adding better search to tty mode

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/docs/helix-keys.md b/docs/helix-keys.md
index 3a73cf25..444bc822 100644
--- a/docs/helix-keys.md
+++ b/docs/helix-keys.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ with a reason in `test/hxcases/waivers.jsonl`.
 | `gh` / `gl` | line start / line end (last char, not the newline) | | helix-verified |
 | `Ctrl-d` / `Ctrl-u` | half page down/up, cursor follows | matches `page_cursor_half_down/up` | helix-verified |
 | `Ctrl-f` | full page down | matches `page_down`; file panes only get `Ctrl-b` (see next row) | helix-verified |
-| `Ctrl-b` | file panes: full page up. Terminal panes: **raw tty mode toggle** (`opts.tty_toggle`, configurable) | tty toggle is pardes-specific and wins on terminals; harness `pane:"tty"` cases avoid `Ctrl-b` | helix-verified (file) / pardes-specific (tty) |
+| `Ctrl-b` | file panes: full page up. Terminal panes: **raw tty mode toggle** (`opts.tty_toggle`, configurable; `Shift-Esc` is a second, fixed binding for the same toggle) | tty toggle is pardes-specific and wins on terminals; harness `pane:"tty"` cases avoid `Ctrl-b` | helix-verified (file) / pardes-specific (tty) |
 | `PageUp` / `PageDown` | full page | matches helix `page_up`/`page_down` (view scroll + cursor snap to the scrolloff edge) | helix-verified |
 | `zt` / `zz` / `zb` | scroll current line to top / center / bottom | matches `align_view_top/center/bottom` (helix harness pins scrolloff to pardes' 3) | helix-verified |
 | `i` `a` | insert at selection start / after selection end | helix semantics: `i` before the selection, `a` selects and appends after it | helix-verified |
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ with a reason in `test/hxcases/waivers.jsonl`.
 | `Ctrl-w` + `h/j/k/l`/arrows | directional pane focus prefix — normal/tty modes only | pardes' own window handling (helix window mode skipped, section C). Insert mode owns `Ctrl-w` = delete-word-back; `Ctrl-w` while editing a tag (tags are always insert) is a no-op | pardes-specific |
 | `Alt-n` | new terminal below (any mode) | shadows helix `Alt-n` TS sibling-select — skipped anyway (tree-sitter) | pardes-specific |
 | `Alt-c` | move active terminal to a fresh column (any mode) | helix `Alt-c` is change-noyank; the pardes window op wins (do-not-touch contract). `Alt-d` + `i` covers the behavior | waived (`alt-c-window-op`) |
-| `/` then `n`/`N` (file panes) | pardes' own grep-into-a-shell-pane search, n/N walk results (EXPLICIT selections) | KEEP, do not touch; not in the corpus (helix `/` is regex search) | pardes-specific |
-| `n`/`N` (terminal panes) | lookable-token motion over scrollback (EXPLICIT selections) | KEEP, do not touch | pardes-specific |
+| `Space` (normal, body) | the pardes LEADER: a key path from here runs a BUILTIN with no arguments — the same builtins the topbar and the tags hold. `SPC k` Kill, `SPC d` Del, `SPC w` Save, `SPC h t` Tutor, `SPC c n`/`SPC c d` Newcol/Delcol, `SPC t d/c/n/r` Debug/Colors/NextColor/Crt, `SPC s d`/`SPC s r` Dump/Restore. `?` at ANY depth opens the Help builtin listing what the prefix can still reach (`SPC ?` = all, `SPC h ?` = the docs group), into a `+Help` output buffer. The pending path shows at the right edge of the active pane's tag; Esc — or any unmapped key — abandons it | helix spends Space on pickers/LSP (section C); pardes has neither, and acme's builtins are what a leader is for. Enum-derived: the paths, the Help lines and the execute dispatch all fold out of one `Builtin` enum at comptime. Normal mode on a BODY only — tags are always insert, tty keys belong to the program | pardes-specific |
+| `/` then `n`/`N` (any pane) | pardes' own plain-substring search into a `+Search` output buffer, n/N walk the result rows and look them (EXPLICIT selections) | KEEP, do not touch; not in the corpus (helix `/` is regex search) | pardes-specific |
+| `n`/`N` (terminal panes, no search armed) | lookable-token motion over scrollback (EXPLICIT selections) | KEEP, do not touch | pardes-specific |
 | insert: printable text | file: real edit; terminal: typed run splice | | helix-verified (file) |
 | insert: `Enter` | newline (keeps indent) | matches `insert_newline` | helix-verified |
 | insert: `Backspace` (+ `Shift-Backspace`) | delete prev char, joins lines at col 0 | matches `delete_char_backward`; `Ctrl-h` alias in B | helix-verified |
@@ -210,8 +211,8 @@ text.
 
 | Key(s) | Helix behavior | Reason |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| `?`, `*`, `Alt-*` | rsearch / selection-as-pattern | search — pardes has its own `/` n N (grep-based, kept as-is); helix regex search machinery not wanted |
-| `Space` mode, all rows (`f F e . b j g G k s S d D r a h ' w c C Alt-c p P y Y R / ?`) | pickers, LSP actions, clipboard menu, global search, palette | pickers/space-mode; clipboard: yank mirrors out via OSC 52, `p` pastes the register |
+| `?`, `*`, `Alt-*` | rsearch / selection-as-pattern | search — pardes has its own `/` n N (plain substring into an output buffer, kept as-is); helix regex search machinery not wanted |
+| `Space` mode, all rows (`f F e . b j g G k s S d D r a h ' w c C Alt-c p P y Y R / ?`) | pickers, LSP actions, clipboard menu, global search, palette | helix's space mode is pickers + LSP + a clipboard menu, none of which exist here — but the KEY is taken: pardes' own leader runs the acme builtins (section A). Clipboard: yank mirrors out via OSC 52, `p` pastes the register |
 | Popup `Ctrl-u`/`Ctrl-d`, Completion menu, Signature help tables | LSP popups | LSP |
 | Picker table (all rows), Prompt table (all rows) | picker / prompt internals | pickers — pardes' tag line is its own one-line editor |
 | `gn` `gp` `ga` `gm` | next/prev/alternate buffer | buffer nav — pardes panes aren't a buffer list |