yank clipboard + ? fix

web/src/App.svelte

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   let cmdline = $state<string | null>(null)
   let fileInput = $state<HTMLInputElement>()
   let shell = $state<HTMLDivElement>()
+  let overlayEl = $state<HTMLDivElement>()
   let pending = $state('')
 
   if (!shareToken) void diary.boot()
@@ -32,6 +33,17 @@
     hooks.openCommandLine = (initial) => (cmdline = initial)
   })
 
+  /*
+   * The overlay takes focus while it is up, so its keys (q, ?, esc) reach the
+   * window handler instead of being swallowed by the editor underneath.
+   */
+  $effect(() => {
+    if (diary.overlay !== 'none') {
+      overlayEl?.focus()
+      return () => (diary.editing ? hooks.focusEditor() : shell?.focus())
+    }
+  })
+
   // Guard against losing a half-written entry to a stray refresh.
   $effect(() => {
     if (!diary.dirty) return
@@ -81,6 +93,14 @@
       }
     }
 
+    if (diary.overlay !== 'none') {
+      if (event.key === 'q' || event.key === '?') {
+        event.preventDefault()
+        diary.overlay = 'none'
+      }
+      return
+    }
+
     if (cmdline !== null || isTypingTarget(event.target)) return
     if (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey || event.altKey) return
 
@@ -88,11 +108,6 @@
     const previous = pending
     pending = ''
 
-    if (diary.overlay !== 'none') {
-      if (key === 'q' || key === '?') diary.overlay = 'none'
-      return
-    }
-
     // Two-key sequences: gg and dd.
     if (previous === 'g' && key === 'g') {
       event.preventDefault()
@@ -216,8 +231,9 @@
     {/if}
 
     {#if diary.overlay !== 'none'}
-      <!-- svelte-ignore a11y_click_events_have_key_events, a11y_no_static_element_interactions -->
-      <div class="overlay" onclick={(e) => e.target === e.currentTarget && (diary.overlay = 'none')}>
+      <!-- svelte-ignore a11y_click_events_have_key_events, a11y_no_static_element_interactions, a11y_no_noninteractive_tabindex -->
+      <div class="overlay" tabindex="-1" bind:this={overlayEl} onclick={(e) => e.target === e.currentTarget && (diary.overlay = 'none')}
+      >
         {#if diary.overlay === 'help'}<Help />{:else}<MediaBrowser />{/if}
       </div>
     {/if}

web/src/lib/Editor.svelte

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+<script lang="ts" module>
+  /* The vim register controller is global, so it is wrapped once per page. */
+  let clipboardMirrored = false
+</script>
+
 <script lang="ts">
   import { defaultKeymap, history, historyKeymap, indentWithTab } from '@codemirror/commands'
   import { markdown, markdownLanguage } from '@codemirror/lang-markdown'
@@ -53,12 +58,24 @@
         borderColor: 'var(--line)',
       },
       '.cm-panels-bottom': { borderTop: '1px solid var(--line)' },
-      // The `:` prompt is a bare text node in the panel; the input follows it.
-      '.cm-vim-panel': { padding: '2px 8px', color: 'var(--accent)' },
+      /*
+       * The `:` prompt is a bare text node in the panel; the input follows it.
+       * The input is an inline-block whose baseline sits below the text node's,
+       * so the two are laid out as flex items instead of aligned by baseline.
+       */
+      '.cm-vim-panel': {
+        padding: '2px 8px',
+        color: 'var(--accent)',
+        display: 'flex',
+        alignItems: 'center',
+      },
       '.cm-vim-panel input': {
         fontFamily: 'inherit',
+        fontSize: 'inherit',
+        lineHeight: 'inherit',
         color: 'var(--accent)',
         caretColor: 'var(--accent)',
+        flex: '1',
       },
     },
     { dark: true },
@@ -80,6 +97,34 @@
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * `set clipboard=unnamed`, in effect: every yank or delete that lands in the
+   * unnamed register is copied out to the system clipboard too. An explicit
+   * register (`"ay`) is left alone, and `"+p` still pastes the clipboard back.
+   */
+  function mirrorUnnamedRegisterToClipboard() {
+    if (clipboardMirrored) return
+    const registers = Vim.getRegisterController?.()
+    if (!registers) return
+    clipboardMirrored = true
+    const push = registers.pushText.bind(registers)
+    registers.pushText = (name, operator, text, linewise, blockwise) => {
+      push(name, operator, text, linewise, blockwise)
+      if (!name && text && diary.clipboard) void diary.copy(text)
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * `?` is vim's search-backwards, but the diary advertises it as the help key
+   * everywhere else, so it opens the reference here too. `/` still searches.
+   */
+  function bindHelpKey() {
+    Vim.defineAction('diaryHelp', () => void runCommand('help'))
+    for (const context of ['normal', 'visual'] as const) {
+      Vim.mapCommand('?', 'action', 'diaryHelp', {}, { context })
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Media goes on its own line after the one the cursor is on, so attaching a
    * file never cuts a sentence in half.
@@ -108,6 +153,8 @@
 
