Request: When in wait_for_user_input(), show prompt

[jamespharvey20]

After the user calls a multiple_cursors function that calls wait_for_user_input(), I think it would be useful to to show a prompt in the status line. Even if it defaulted to off and required an option to turn it on. Something maybe like "multiple_cursors: " Ideally, it might even show the mode being MULTIPLE instead of NORMAL, but I'm not sure vim allows that customization.

Additionally, I think it would be great if vim-multiple-cursors worked together with vim-airline so when it's in wait_for_user_input(), vim-airline can show mode MULTIPLE (or M when that plugin is configured to show short mode names), and then nothing would be needed on a second status line when that plugin is being used, because the vim-multiple-cursors mode would be shown on it instead of NORMAL.

Assuming you guys might need to work together a small bit, not for the vim-multiple-cursors status line output of course, but for any vim-airline integration, I opened an issue in vim-airline.

[chrisbra]

vim-airline maintainer here: So how would it be possible to detect, whether Vim is in "Multiple Cursor Mode"?

[antoinemadec]

@jamespharvey20 @chrisbra , this feature would be good to have indeed.
We need to expose which mode vim-multipile-cursors is into (MULTIPLE_INSERT, MULTIPLE_NORMAL, MULTIPLE_VISUAL).

I don't have much time on my hand right now.
@terryma @eapache @balta2ar @marcospb19 , feel free to create a PR if you feel like it!

Cheers,
Antoine

[acheronfail]

I have the same request, however I'm using https://github.com/itchyny/lightline.vim instead.
As long as vim-multiple-cursors exposes a way to do this, it should be easy to connect it to lightline too.

[antoinemadec]

@acheronfail , correct, once the vim-multiple-cursors mode is accessible, any plugin could benefit from it.
However, I still don't have much time on my hand, sorry...
Pull request welcome! 😃

[chrisbra]

Why was this closed?

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Am 30.07.2020 um 21:51 schrieb Antoine ***@***.***>:  Closed #294. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

[balta2ar]

@chrisbra #314