Make "flash" etc. not change "source"?

[Enyium]

File:

foo
bar
Baz

Do this:

• "pre file"
• "take this"
• "bring <Baz>"
• "flash source" - Flashes Baz.
• "change source" - Doesn't work. "source" was already consumed. You have to use "that" now, even though you just wanted to verify in between, and don't want to teach yourself something that won't work in the future when skipping the verification step.

Am I right that using "flash" with "source" can always be seen as a preparation for the next step that should continue to build on the previous step, while using "flash" with a more specific mark is preparation for the next step without building on the previous step? If so, wouldn't it make sense for "flash"/"highlight" (more?) to stop consuming "source"? (Or, from my layman's perspective, even generally stop transforming "source" into "that"?)

[AndreasArvidsson]

You are of course free to use Cursorless however you want, but if were talking about intent: Flash wasn't really meant to be used in a chain like that. It's basically a teaching or testing action and not something we expected people to use on a daily basis.

Also the way itss implemented today is that every action specifies which source and that marks they want to set and the flash action (as most of the actions) sets an empty source. There isn't really a concept of keeping or not consuming a mark the way you suggest. This could of course be changed I just want to note that it's not how the pipeline is set up today. If you feel strongly about this please make an issue.

[Enyium]

It's basically a teaching or testing action

That's how I use it. This is what I was referring to with "verify"/"verification"- checking what your next action will act upon.

Another consumption problem: When accidentally saying "flash this" instead of "flash that", the "that" reference also gets consumed, so that you can't just say "flash that" after "flash this" and expect it to reference the previous "that".

[AndreasArvidsson]

Yes all the marks just refer to your previous Cursorless action.