sublime text 2 - add visual mode without vintage mode - sublimetext2

Question

My problem is that I would like to be able to use a visual selection without being in vintage mode. Here are my key bindings:
[
{ "keys": ["ctrl+k"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "lines", "forward": false} }
, { "keys": ["ctrl+j"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "lines", "forward": true} }
, {"keys":["ctrl+h"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "characters", "forward": false}}
, {"keys":["ctrl+l"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "characters", "forward": true}}
, {"keys":["ctrl+e"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "characters", "forward": true}}
,{ "keys": ["ctrl+e"], "command": "move_to", "args": {"to": "eol", "extend": false} }
,{ "keys": ["ctrl+a"], "command": "move_to", "args": {"to": "bol", "extend": false} }
, {"keys": ["ctrl+y"], "command": "copy"}
, {"keys": ["alt+y"], "command": "paste"}
, { "keys": ["ctrl+v"], "command": "enter_visual_mode"}
]
As you can see I have vi-like commands except with ctrl modifier. I want it this way. I would like ctrl+v to enter visual mode. I saw in the Vintage mode default key bindings file, the command was defined like I have it defined. Obviously "enter_visual_mode" is a command defined somewhere else in Vintage mode, but I don't know how to include that into my default editor. If anyone could give some guidance on setting this up it would be appreciated!

Answer 1

You will need to use a plugin to support the behavior you want. I don't know of one that is fully flushed out, but I know this was a start to define different keyboard modes (like visual). Take a look at https://github.com/KonTrax/MultiBind. Untested but add the following to your key binding file should work.
// Toggle "visual" layout
{ "keys": ["ctrl+v"],
"command": "multibind_toggle",
"args" : { "layout": "visual" }
},
// Show current layout in statusbar
{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+\\"],
"command": "multibind_show",
"args" : { }
},
{ "keys": ["ctrl+k"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "lines", "forward": false, "extend": true}, "context": [{ "key": "multibind.visual" }]},
{ "keys": ["ctrl+j"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "lines", "forward": true, "extend": true}, "context": [{ "key": "multibind.visual" }] },
{"keys":["ctrl+h"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "characters", "forward": false, "extend": true}, "context": [{ "key": "multibind.visual" }]},
{"keys":["ctrl+l"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "characters", "forward": true, "extend": true}, "context": [{ "key": "multibind.visual" }]},
{"keys":["ctrl+e"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "characters", "forward": true, "extend": true}, "context": [{ "key": "multibind.visual" }]},
{ "keys": ["ctrl+e"], "command": "move_to", "args": {"to": "eol", "extend": true}, "context": [{ "key": "multibind.visual" }]},
{ "keys": ["ctrl+a"], "command": "move_to", "args": {"to": "bol", "extend": true}, "context": [{ "key": "multibind.visual" }] }
You have ctrl+e defined twice, so I'm not sure which behavior you want.