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Re: The extensible vi layer for Emacs

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Post by _emacsomancer_ » Sat, Mar 04, 2023, 7:18 AM UTC

cyrialize wrote: post #28

I used to use emacs-evil but found myself having to remember both vim and emacs keybindings. That may be my own fault since I probably wasn't using ALL the settings / extra packages that make vim keybindings work everywhere. I've since switched to god-mode [0], which just turns emacs keybindings into modal ones. I find it works quite well. I think emacs keybindings are easier to remember but harder to use. Turning th…

There's active development of god-mode still though[0].

Mentioned elsewhere here, I've found meow[1] to be really interesting/good. And it leverages some of what makes god-mode nice (from their list of key features: "Minimizes modifier usage (e.g. `SPC x f` for `C-x C-f`) inspired by god-mode")

[0]: https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode/commits/master

[1]: https://github.com/meow-edit/meow

Re: The extensible vi layer for Emacs

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Post by avgcorrection » Sat, Mar 04, 2023, 10:30 AM UTC

djha-skin wrote: post #94

avgcorrection wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Emacs vs. Vim is a meme. You wrote a whole blog post as a PSA over a meme.

I understand what you're saying but the feelings were real. I kept getting frustrated because I would comment and say you know vimm is not that bad and I would just get piled on by emacs users saying no come back it's okay just try us again and it was annoying so I wrote a response to them up as a blog post so I wouldn't have to write my opinion twice.

Okay I understand. Lame behavior on their part.

Re: The extensible vi layer for Emacs

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Post by cryptolake » Sat, Mar 04, 2023, 1:19 PM UTC

khqc wrote: post #92

cryptolake wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For all the space/doom emacs users check out VSpaceCode it's basically all the space emacs shortcuts in vscode and i can't live without it anymore. https://vspacecode.github.io/

what made you move off emacs?

The performance and the time investment, even with doom, there were lots of bugs and performance issues especially regarding lsp/debugging. I'm sure the problems can be resolved but i would need to sink my time into it.

Re: The extensible vi layer for Emacs

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Post by _emacsomancer_ » Sat, Mar 04, 2023, 5:22 PM UTC

favadi wrote: post #31

tuukkah wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meow is really interesting for me as I never used Vim much. Meow seems to provide the benefits of modal editing with most seamless integration in Emacs. https://github.com/meow-edit/meow

Now I finally understand the comment in another Emacs thread. I thought people was talking about the Mew - a mail reader for Emacs.

It's been years since I used Mew. Wonder about any overlap in (current) Mew and Meow users.