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I'm currently in the process of moving from vim to emacs, and I've noticed that the only things from vim I really need are the modal editing and the basic keybi

I'm currently in the process of moving from vim to emacs, and I've noticed that the only things from vim I really need are the modal editing and the basic keybindings - everything else, like the plugins I've come to love, are more or less interchangable, and from what I've seen, more than plentiful in emacs-land. I think comparing emacs to vim as "editors" creates a false dichotomy, one that has kept me from trying emacs for too long.

Ketan-fullstack 5y ago
Modal editing is what made me go back to vim after 2 months of wanting to like emacs. Even with EVIL mode it didn't feel just as smooth. Are there other ways to get modal editing in emacs?
- lvncelot 5y ago
  None that I'm aware of, especially for vim-users, I'm also using EVIL mode.
  - jb1991 5y ago
    As I mentioned in another comment, "god mode" is an emacs package that provides more native-emacs modal editing features.
- bradrn 5y ago
  > Even with EVIL mode it didn't feel just as smooth. I’m surprised to hear this. I’d personally assess Evil highly — in some areas, it’s even better than Vim. What problem(s) did you have with it?
- polaris64 5y ago
  If you haven't done so already I'd also recommend looking at evil-collection (https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil-collection https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil-collection). This enables Evil keybindings throughout Emacs which can certainly help.
- jb1991 5y ago
  Checkout God Mode, which is inspired by Vim but is designed with emacs bindings in mind, not vim bindings. I used it for years (before moving to VS Code).
philsnow 5y ago
If you're a big user of vim macros, take a look at some of the quality of life enhancements that emacs macros have: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Edit-Keyboard-Macro.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Ed... specifically kmacro-edit-macro and kmacro-edit-lossage You can edit vim macros but it's not nearly as seamless

Ketan-fullstack 5y ago

Modal editing is what made me go back to vim after 2 months of wanting to like emacs. Even with EVIL mode it didn't feel just as smooth. Are there other ways to get modal editing in emacs?

lvncelot 5y ago
None that I'm aware of, especially for vim-users, I'm also using EVIL mode.
- jb1991 5y ago
  As I mentioned in another comment, "god mode" is an emacs package that provides more native-emacs modal editing features.
bradrn 5y ago
> Even with EVIL mode it didn't feel just as smooth. I’m surprised to hear this. I’d personally assess Evil highly — in some areas, it’s even better than Vim. What problem(s) did you have with it?
polaris64 5y ago
If you haven't done so already I'd also recommend looking at evil-collection (https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil-collection https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil-collection). This enables Evil keybindings throughout Emacs which can certainly help.
jb1991 5y ago
Checkout God Mode, which is inspired by Vim but is designed with emacs bindings in mind, not vim bindings. I used it for years (before moving to VS Code).

philsnow 5y ago

If you're a big user of vim macros, take a look at some of the quality of life enhancements that emacs macros have: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Edit-Keyboard-Macro.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Ed... specifically kmacro-edit-macro and kmacro-edit-lossage You can edit vim macros but it's not nearly as seamless