Make 'mapleader' an option and fix the help fragment scrolling issue.

common/content/dactyl.js

@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ const Dactyl = Module("dactyl", {
     },
 
     /**
-     * Generates a help entry.
+     * Generates a help entry and writes it to the clipboard.
      *
      * @param {Command|Map|Option} obj A dactyl <b>Command</b>,
      *     <b>Map</b> or <b>Option</b> object
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ const Dactyl = Module("dactyl", {
         let br = <>
                     </>;
 
-        return <>
+        dactyl.clipboardWrite(<>
             <item>
                 <tags>{template.map(obj.names, tag, " ")}</tags>
                 <spec>{spec((obj.specs || obj.names)[0])}</spec>{
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ const Dactyl = Module("dactyl", {
                         extraHelp ? br+extraHelp : "" }{
                         !(extraHelp || obj.description) ? br+<p>Sorry, no help available.</p> : "" }
                 </description>
-            </item></>.toXMLString();
+            </item></>.toXMLString(), true);
     },
 
 

common/content/events.js

@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ const Events = Module("events", {
                 if (modes.extended & modes.HINTS) {
                     // under HINT mode, certain keys are redirected to hints.onEvent
                     if (key == "<Return>" || key == "<Tab>" || key == "<S-Tab>"
-                        || key == mappings.mapLeader
+                        || key == options["mapleader"]
                         || (key == "<BS>" && hints.prevInput == "number")
                         || (hints.isHintKey(key) && !hints.escNumbers)) {
                         hints.onEvent(event);

common/content/help.js

@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ function checkFragment() {
     document.title = document.getElementsByTagNameNS("http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml", "title")[0].textContent;
     var frag = document.location.hash.substr(1);
     var elem = document.getElementById(frag);
-    if (elem)
+    function action() {
         window.content.scrollTo(0, window.content.scrollY + elem.getBoundingClientRect().top - 10); // 10px context
+    }
+    if (elem) {
+        action();
+        setTimeout(action, 10);
+    }
 }
 
 document.addEventListener("load", checkFragment, true);

common/content/hints.js

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ const Hints = Module("hints", {
      * Display the current status to the user.
      */
     _updateStatusline: function () {
-        statusline.updateInputBuffer((hints.escNumbers ? mappings.mapLeader : "") +
+        statusline.updateInputBuffer((hints.escNumbers ? options["mapleader"] : "") +
                                      (this._hintNumber ? this.getHintString(this._hintNumber) : ""));
     },
 
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ const Hints = Module("hints", {
             }
             break;
 
-       case mappings.mapLeader:
+       case options["mapleader"]:
            hints.escNumbers = !hints.escNumbers;
            if (hints.escNumbers && this._usedTabKey)
                this._hintNumber = 0;

common/content/mappings.js

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ const Mappings = Module("mappings", {
         }
     },
 
-    _expandLeader: function (keyString) keyString.replace(/<Leader>/i, mappings.mapLeader),
+    _expandLeader: function (keyString) keyString.replace(/<Leader>/i, options["mapleader"]),
 
     // Return all mappings present in all @modes
     _mappingsIterator: function (modes, stack) {
@@ -289,15 +289,6 @@ const Mappings = Module("mappings", {
         return matches;
     },
 
-    /*
-     * @property {string} The map leader string used to replace the special
-     *     token "<Leader>" when user mappings are defined.
-     */
-    get mapLeader() dactyl.globalVariables["mapleader"] || "\\",
-    /** @deprecated */
-    getMapLeader: function () this.mapLeader,
-
-
     /**
      * Returns whether there is a user-defined mapping <b>cmd</b> for the
      * specified <b>mode</b>.
@@ -589,6 +580,11 @@ const Mappings = Module("mappings", {
             this._main[mode] = [];
             this._user[mode] = [];
         }
+    },
+    options: function () {
+        options.add(["mapleader", "ml"],
+            "Defines the replacement keys for the <Leader> pseudo-key",
+            "string", "\\");
     }
 });
 

common/locale/en-US/map.xml

@@ -349,19 +349,19 @@
 </item>
 
 <item>
-    <tags><![CDATA[<Leader> mapleader \]]></tags>
+    <tags><![CDATA[<Leader> \]]></tags>
     <strut/>
     <spec>&lt;Leader></spec>
     <description>
         <p>
-            Expands to the value of the ‘mapleader’ variable in key mapping. If
+            A pseudo-key which expands to the value of the <o>mapleader</o>
-            ‘mapleader’ is unset or empty then ‘\’ is used. For example, by default,
+            option. For example, by default,
         </p>
         <code><ex>:map <k name="Leader"/>h</ex> <ex>:echo <str>Hello</str><k name="CR"/></ex></code>
         <p>works like</p>
         <code><ex>:map \h</ex> <ex>:echo <str>Hello</str><k name="CR"/></ex></code>
         <p>but after</p>
-        <code><ex>:let mapleader = <str>,</str></ex></code>
+        <code><ex>:set mapleader=<str>,</str></ex></code>
         <p>it works like</p>
         <code><ex>:map ,h</ex> <ex>:echo <str>Hello</str><k name="CR"/></ex></code>
     </description>

common/locale/en-US/options.xml

@@ -925,6 +925,16 @@
     </description>
 </item>
 
+<item>
+    <tags>'ml' 'mapleader'</tags>
+    <spec>'mapleader'</spec>
+    <type>string</type>
+    <default>\</default>
+    <description>
+        <p>Defines the replacement keys for the <k name="Leader"/> pseudo-key.</p>
+    </description>
+</item>
+
 <item>
     <tags>'maxitems'</tags>
     <spec>'maxitems'</spec>

pentadactyl/NEWS

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
     * IMPORTANT: 'extendedhinttags' is now a regexmap rather than a
       string.
     * IMPORTANT: 'guioptions' default value has changed.
+    * IMPORTANT: 'mapleader' is now an option rather than a :let
+      variable.
     * Added g; continued extended hint mode and removed ;F
     * Added "bookmarks", "diverted", and "links" to 'activate'
       option

pentadactyl/TODO

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ BUGS:
 FEATURES:
 9 Add quoting help tag
 8 Document Caret and Visual modes.
-8 make 'mapleader' an option
 8 replace global variables with plugin scoped user options
 8 fix local options
 8 adaptive timeout for auto-completions, :set completions can be updated more often than