1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/helix-view/src/input.rs b/helix-view/src/input.rs
index 5b867930..093006c4 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/input.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/input.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Input event handling, currently backed by crossterm.
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Error};
-use helix_core::unicode::width::UnicodeWidthStr;
+use helix_core::unicode::{segmentation::UnicodeSegmentation, width::UnicodeWidthStr};
 use serde::de::{self, Deserialize, Deserializer};
 use std::fmt;
 
@@ -22,6 +22,31 @@ impl KeyEvent {
             _ => None,
         }
     }
+
+    /// Format the key in such a way that a concatenated sequence
+    /// of keys can be read easily.
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # use std::str::FromStr;
+    /// # use helix_view::input::KeyEvent;
+    ///
+    /// let k = KeyEvent::from_str("w").unwrap().key_sequence_format();
+    /// assert_eq!(k, "w");
+    ///
+    /// let k = KeyEvent::from_str("C-w").unwrap().key_sequence_format();
+    /// assert_eq!(k, "<C-w>");
+    ///
+    /// let k = KeyEvent::from_str(" ").unwrap().key_sequence_format();
+    /// assert_eq!(k, "<space>");
+    /// ```
+    pub fn key_sequence_format(&self) -> String {
+        let s = self.to_string();
+        if s.graphemes(true).count() > 1 {
+            format!("<{}>", s)
+        } else {
+            s
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 pub(crate) mod keys {