As a regular vim user, I recommend vimpulse if you want vim-like keybindings in emacs. IIRC, it even introduces some ":" functionality. It is still a pale imi

As a regular vim user, I recommend vimpulse if you want vim-like keybindings in emacs. IIRC, it even introduces some ":" functionality. It is still a pale imitation, but it is better than wrestling with default emacs keybindings in typical editing.