Usability suggestions

[tweekmonster]

This is a pretty cool idea! However, I think the experience can be made better. The current way feels a little too weird. Like I'm wiggling back and forth to get it right, which lacks a feeling of precision. I'm not sure if you intended this to target Vim users in particular, but I'd like to suggest some things to make it easier to use:

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| 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 4 | 5 | 6 |
+---+---+---+
| 7 | 8 | 9 |
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1. Split the screen into 9 sections. From the beginning, always start in section 5. I think this will make directional movement feel more natural. The current way feels like I'm pushing and squeezing the cursor, not pointing it.
2. hjkl highlights a section. If I pressed the wrong key or changed my mind, I don't have to start over.
3. Taking from :h i_CTRL-X_CTRL-N, pressing ctrl-n will split the highlighted section into 9 more sections. The previous splits are dimmed and stay on the screen. This is repeatable up to a certain point where it's impractical.
4. Taking from :h i_CTRL-X_CTRL-P, pressing ctrl-p will go back to the previously split sections and restore the selection of the section.
5. If I move the selection outside of the current section (e.g. press h while on section 4), this would be the equivalent of pressing ctrl-p and moving to the section in the direction of the movement.
6. Taking from :h complete_CTRL-Y, pressing ctrl-y will perform the click. Holding shift could perform the right click.
7. Shift + hjkl emulates accelerated mouse movement, but is constrained to the currently selected section.

Start in section 5, press l to move to section 6, then select it with ctrl-n
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|     1     |     2     |     3     |    |###########|###########|###########|
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|           |           |           |    |###########|###########| 1 | 2 | 3 |
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|     4     |     5     |     6     | -> |###########|###########| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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|           |           |           |    |###########|###########| 7 | 8 | 9 |
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|     7     |     8     |     9     |    |###########|###########|###########|
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Miscellaneous

• When toggling XEasyMotion, it would be nice to have a key that restored the section that was last used so I could perform more cursor actions in the same general area.
• No animations, or have an option to disable animations. The latency makes me unsure if I'm pressing the right keys if I move at a reasonable pace.
• Turn off XEasyMotion if the mouse is clicked manually.
• It would be nice if other keys were disabled while XEasyMotion was enabled.

[vnikk]

@tweekmonster regarding #2: you can move the selection with Shift+h/j/k/l not to start again