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Emacs key binding emulation? Only a special kind of masochist would want to use emacs keys more often.

• avgcorrection 3y ago
  Intellij hotkeys at least are a Ctrl+Alt+Shift nigthmare. Are Emacs keybinds really that bad? Well, I wouldn’t know anymore since I use Evil…
• chrsig 3y ago
  I don't want to, my fingers do it anyway. Send help please. Joke aside, the key bindings work in a lot of places outside of emacs, which unfortunately are slowly eroding away. Keybindings are all a crapshoot when it comes to working with different platforms though. macos is notably frustrating in this regard.
• dustfinger 3y ago
  It is nice to know that I am special ;-). Do I get extra points if I told you that I do it all on a custom mechanical plank keyboard with blank keycaps? Of course, I don't use emulation. My windows manager is exwm, so I do everything in emacs.
• tmtvl 3y ago
  Emacs keybinds are great. How do you move the cursor up, down, left, and right without them, the arrow keys? My pinky doesn't stretch that far, and if I have to move my hand I'm gonna lose time moving back because I need to find the articulation for my index finger. Vi bindings are even worse: you start typing and the text goes haywire because you're in the wrong mode.