I learned Emacs first, then Vi(m), then I went back to Emacs but with Evil-mode. It's truly the best of both worlds in my opinion. Much like you, if I need to

I learned Emacs first, then Vi(m), then I went back to Emacs but with Evil-mode. It's truly the best of both worlds in my opinion. Much like you, if I need to edit a quick file, I can just fire up Vi or Vim and be on my way. What's nice about Evil, for those unaware, is that I can turn it off whenever I want and go back to Emacs' key-bindings. However, I have Emacs bindings set-up to work while in 'insert mode' in Evil.I think the package is called 'hybrid-mode' if I am not mistaken? It's been a while since I looked at it, so I apologize. I find that both styles have certain advantages. For example, If I want to jump to the end of a line to add a semi-colon or something, I rather just Crtl+e while I am in 'insert mode' vs Esc -> shift + a Though if I want to jump to the corresponding open/close curl brace, I rather use Vi(m) bindings.