs 24.5.1 on Windows 10) to create a pop-up list of directories that I often use. Selecting one of the directories in the list, using a single key, should cause it to open ...
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Why does this function work with :post but not :pre?
(defhydra windows (global-map "C-c w" :post flash-active-buffer)
"window moving"
("o" other-window "other"))
(make-face 'flash-active-buffer-face)
(set-face-attribute 'flash-active-buffer-face ...
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