Enable basic keyboard navigation

[max-sixty]

Thanks for the package! This could be the start of something compelling.

Are the following possible with the keyboard?

• Navigate to an existing terminal from the editor
• Navigate back to the editor from a terminal
• Toggle the terminal dock open & closed

At the moment, I've made some hacky changes to my keyboard mapping to get some of the way there, but it's not pretty

Additionally, cmd-shift-t is a already a heavily used keyboard shortcut - there are hundreds of other alternatives.

Tangentially related to: #18

[max-sixty]

Here are a couple of scripts I've added to my init.coffee to enable some of this. (I'm learning as I go, so please correct me if there are errors / easier ways to do this)

atom.commands.add 'atom-workspace',
  # return focus on editor
  'custom:focus-on-editor': ->
    atom.views.getView(atom.workspace.getActiveTextEditor()).focus()

atom.commands.add 'atom-workspace',
  # either focus on the currently open terminal, or open a new one if there isn't one visible
  # (this will create an new instance if there's one open but hidden, which may not be intended)
  'custom:terminal-focus-or-new': ->
    pane = atom.workspace.getBottomDock().getActivePane()
    if pane.activeItem.getTitle() == 'Terminal'
      pane.focus()
    else
      editorElement = atom.views.getView(atom.workspace.getActiveTextEditor())
      atom.commands.dispatch(editorElement, 'terminal:open')

[jsmecham]

My next focus of work is going to be on key bindings and compatibility. See #66 where I will be tracking this work. Thanks!

[sfeldkamp]

@jsmecham

tree-view uses a simple escape keybinding to return focus to the workspace (panes) area.

atom/tree-view#1113

That would be really nice to have in this package.

[jasmith79]

@sfeldkamp that will break stuff for anyone who uses vi bindings in their shell, and most (all?) shells support vi bindings (e.g. bash, zsh, fish).

[charleswilmot]

+1
This is a very important feature in my opinion