Make VSCode default key-bindings more HJLK friendly using Alt to alternate to them

vscode-keybindings-alt+hjkl-zation.py

#/usr/bin/python3

import json
import sys
import os
import re
import copy

input = sys.argv[1]

if not input or not os.path.exists(input):
    print('No such file', input)
    sys.exit(1)

ALLOWED_MODIFIERS = ['shift', 'meta']
ALLOWED_MODIFIERS_PER_KEY = {
    'left': ['ctrl+shift'],
    'right': ['ctrl+shift'],
    'up': ['ctrl+shift'],
    'down': ['ctrl+shift'],
    'home': ['ctrl', 'ctrl+shift'],
    'end': ['ctrl', 'ctrl+shift'],
    'f3': ['ctrl', 'ctrl+shift'],
    'z': ['ctrl', 'ctrl+shift'],
    'x': ['ctrl'],
    'c': ['ctrl'],
    'v': ['ctrl'],
    'f': ['ctrl'],
}
MODIFIER_TRANSLATIONS = {
    'left': { 'ctrl+shift': 'shift' },
    'right': { 'ctrl+shift': 'shift' },
    'pagedown': { None: 'ctrl' },
    'pageup': { None: 'ctrl' },
    'z': { 'ctrl': None, 'ctrl+shift': None },
    'x': { 'ctrl': None },
    'c': { 'ctrl': None },
    'v': { 'ctrl': None },
    'f': { 'ctrl': None },
}
MODIFIER_KEY_TRANSLATIONS = {
    'up':       { None: 'k', 'ctrl': None },
    'down':     { None: 'j', 'ctrl': None },
    'left':     { None: 'h', 'ctrl': 'b', 'ctrl+shift': 'b' },
    'right':    { None: 'l', 'ctrl': 'e', 'ctrl+shift': 'e' },
    'pageup':   { None: 'b', 'shift': 'u', 'ctrl': None, 'ctrl+shift': None },
    'pagedown': { None: 'f', 'ctrl': None, 'ctrl+shift': None },
    'home':     { None: '1' },
    'end':      { None: ['0', '4'] }, # 4 matches '$' in most layouts
    'f3':       { None: 'n' },
    'z':        { None: 'u', 'ctrl+shift': ['ctrl+r', 'shift+r'] },
    'x':        { 'ctrl': 'd' },
    'c':        { 'ctrl': 'y' },
    'v':        { 'ctrl': 'p' },
    'f':        { 'ctrl': '[Slash]' },
}
SCAN_CODE_TRANSLATIONS = {
    '[ArrowLeft]': 'left',
    '[ArrowUp]': 'arrow',
    '[ArrowRight]': 'right',
    '[ArrowDown]': 'down',
    '[PageUp]': 'pageup',
    '[PageDown]': 'pagedown',
    '[End]': 'end',
    '[Home]': 'home',
}

HADCODED_EXTRAS = [
    # Add support for Alt+Shift+{w,e,b} to move by white-spaces
    { 'key': 'alt+j', 'command': 'workbench.action.quickOpenSelectNext', 'when': 'inQuickOpen' },
    { 'key': 'alt+k', 'command': 'workbench.action.quickOpenSelectPrevious', 'when': 'inQuickOpen' },
    { 'key': 'alt+w', 'command': 'cursorWordStartRight', 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
    { 'key': 'alt+shift+w', 'command': 'cursorWordStartRightSelect', 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
    # FIXME: Use 'by': 'halfPage' once we have it
    { 'key': 'alt+u', 'variants': ['ctrl'], 'command': 'cursorMove', 'args': {'to': 'up', 'by': 'line', 'value': 20 }, 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
    { 'key': 'alt+u', 'variants': ['shift'], 'command': 'cursorMove', 'args': {'to': 'up', 'by': 'line', 'value': 20, 'select': True }, 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
    { 'key': 'alt+d', 'variants': ['ctrl'], 'command': 'cursorMove', 'args': {'to': 'down', 'by': 'line', 'value': 20 }, 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
    { 'key': 'alt+d', 'variants': ['shift'], 'command': 'cursorMove', 'args': {'to': 'down', 'by': 'line', 'value': 20, 'select': True }, 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
    { 'key': 'alt+y', 'variants': ['ctrl', 'shift'], 'command': 'scrollLineUp', 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
    { 'key': 'alt+e', 'variants': ['ctrl'], 'command': 'scrollLineDown', 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
    { 'key': 'alt+i', 'variants': ['ctrl', 'shift'], 'command': 'workbench.action.navigateToLastEditLocation', 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
    { 'key': 'alt+o', 'variants': ['ctrl', 'shift'], 'command': 'workbench.action.navigateForward', 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
    { 'key': 'alt+g alt+g', 'command': 'cursorTop', 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
    { 'key': 'alt+g alt+shift+g', 'command': 'cursorTopSelect', 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
    { 'key': 'alt+shift+g', 'command': 'cursorBottom', 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
    { 'key': 'alt+ctrl+shift+g', 'command': 'cursorBottomSelect', 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
    # FIXME: use [Percent] once defined
    { 'key': 'alt+shift+5', 'command': 'editor.action.jumpToBracket', 'when': 'textInputFocus' },
]

def arrow_to_hjkl(arrow, modifier=None):
    arrow = SCAN_CODE_TRANSLATIONS.get(arrow, arrow)
    if arrow in MODIFIER_KEY_TRANSLATIONS.keys():
        key_translations = MODIFIER_KEY_TRANSLATIONS.get(arrow, {})
        return key_translations.get(modifier, key_translations.get(None))

print('// These keybindings are auto-generated with',sys.argv[0])

with open(input) as f:
    input_str = re.sub(r'\\\n', '', f.read())
    input_str = re.sub(r'//.*\n', '\n', input_str)
    data = json.loads(input_str)

    for binding in data:
        translations = '|'.join(MODIFIER_KEY_TRANSLATIONS.keys())
        match = re.match('^((shift|meta|ctrl|ctrl\+shift)\+)?({})'.format(translations),
                    binding['key'])
        if not match:
            continue

        # print (binding)
        modifier = match.group(2)
        key = match.group(3)

        new_keys = arrow_to_hjkl(key, modifier)

        if not new_keys:
            continue

        if not isinstance(new_keys, list):
            new_keys = [new_keys]

        for new_key in new_keys:
            new_binding = copy.copy(binding)
            new_binding['key'] = 'alt+'

            if not modifier or modifier in ALLOWED_MODIFIERS or modifier in ALLOWED_MODIFIERS_PER_KEY.get(key, []):
                if key in MODIFIER_TRANSLATIONS.keys():
                    modifier = MODIFIER_TRANSLATIONS.get(key, {}).get(modifier, modifier)

                if modifier:
                    new_binding['key'] += '{}+'.format(modifier)

            new_binding['key'] += '{}'.format(new_key)

            if new_binding['key'] != binding['key']:
                print('{},'.format(json.dumps(new_binding)))
        # else:
        #     print('NOTCHANGED: {},'.format(json.dumps(new_binding)))

print('// Hardcoded keybindings')
for binding in HADCODED_EXTRAS:
    variants = binding.get('variants', None)
    if variants:
        binding = copy.copy(binding)
        del binding['variants']
        for variant in variants:
            variant_binding = copy.copy(binding)
            variant_binding['key'] = '{}+{}'.format(variant, binding['key'])
            print('{},'.format(json.dumps(variant_binding)))
    else:
        print('{},'.format(json.dumps(binding)))

print('// End of generated keybindings')

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