Add some more default keybindings for the hints kitten

README.asciidoc

@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@
 :sc_previous_tab: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+left`]
 :sc_previous_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+[`]
 :sc_restore_font_size: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+backspace`]
-:sc_run_simple_kitten_text_url_hints: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+e`]
+:sc_run_kitten_text_hints: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+e`]
+:sc_run_kitten_text_hints___type_line___program__: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+p → l`]
+:sc_run_kitten_text_hints___type_path: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+p → shift+f`]
+:sc_run_kitten_text_hints___type_path___program__: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+p → f`]
 :sc_scroll_end: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+end`]
 :sc_scroll_home: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+home`]
 :sc_scroll_line_down: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+down` or `ctrl+shift+j`]
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ link:#layouts[layouts] without needing to use an extra program like tmux
 * Can be link:remote-control.asciidoc[controlled from scripts or the shell prompt], even over SSH.
 
 * Has a framework for _kittens_, small terminal programs that can be used to extend kitty's functionality.
-For example, they are used for link:#unicode-input[Unicode input] and link:#url-hints[URL hints].
+For example, they are used for link:#unicode-input[Unicode input] and link:#url-hints[Hints].
 
 * Supports link:#startup-sessions[startup sessions] which allow you to specify the window/tab layout,
 working directories and programs to run on startup.
@@ -286,13 +289,23 @@ keys/tab to select the character from the displayed matches. You can also type
 a leading period and the index for the match if you dont like to use arrow
 keys.
 
-== URL hints
+== Hints
 
-kitty has a _hints mode_ to click URLs visible on the screen by using only the keyboard.
+kitty has a _hints mode_ to select and act on arbitrary text snippets currently
-Press {sc_run_simple_kitten_text_url_hints} to activate hints mode, as shown below.
+visible on the screen.  For example, you can press {sc_run_kitten_text_hints}
+to choose any URL visible on the screen and then open it using your system
+browser.
 
 image::hints_mode.png?raw=true[URL hints mode]
 
+Similarly, you can press {sc_run_kitten_text_hints___type_path___program__} to
+select anything that looks like a path or filename and then insert it into the
+terminal, very useful for picking files from the output of a git or ls command and
+adding them to the command line for the next command.
+
+The hints kitten is very powerful to see more detailed help on its various
+options and modes of operation, use: `kitty +kitten hints --help`.
+
 == Miscellaneous features
 
 * You can also hold down `ctrl+shift` and click on a URL to open it in a browser.

kittens/hints/main.py

@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ def run(args, text):
             '|'.join(args.url_prefixes.split(',')), url_delimiters
         )
         finditer = partial(find_urls, re.compile(url_pat))
+    elif args.type == 'path':
+        finditer = partial(regex_finditer, re.compile(r'(?:\S*/\S+)|(?:\S+[.][a-zA-Z0-9]{2,5})'))
+    elif args.type == 'line':
+        finditer = partial(regex_finditer, re.compile(r'(?m)^\s*(.+)\s*$'))
     else:
         finditer = partial(regex_finditer, re.compile(args.regex))
     lines = []
@@ -216,7 +220,7 @@ terminal window instead. A value of @ will copy the match to the clipboard.
 
 --type
 default=url
-choices=url,regex
+choices=url,regex,path,line
 The type of text to search for.
 
 

kitty/kitty.conf

@@ -428,19 +428,34 @@ map ctrl+shift+backspace restore_font_size
 # map ctrl+shift+f7     set_font_size 20.5
 # }}}
 
+# Select and act on visible text {{{
+# Use the hints kitten to select text and either pass it to an external program or
+# insert it into the terminal or copy it to the clipboard.
+#
+# Open a currently visible URL using the keyboard. The program used to open the
+# URL is specified in open_url_with.
+map ctrl+shift+e         run_kitten text hints
+
+# Select a path/filename and insert it into the terminal. Useful, for instance to
+# run git commands on a filename output from a previous git command.
+map ctrl+shift+p>f       run_kitten text hints --type path --program -
+
+# Select a path/filename and open it with the default open program.
+map ctrl+shift+p>shift+f run_kitten text hints --type path
+
+# Select a line of text and insert it into the terminal. Use for the
+# output of things like: ls -1
+map ctrl+shift+p>l       run_kitten text hints --type line --program -
+
+# The hints kitten has many more modes of operation that you can map to different
+# shortcuts. For a full description run: kitty +kitten hints --help
+# }}}
+
 # Miscellaneous {{{
 map ctrl+shift+f11      toggle_fullscreen
 map ctrl+shift+u        input_unicode_character
 map ctrl+shift+f2       edit_config_file
-# Open a currently visible URL using the keyboard. The program used to open the
+  You can customize how the URLs are
-# URL is specified in open_url_with.  You can customize how the URLs are
-# detected and opened by specifying command line options to hints. The
-# special value of - for --program will cause the selected URL to be inserted
-# into the terminal. For example, to select words and insert them into the terminal:
-# map ctrl+shift+e        run_kitten text hints --program - --type regex --regex \w+
-#
-# Use kitty +kitten hints --help to see the full help for the hints kitten.
-map ctrl+shift+e        run_kitten text hints
 # Open the kitty shell in a new window/tab/overlay/os_window to control kitty using commands.
 map ctrl+shift+escape   kitty_shell window
 

preprocess-readme.py

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ defns = defaultdict(list)
 for line in open('kitty/kitty.conf'):
     if line.startswith('map '):
         _, sc, name = line.split(maxsplit=2)
-        name = name.rstrip().replace(' ', '_')
+        name = name.rstrip().replace(' ', '_').replace('-', '_')
-        defns[name].append('`' + sc + '`')
+        defns[name].append('`' + sc.replace('>', ' → ') + '`')
 
 defns = [
     ':sc_{}: pass:quotes[{}]'.format(name, ' or '.join(defns[name]))