Operator feedback on the Ask-Claude ergonomics (relates to #42/#43/#60):
- One user-facing command `cowriting.edit` ("Ask Claude to Edit") routes to the
selection or whole-document flow at runtime via the pure `routeEdit` helper
(selection → editSelection; none / tab right-click → editDocument). The two
underlying commands stay registered for the seams + E2E but are hidden from the
palette, and the split menu pairs collapse to one entry.
- Keybindings with `mac` variants (the missing variant is why ⌃⌥R "didn't work"
on macOS — Option combos are unreliable there): `cmd+alt+e`/`ctrl+alt+e` for
Ask-Claude-to-Edit, `cmd+alt+r`/`ctrl+alt+r` for the review panel.
- The instruction prompt now renders INLINE at the selection/cursor via a
dedicated Comments-API controller (`InlineAskController`, `cowriting.askClaude`)
instead of the top-center QuickInput — VS Code's Inline-Chat-style placement.
Both Ask-Claude entry points (editSelection + the preview's askClaude) share it.
Tests: routeEdit unit tests; E2E menu/palette assertions updated for the unified
command; E2E drives the inline prompt by stubbing `api.inlineAsk.prompt`.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Document-edit flow SLICE-1 (specs/coauthoring-document-edit-flow.md §7.2,
INV-38): make "Ask Claude to Edit" reachable from the editor body AND the
editor tab, selection-aware — a selection routes to editSelection, no
selection to editDocument — both gated to markdown/authorable docs, both
flowing through the single runEditAndPropose path (no divergent edit code).
- package.json: add editSelection + editDocument to editor/context (selection-
aware, markdown + file/untitled) and editor/title/context (selection-aware,
resourceLangId == markdown). Markdown-gate the existing editor/context
editSelection entry to match (its command handler is unchanged; the palette
still reaches any authorable doc — see transcript Deferred decisions).
- trackChangesPreview.ts: cowriting.editDocument accepts the clicked tab's
resource Uri (editor/title/context), targeting THAT document (opening it if
needed) and falling back to the active editor when invoked with no arg —
mirroring showTrackChangesPreview's #41 clicked-doc resolution.
- E2E (test/e2e/suite/f12Reach.test.ts): menu entries present, selection-aware,
markdown-gated; editDocument(uri) targets the tab doc not the active editor;
no-arg falls back to the active editor.
- docs/MANUAL-SMOKE-F12.md: SLICE-1 reach smoke steps.
208 unit + 65/5 host E2E green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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