Vim accessible for every human

(Cats doesn't need Vim, they only need a non-hostile environment.)

This project group all the things needed to make Vim more accessible for people.

• Remanent keys : for keeping your pinkies safe
  

    " Map `<Space>` to be the remanent key for Shift, and `<Space><Space>` to be the remanent key for Ctrl.
    " ['n'] is for normal mode
     let g:sticky_map = {
      \'shift': { '<Space>':['n'] },
      \'ctrl': { '<Space><Space>':['n'] },
      \})

• Documented keymapping : to force yourself to document your keybind and allow to create tutorials
  In short, it can be written like that :
  

  " Here 8 simples mapping in 2 lines
  " Keys     ''Description ''        Vim action                      % modes
  <C-l> <A-l> "Enter command line"   :                               % I n v
  <A-Right>   "Compl. filename " pumvisible()?"<Cr>":"%1%<C-x><C-f>" % i -n-%i%
  
  " Want more ? you forgot your shortcuts ? do you want to see the list.
  " You can ':call KeyMap#PrintCurrentLayer()',
  " But why not grouping shortcuts by categories ?
  " -> a tutorial mode for <C-w>
  <C-w>       "C-w"                  <OneShot=wincmd>                %  n
  T           ":Move to a new tab"   T                               %
  " -> an emacs like layer
  <C-x>       "~Emacs C-x"           <Layer>                         % n
  <C-f>       ":Search file"         <ExitLayer>:e! %:p:h/*          % n

  See the details about keymapping

  Every lines above are a short format the following lines:
  

  " <C-l> enter in command line mode from insert, normal, and visual mode
  " cal ..Map('Description', keys, action, modes_and_things_related_to_the_mode)
  cal KeyMap#Map('Enter command line' , ['<C-l>','<A-l>']   , ':' , ['I','n','v'])
  " I is for insert mode, to use a one-shot normal mode key. (equivalent to '<C-o>:')
  
  " <A-Right> complete filename in insert and normal mode
  " 'i' is for insert mode 
  " '-n-%i%'  is for normal mode; but force the use of <C-x><C-f> in insert mode
  "           another way to say it : '%1%<C-x><C-f>' is replaced by 'i<C-x><C-f>'
  cal KeyMap#Map('Complete filename' , '<A-Right>' , 'pumvisible()? "<Cr>":"%1%<C-x><C-f>"'   , ['i' , '-n-%i%'])
  
  " Following example is usefull for re-discovering keys
  " When you hit <C-w>, a window with 'T -> Move to a new tab' is shown
  " If you hit 'T' then ':wincmd T' is applied
  " Too, if you hit 'w' then ':wincmd w' is applied (no need to document everything)
  cal KeyMap#Map('C-w'            , '<C-w>' , "<OneShot=wincmd>"  , ['n'])
  cal KeyMap#Map(':Move to a new tab' , 'T'       , "T" , [])
  
  " Here a way to have a thousand of keybinds
  " It define a new keybind temporary layer,
  " '~' just say to not show the window which shows activated keybinds
  cal KeyMap#Map('~Emacs C-x'    , '<C-x>' , '<Layer>' , ['n'])
  cal KeyMap#Map(':Search file'    , '<C-f>' , '<ExitLayer>:e! %:p:h/*' , ['n'])

  
  

• Text to Speech dispatcher : keybinds and commands to make Vim speak
  (require speech-dispatcher on linux - if you use Orca it shall be already installed)

  "let g:speak_lang = "fr" " automatically set  by detecting the spell lang
  "let g:speak_voice_type = "female1" " default

  :SpeakLine speak (send text at) the current line (to speech-dispatcher).
  :SpeakWORD speak the following word in the text; intended to be followed by W in order to read text word by word.
  
  Anyway, in a GVim just hit <C-s> (Ctrl + s) to toggle a screen reader mode.

Installation

Get the repository.

# 'ui' is abitrary chosen for 'user interface'
mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/ui/start
git clone https://github.com/luffah/vim-accessibility.git ~/.vim/pack/ui/start/accessibility

packloadall

" Examples
let mapleader=","
KeyMap $VIMPLUGINS/vim-accessibility/doc/samples/common.vimkm
KeyMap $VIMPLUGINS/vim-accessibility/doc/samples/bepo.vimkm

My Vim doesn't support +packages

If you have an old version of Vim (< 8), it is useless to create `~/.vim/pack/`. Just use the path where you install your plugins.

" let $VIMPLUGINS = <Path to directory containing your plugins>
"
" [Optional]
" This allows to access to documentation and some syntax sugar.
" Add to runtime path
set rtp+=$VIMPLUGINS/vim-accessibility
" Activate plugins
filetype indent plugin on

" [Required]
" Given plugins commands are only usable after initialization
" Sourcing the files, ensure KeyMap is known.
so $VIMPLUGINS/vim-accessibility/loader.vim
" Examples
let mapleader=","
KeyMap $VIMPLUGINS/vim-accessibility/doc/samples/common.vimkm
KeyMap $VIMPLUGINS/vim-accessibility/doc/samples/bepo.vimkm

License

Vim is distributed under GPL-compatible Charityware License.
The content of this project itself is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license,
and source code contained in this repository is licensed under the GPLv3 license.