> And after a while, I was wanting a way to have the keyboard and all its layers in front of me, as text, and to just simply say in a consistent way: "I want th

> And after a while, I was wanting a way to have the keyboard and all its layers in front of me, as text, and to just simply say in a consistent way: "I want this key to switch buffers, that is, call `other-window` when I press it" or, "Have this key jump to previous position, that is, simulate a `C-u C-space` when I press it". I feel like there's an entire subgroup of EMACS users rediscovering why vim is so popular. Of course, this doesn't account for the motion/verb aspect (where you map commands to verbs, like `dw` (delete word) or `d}` (delete paragraph)), but what you're essentially talking about is a form of modality, albeit universal modality for your keyboard.