Che: Can't set keybindings for Editor

[dpatterson-aio]

The editor docs show a "Keybindings" setting, and imply that there's a vim mode. I'd love to use that, but the option is not showing up for me.

Reproduction Steps:

• start Eclipse Che with

docker run -it --rm \
 -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
 -v /some/new/dir:/data \
 eclipse/che start

• Create a new workspace (I chose the default Python stack)
• When it starts up, select Profile -> Preferences, then Editor (under IDE)
• Observe that there's no keybindings settings

OS and version:

• MacOS Sierra 10.12.6
• Eclipse Che 5.15.0
• Docker 17.06.0-ce / docker4mac

[sr229]

If I recall correctly that during the initial Keynote about Che, there is no plan yet to change Keybindings at the moment

[dpatterson-aio]

interesting. i'll have to check that out. if that's the case, then maybe the docs should be updated. right now the first screenshot has keybindings, and it says:

you can even switch to vi or emacs keybindings in Profile > Preferences

[slemeur]

Hi @dpatterson-aio and @sr229. Thanks for reporting the issue, the keybindings are available from the menu Assistant > keybindings.

This is a doc issue, I created the following one to track it: https://github.com/eclipse/che-docs/issues/276

[dpatterson-aio]

thanks @slemeur!
Do you know if there is indeed a vim keybinding scheme out there? (or a way to define a custom one)

[slemeur]

We don't have it anymore. Right now we don't have a way in the IDE to define your custom scheme, it needs to be implemented like this.

If you are interested to contribute a vim keybinding scheme, we will be glad to support you and I'm sure the community would appreciate it :) !

[dpatterson-aio]

cool, thanks for the link. I'll look into that. it might be a while before I'm up to speed, but I think this would be a reasonable goal for me.

[slemeur]

Excellent !
Please reach us on mattermost: https://mattermost.eclipse.org/eclipse/channels/eclipse-che if you need any assistance.

[ghost]

@slemeur we have VI and EMAC keybindings. @RomanNikitenko has spotted a bug (they were lost but we did have them). So, they will be back. Sure, defining own keybindings isn't possible due to many reasons.