Update book to include typable command remapping (#1240)

* Update book to include typable command remapping

* Add additional example
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Oskar Nehlin 3 years ago committed by GitHub
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@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ this:
```toml
# At most one section each of 'keys.normal', 'keys.insert' and 'keys.select'
[keys.normal]
C-s = ":w" # Maps the Control-s to the typable command :w which is an alias for :write (save file)
C-o = ":open ~/.config/helix/config.toml" # Maps the Control-o to opening of the helix config file
a = "move_char_left" # Maps the 'a' key to the move_char_left command
w = "move_line_up" # Maps the 'w' key move_line_up
"C-S-esc" = "extend_line" # Maps Control-Shift-Escape to extend_line
@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ g = { a = "code_action" } # Maps `ga` to show possible code actions
"A-x" = "normal_mode" # Maps Alt-X to enter normal mode
j = { k = "normal_mode" } # Maps `jk` to exit insert mode
```
> NOTE: Typable commands can also be remapped, remember to keep the `:` prefix to indicate it's a typable command.
Control, Shift and Alt modifiers are encoded respectively with the prefixes
`C-`, `S-` and `A-`. Special keys are encoded as follows:
@ -53,4 +56,4 @@ Control, Shift and Alt modifiers are encoded respectively with the prefixes
Keys can be disabled by binding them to the `no_op` command.
Commands can be found at [Keymap](https://docs.helix-editor.com/keymap.html) Commands.
> Commands can also be found in the source code at [`helix-term/src/commands.rs`](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/helix-term/src/commands.rs) at the invocation of `commands!` macro.
> Commands can also be found in the source code at [`helix-term/src/commands.rs`](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/helix-term/src/commands.rs) at the invocation of `static_commands!` macro and the `TypableCommandList`.

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