Merge branch 'nanjekyejoannah-issue#672'

CHANGELOG.asciidoc

@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ Changed
 - Sending a command to an existing instance (via "qutebrowser :reload") now
   doesn't mark it as urgent anymore.
 - `tabs -> title-format` now treats an empty string as valid.
+- Bindings for `:`, `/` and `?` are now configured explicitly and not hardcoded
+  anymore.
 
 Deprecated
 ~~~~~~~~~~

README.asciidoc

@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ Contributors, sorted by the number of commits in descending order:
 * ZDarian
 * Milan Svoboda
 * John ShaggyTwoDope Jenkins
+* nanjekyejoannah
 * Peter Vilim
 * Clayton Craft
-* nanjekyejoannah
 * Oliver Caldwell
 * Jonas Schürmann
 * error800

qutebrowser/config/configdata.py

@@ -1477,6 +1477,9 @@ KEY_DATA = collections.OrderedDict([
         ('set-cmd-text :open -b -i {url:pretty}', ['xO']),
         ('set-cmd-text -s :open -w', ['wo']),
         ('set-cmd-text :open -w {url:pretty}', ['wO']),
+        ('set-cmd-text -s :search', ['/']),
+        ('set-cmd-text -s :search -r', ['?']),
+        ('set-cmd-text -s :', [':']),
         ('open -t', ['ga', '<Ctrl-T>']),
         ('open -w', ['<Ctrl-N>']),
         ('tab-close', ['d', '<Ctrl-W>']),

qutebrowser/keyinput/modeparsers.py

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Module attributes:
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSlot, Qt
 
-from qutebrowser.utils import message
 from qutebrowser.config import config
 from qutebrowser.keyinput import keyparser
 from qutebrowser.utils import usertypes, log, objreg, utils
@@ -70,9 +69,6 @@ class NormalKeyParser(keyparser.CommandKeyParser):
             self._debug_log("Ignoring key '{}', because the normal mode is "
                 "currently inhibited.".format(txt))
             return self.Match.none
-        if not self._keystring and any(txt == c for c in STARTCHARS):
-            message.set_cmd_text(self._win_id, txt)
-            return self.Match.definitive
         match = super()._handle_single_key(e)
         if match == self.Match.partial:
             timeout = config.get('input', 'partial-timeout')
@@ -231,7 +227,7 @@ class HintKeyParser(keyparser.CommandKeyParser):
         if keytype == self.Type.chain:
             hintmanager = objreg.get('hintmanager', scope='tab',
                                      window=self._win_id, tab='current')
-            hintmanager.handle_partial_key(cmdstr)
+            hintmanager.fire(cmdstr)
         else:
             # execute as command
             super().execute(cmdstr, keytype, count)