Document default Emacs and Vi keybindings - #1119
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Nice, this one was on my mind for a long time, thanks for picking it up. @Semak12345
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Structured around the four `add_common_*` sets rather than one table per mode, since what separates the modes is which sets they compose and which single keys they override. Filing the shared bindings under emacs instead leaves vi insert described by subtraction. Closes nushell#350. Supersedes nushell#1119, which predates helix.
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Structured around the four `add_common_*` sets rather than one table per mode, since what separates the modes is which sets they compose and which single keys they override. Filing the shared bindings under emacs instead leaves vi insert described by subtraction. Every row was read back off the tables and the modal parsers rather than off vim's and helix's own docs, so the descriptions are reedline's behaviour where the two diverge: vi `I` is `MoveToLineStart`, not vim's first non-blank; `Ctrl-d` deletes a grapheme unless the buffer is empty; a counted helix `g` is dropped rather than acting as `gg`. Closes nushell#350. Supersedes nushell#1119, which predates helix.
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Structured around the four `add_common_*` sets rather than one table per mode, since what separates the modes is which sets they compose and which single keys they override. Filing the shared bindings under emacs instead leaves vi insert described by subtraction. Every row was read back off the tables and the modal parsers rather than off vim's and helix's own docs, so the descriptions are reedline's behaviour where the two diverge: vi `I` is `MoveToLineStart`, not vim's first non-blank; `Ctrl-d` deletes a grapheme unless the buffer is empty; a counted helix `g` is dropped rather than acting as `gg`. Closes #350. Supersedes #1119, which predates helix.
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Summary
Closes #350.
Adds a user-facing reference for the default Emacs and Vi keybindings, including movement, editing, selection, control, Vi motions, operators, and text objects. Links the new guide from the README outline.
Before
Users had to inspect the keybinding constructors and Vi parser to discover the defaults.
After
The defaults are collected in tables in KEYBINDINGS.md, with notes about terminal-specific and feature-gated bindings.
Additional notes
Documentation-only change. Validated with markdownlint-cli2 and git diff --check.