[question/feature] Is it possible to change the LEADER key? about meow HOT 7 CLOSED

Hi, thank you for the nice words, and I'm glad you like it.

This is how you use INSERT as leader-key.

(define-key meow-normal-state-keymap [insert] meow-leader-keymap)
(define-key meow-motion-state-keymap [insert] meow-leader-keymap)

Even though Meow provides some helper functions, but meow-normal/motion/insert/keypad-state-keymap are just plain, simple Emacs keymap. You can customize them by whatever way you want. There's no command called meow-leader, instead you bind meow-leader-keymap to whatever key you like.

And if you don't need SPC as leader anymore, just unbind it.

(define-key meow-normal-state-keymap (kbd "SPC") nil)
(define-key meow-motion-state-keymap (kbd "SPC") nil)

If you want to check the code, see meow-keymap.el.

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Is your problem solved? so we can close this issue.

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To be honest, no. There is a small issue:

In Keypad state, the SPC key is still employed as modifier. Looking at the example of Section 5 in readme, the expected outcome should be something like "Vanilla C-h k is mapped to [insert] h [insert] k, but the second [insert] is treated like an insert key, not as a modifier.

More precisely, the first insert "prompts" a modifer (as expected) but the second one is not - it exhibits the message Overwrite mode enabled in current buffer and still expects a SPC key.

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Hi, in KEYPAD state the SPC is not a leader, it is called "literal prefix", controlled by variable meow--keypad-literal-prefix.

To use INSERT as literal prefix, you need these setup.

;; introduce INSERT key into KEYPAD state
(define-key meow-keypad-state-keymap [insert] 'meow-keypad-self-insert)
;; use INSERT as literal prefix
(defvar meow--keypad-literal-prefix 'insert)

This is not mentioned in doc since I never though someone would like to customize.

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I just rename prefix varables and add doc for them.

https://github.com/DogLooksGood/meow/blob/master/CUSTOMIZATIONS.md#meow-keypad-literal-prefix

Additionally INSERT key is added into keypad keymap by default.

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Now Meow works as expected!
Many thanks!

... and apologies for my bad English skills.

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Never mind, your English is good!

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