From 983ae4898bef001409195e429f0dcd6f07f102e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: venus <git@riverrooks.art>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 01:34:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] better keybind support

---
 zsh.config | 22 ++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/zsh.config b/zsh.config
index eb568fa..a515231 100644
--- a/zsh.config
+++ b/zsh.config
@@ -46,19 +46,21 @@ HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth # consecutive duplicates & commands starting with space a
 source <(fzf --zsh) # allow for fzf history widget
 
 
-# binds
+### binds
+# vim motions for navigating single lines
 bindkey "^a" beginning-of-line
 bindkey "^e" end-of-line
-bindkey "^k" kill-line # broken
-bindkey "^j" backward-word # broken
-bindkey "^k" forward-word # broken
+bindkey "^k" kill-line
+bindkey "^j" backward-word
+bindkey "^k" forward-word
 bindkey "^H" backward-kill-word
-# ctrl J & K for going up and down in prev commands
-bindkey "^J" history-search-forward
-bindkey "^K" history-search-backward
+# alt J & K for going up and down in prev commands
 bindkey '^R' fzf-history-widget
+bindkey "\ej" history-search-forward
+bindkey "\ek" history-search-backward
 bindkey -s '^[[1;5A' "!!^M"
 
+bindkey '^ ' autosuggest-execute #accept and execute autosuggestion
 # open fff file manager with ctrl f
 # openfff() {
 #  fff <$TTY
@@ -71,11 +73,12 @@ bindkey -s '^[[1;5A' "!!^M"
 
 # autosuggestions
 # requires zsh-autosuggestions
-if [ -d "/usr/share/zsh/plugins " ]; then 
+# if [ -d "/usr/share/zsh/plugins/ " ]; then 
 	source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
 	# syntax highlighting
 	# requires zsh-syntax-highlighting package
-fi
+	source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
+# fi
 
 #setup oh-my-posh shell 
 if [ $TERM = "xterm-kitty" ] || [ $NVIM ]; then
@@ -85,5 +88,4 @@ fi
 # replace cd with zoxide (fzf support for changing dir)
 eval "$(zoxide init zsh)"
 
-source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh