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feat: add word-delete-keybindings #63

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22 changes: 22 additions & 0 deletions internal/game/game.go
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Expand Up @@ -178,7 +178,29 @@ func (g *Game) Backspace() {
}
g.recordRacePoint()
}
func (g *Game) BackspaceWord() {
if len(g.input) == 0 {
return
}

g.lastTyped = time.Now()

// Trim trailing spaces first
for len(g.input) > 0 && g.input[len(g.input)-1] == ' ' {
pos := len(g.input) - 1
g.input = g.input[:pos]
delete(g.errors, pos)
}

// Then delete until hitting a space or the beginning
for len(g.input) > 0 && g.input[len(g.input)-1] != ' ' {
pos := len(g.input) - 1
g.input = g.input[:pos]
delete(g.errors, pos)
}

g.recordRacePoint()
}
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func (g *Game) TimeLeft() int {
if !g.started {
return g.duration
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16 changes: 11 additions & 5 deletions internal/tui/typing.go
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Expand Up @@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ func (m model) handleTyping(msg tea.KeyMsg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
}
m.game = game.New(m.duration, m.mode, m.lang, m.difficulty)
m.save()
} else {
m.game.BackspaceWord() //added ctrl + w to delete a whole word only when typing begins

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ctrl + backspace would be a better choice

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yah, perhaps there's a way to auto-detect the architecture without forking any subprocesses? so when it detects non-aarch64, it will default to ^Backspace? I added the ^W since on most terminals, it deletes a whole word

}

case "ctrl+l":
Expand All @@ -67,6 +69,14 @@ func (m model) handleTyping(msg tea.KeyMsg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
}
}

//this is for termux since it reads ctrl + backspace as ctrl + h
case "ctrl+h":
if m.game.Started() {
m.game.BackspaceWord()
} else {
m.showHelp = true
return m, nil
}
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people use termux on mobile right?

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yeah, on mobile with aarch64 because it reads ^Backspace as ^h

case "ctrl+o":
if m.mode == "code" && !m.game.Started() {
m.activeRace = nil
Expand All @@ -83,11 +93,7 @@ func (m model) handleTyping(msg tea.KeyMsg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
}
}

case "ctrl+h":
if !m.game.Started() {
m.showHelp = true
return m, nil
}


case "?":
if !m.game.Started() {
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