Honeymoon User Guide

Honeymoon uses Emacs-style keybindings for maximum efficiency. Keep your hands on the home row.

Search & Navigation

• Ctrl + S : Incremental search forward
• Ctrl + R : Incremental search backward
• Alt + G then G : Go to line

Word & Line Movement

• Alt + B : Move backward one word
• Alt + F : Move forward one word
• Ctrl + A : Move to beginning of line
• Ctrl + E : Move to end of line
• Ctrl + P : Move Up
• Ctrl + N : Move Down
• Ctrl + B : Move Left
• Ctrl + F : Move Right

Killing (Cut/Delete)

• Ctrl + K : Kill from cursor to end of line
• Alt + D : Kill next word
• Ctrl + W : Kill selection (Cut)
• Backspace : Delete backward
• Del : Delete forward

Undo / Redo

• Ctrl + / : Undo
• Ctrl + G : Cancel current command
• Ctrl + Shift + / : Redo

Buffers & Files

• Ctrl + X then Ctrl + F : Open file
• Ctrl + X then B : Switch buffer
• Ctrl + X then K : Close buffer
• Ctrl + X then Ctrl + S : Save file
• Ctrl + X then Ctrl + C : Quit

Selection & Clipboard

• Ctrl + Space : Set Mark (Start Selection)
• Ctrl + X then H : Select all
• Alt + H : Select paragraph
• Esc then W : Copy selection
• Ctrl + Y : Paste (Yank)

Indentation & Formatting

• Tab : Indent line / selection
• Shift + Tab : Unindent
• Ctrl + X then Tab : Auto format buffer

Misc Power Moves

• Ctrl + L : Recenter screen
• Ctrl + T : Transpose characters
• Alt + T : Transpose words

Help & Escape

• Ctrl + H then K : Describe key
• Ctrl + H then F : Describe function
• Ctrl + G : Universal escape (Cancel)

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Customizing Keybindings

All keybindings are stored in keybinds.moon in the editor's root directory. You can customize any keybinding without recompiling!

Config File Format

# Comment lines start with #
M-w copy                  # Meta-w copies selection
C-x C-s save_file        # Chord: Ctrl-x then Ctrl-s
C-g cancel               # Single key binding

Key Notation

• C-x → Ctrl + x
• M-x → Meta/Alt + x (expands to Esc then x)
• Enter, Tab, Backspace, Del, Esc
• Up, Down, Left, Right
• Single characters: a, Z, /

Example: Custom Quit Binding

Want to quit with Ctrl-Q instead of Ctrl-X Ctrl-C? Just add:

C-q quit