feat: new command to open hover documentation in a new buffer instead of a popup #12208
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So, you can use
Space + k
to hover documentation which opens a popup.However, sometimes it's really useful to be able to search inside this popup. Or go into it, move around, copy some text, etc. Some hover-docs can be quite long.
This PR adds a new command called
hover_dump
, which dumps the "documentation on hover" into a new scratch buffer, where you can use your usual Helix motions. this is how it looks like (window on the right):The red box is where my cursor was, and it opened the documentation in a new buffer instead of a popup.
I bound
hover_dump
toSpace + K
, whereashover
wasSpace + k
.Closes #12206
Closes #8134
Closes #9455