For sure, Emacs with evil-mode is the best of both worlds: deep customization and sane configuration language of Emacs, with the arguably superior modal interfa

For sure, Emacs with evil-mode is the best of both worlds: deep customization and sane configuration language of Emacs, with the arguably superior modal interface of Vim. Using mnemonic key bindings is much friendlier than dozens of random key combinations. There's a popular key-chord package[1] that minimizes this discomfort, but without editing modes, users need to be concerned with the chords clashing with their actual text, which is absurd. Modes address this issue gracefully. I still use some basic combinations like M-x, but I would be completely lost in Emacs if it weren't for evil-mode. <3 The thing with modal UIs is that you want to use them everywhere. So I also enable vi-mode in my shells, and in any application that uses readline. [1]: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/KeyChord https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/KeyChord