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+# ~/.config/zsh/keybinds.zsh — zle ports of fish_user_key_bindings.fish.
+# Keys owned by kitty.conf never reach the shell and are NOT bound here:
+#   ctrl-h/j/k/l → vim-aware split nav (pass_keys.py).
+
+bindkey -e            # pin emacs keymap ($EDITOR containing "vi" would pick viins)
+unsetopt flow_control # free ^Q/^S in zle so the ctrl-q exit bind fires
+
+# Generic runner: widget `run-<cmd>` executes <cmd> (function or binary) with
+# the tty as stdin, then repaints — fish's `commandline -f repaint`.
+# cwd changes from gho/yy persist: widgets run in the shell process.
+_zle-run() {
+    local cmd=${WIDGET#run-}
+    zle -I
+    $cmd </dev/tty
+    zle reset-prompt
+}
+for _cmd in nvim purple clip-last gho pj omp yy lazygit; do
+    zle -N "run-$_cmd" _zle-run
+done
+unset _cmd
+
+bindkey '^E' run-nvim
+bindkey '^B' run-purple
+bindkey '^Y' run-clip-last
+bindkey '^O' run-gho
+bindkey '^P' run-pj
+bindkey '^A' run-omp
+# ctrl-f: pick file(s) and open in nvim; yy also cd's to yazi's exit dir.
+bindkey '^F' run-yy
+bindkey '^G' run-lazygit
+
+# ctrl-q mirrors ctrl-d's preset (`exit`) — quit the shell.
+_zle-exit() { exit }
+zle -N _zle-exit
+bindkey '^Q' _zle-exit
+
+# ctrl-c at the prompt: wipe any typed text AND clear screen + kitty
+# scrollback (2J/3J drops it, like the fish `clear` wrapper). ^C is the tty
+# INTR char, so this lives in TRAPINT — bindkey '^C' would never fire.
+# Mid-command SIGINT behaves normally (128+SIGINT). BUFFER is read-only in
+# trap context, so builtin widgets are invoked via `zle .name` instead.
+TRAPINT() {
+    if zle; then
+        zle .kill-buffer
+        printf '\033[2J\033[3J\033[1;1H'
+        zle .reset-prompt
+        return 0
+    fi
+    return $(( 128 + $1 ))
+}