   onMount(() => {
     bridgeExCommands()
+    bindHelpKey()
+    mirrorUnnamedRegisterToClipboard()
 
     const extensions = [
       ...(diary.vimEnabled ? [vim({ status: false })] : []),

web/src/lib/Help.svelte

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     ['x · dd', 'delete the entry (asks first)'],
     [':', 'command line'],
     ['Ctrl-S', 'save, from anywhere'],
-    ['?', 'this screen'],
+    ['?', 'this screen — in the editor too'],
   ]
 
   const titles: Record<Group, string> = {
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@
   <footer class="faint">
     inside the editor the full vim keymap is live — hjkl, w/b, dd, ciw, visual mode, macros, and
     <span class="accent">:w</span> to write. drop or paste an image, video or audio file into the
-    editor to attach it. <span class="accent">:12</span> jumps straight to entry 12.
+    editor to attach it. <span class="accent">:12</span> jumps straight to entry 12. yanks and
+    deletes are copied to the system clipboard —
+    <span class="accent">:set noclipboard</span> keeps them in vim's registers.
   </footer>
 </div>
 

web/src/lib/commands.ts

@@ -373,11 +373,15 @@ export const commands: CommandSpec[] = [
     name: 'set',
     args: '<option>',
     group: 'view',
-    help: 'theme=mocha|green|amber|ice, vim, novim',
+    help: 'theme=mocha|green|amber|ice, vim, novim, clipboard, noclipboard',
     run: (arg) => {
       const option = arg.trim()
       if (option === 'vim') return diary.setVim(true), diary.say('vim keys on')
       if (option === 'novim') return diary.setVim(false), diary.say('vim keys off')
+      if (option === 'clipboard')
+        return diary.setClipboard(true), diary.say('yanks go to the system clipboard')
+      if (option === 'noclipboard')
+        return diary.setClipboard(false), diary.say('yanks stay in vim registers')
       const theme = /^theme=(\w+)$/.exec(option)?.[1]
       if (theme) return setTheme(theme)
       diary.say(`unknown option: ${option}`, 'error')

web/src/lib/store.svelte.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ class Diary {
 
   vimEnabled = $state(localStorage.getItem('diary:vim') !== 'off')
 
+  /** Mirror vim yanks and deletes into the system clipboard, like `set clipboard=unnamed`. */
+  clipboard = $state(localStorage.getItem('diary:clipboard') !== 'off')
+
   get selected(): EntrySummary | undefined {
     return this.entries[this.cursor]
   }
@@ -186,6 +189,11 @@ class Diary {
     localStorage.setItem('diary:vim', enabled ? 'on' : 'off')
   }
 
+  setClipboard(enabled: boolean) {
+    this.clipboard = enabled
+    localStorage.setItem('diary:clipboard', enabled ? 'on' : 'off')
+  }
+
   /** Surface a failed API call in the status line instead of the console. */
   async guard(action: () => Promise<unknown>) {
     try {