pipe selections through shell commands

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/config.zig b/src/config.zig
index 3eedf707..a14ed797 100644
--- a/src/config.zig
+++ b/src/config.zig
@@ -356,6 +356,9 @@ pub const command_line: []const Chord = &.{.{ .cp = ':' }};
 pub const search: []const Chord = &.{.{ .cp = '/' }};
 pub const search_next: []const Chord = &.{.{ .cp = 'n' }};
 pub const search_prev: []const Chord = &.{.{ .cp = 'N' }};
+/// Helix `|`: in body normal mode, pipe every file selection through one
+/// command typed in the pane's visible tag-tail input.
+pub const pipe_selection: []const Chord = &.{.{ .cp = '|' }};
 /// Enter on an armed search input runs it; `escape` (PART 3) abandons it.
 pub const search_submit: []const Chord = &.{.{ .cp = Key.enter }};
 
@@ -574,6 +577,10 @@ pub const symbol_marker = " WsSymbols /";
 /// the one input that previews as you type (pardes.zig, previewSelRegex).
 pub const select_marker = " Select /";
 pub const split_marker = " Split /";
+/// The `|` prompt is not an executable tag word: the marker only makes the
+/// pending shell filter visible, and everything after it is preserved as the
+/// exact command passed to `/bin/sh -c`.
+pub const pipe_marker = " |";
 
 /// Output-buffer names (acme's +Errors). Cosmetic now, and deliberately so: a
 /// buffer is DERIVED from the command that opened it (output_pane.traits), and