Treat ctrl+letter chords as their own character class

src/editor.rs

@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ pub enum KeyCode<T = char> {
     EndKey,
     PageUp,
     PageDown,
+    /// Control key chords
+    Ctrl(T),
     /// Function keys (F1, etc.) T holds the index
     Function(T),
     /// Any other type of character
@@ -188,6 +190,8 @@ impl Row {
 impl KeyCode<char> {
     pub fn unwrap(self) -> char {
         match self {
+            self::Ctrl(val) => val,
+            self::Function(val) => val,
             self::OtherKey(val) => val,
             _ => panic!("called `KeyCode::unwrap()` on a `None` value"),
         }
@@ -281,7 +285,13 @@ impl Editor {
                 '\x08' => return Some(Backspace),
                 '\x7f' => return Some(Backspace),
                 '\r' => return Some(Enter),
-                _ => return Some(OtherKey(ch)),
+                ch => {
+                    if ch.is_ascii_control() {
+                        return Some(Ctrl(ctrl_to_letter(ch)))
+                    }
+
+                    return Some(OtherKey(ch))
+                },
             },
             None => return None,
         }
@@ -737,7 +747,7 @@ impl Editor {
 
         loop {
             self.set_status_message(&format!("{} {}", prompt, buffer));
-            self.refresh_screen(false);
+            self.refresh_screen();
 
             let ch = self.read_key();
             if ch.is_some() {
@@ -851,14 +861,18 @@ impl Editor {
                         self.cursor_x = self.rows[self.cursor_y].chars.len();
                     }
                 }
-                Function(_) => (),
-                OtherKey(c) => {
-                    if c.is_ascii_control() {
-                        if c == ctrl_key('f') {
-                            self.find();
+                Ctrl(c) => {
+                    match c {
+                        'f' => self.find(),
+                        // 'h' => self._del_or_backspace(Backspace),
+                        's' => {
+                            // Save success/error message handled by save method
+                            match self.save() {
+                                Ok(_) => (),
+                                Err(_) => (),
+                            }
                         }
-
-                        if c == ctrl_key('q') {
+                        'q' => {
                             if self.dirty > 0 && self.quit_times > 0 {
                                 self.set_status_message(&format!("WARNING!!! File has unsaved changes. Press Ctrl-Q {} more times to quit.", self.quit_times));
                                 self.quit_times -= 1;
@@ -868,23 +882,14 @@ impl Editor {
                             print!("\x1b[H");
                             // Break out of the input loop
                             return None;
-                        }
-
-                        if c == ctrl_key('s') {
-                            // Save success/error message handled by save method
-                            match self.save() {
-                                Ok(_) => (),
-                                Err(_) => (),
-                            }
-                        }
-
-                        if c == ctrl_key('h') {
-                            self._del_or_backspace(Backspace);
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        self.insert_char(c);
+                        },
+                        _ => (),
                     }
                 }
+                Function(_) => (),
+                OtherKey(c) => {
+                    self.insert_char(c);
+                }
             };
 
             self.quit_times = KILO_QUIT_TIMES;
@@ -1094,11 +1099,7 @@ impl Editor {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn refresh_screen(&mut self, skip_refresh: bool) {
-        if skip_refresh {
-            return;
-        }
-
+    pub fn refresh_screen(&mut self) {
         self.scroll();
         self.output_buffer.clear();
 
@@ -1618,18 +1619,17 @@ fn get_syntax_db() -> Vec<Syntax> {
     ]
 }
 
-/// Convert Ctrl+letter chords to their
-/// ASCII table equivalents
-pub fn ctrl_key(c: char) -> char {
+/// Convert Ctrl+letter chord to their
+/// letter equivalent
+pub fn ctrl_to_letter(c: char) -> char {
     let key = c as u8;
 
-    if !c.is_ascii() {
-        panic!("CTRL_KEY only accepts ASCII characters");
+    if (!c.is_ascii_control()) || c == '\x7f' {
+        panic!("Only ascii control characters have associated letters")
     }
 
-    // Intentionally "overflow" u8 to wrap around to the
-    // beginning of the ASCII table. Ctrl+a is 1, Ctrl+b is 2, etc.
-    (key & 0x1f) as char
+    // Shift forward to the letter equivalent
+    (key + 0x60) as char
 }
 
 /// Determine whether a character is one which separates tokens
@@ -1725,4 +1725,10 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(is_separator(ch), false);
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ctrl_key_functions() {
+        let a = ctrl_to_letter(ctrl_a);
+        assert_eq!(a, 'a', "ctrl_to_letter gives letter from ctrl chord");
+    }
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -38,23 +38,20 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
 
     editor.set_status_message("HELP: Ctrl-S = save | Ctrl-Q = quit | Ctrl-F = find");
 
-    let mut skip_refresh: bool = false;
-
     // Main input loop. Editor::process_keypress uses an Option Enum as a sentinel.
     // `None` is returned on a quit action, in other cases, `Some(())` is returned,
     // continuing the loop
     loop {
-        editor.refresh_screen(skip_refresh);
+        editor.refresh_screen();
 
         match editor.process_keypress() {
             Some(key) => {
                 match key {
-                    editor::KeyCode::OtherKey('\0') => {
-                        skip_refresh = true;
-                    }
+                    editor::KeyCode::OtherKey('\0') => (),
                     _ => {
-                        skip_refresh = false;
                         //println!("{:?}\r\n", key)
+
+                        ()
                     }
                 }
             }