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Do you happen to have some resources you can share? I've been playing with Tidal, a live-coding library and it wants me to use Emacs, and I just... can't. So an

by bphogan 12y ago

Do you happen to have some resources you can share? I've been playing with Tidal, a live-coding library and it wants me to use Emacs, and I just... can't. So any info on setting up evil-mode would be great, especially since it's fresh in your mind. I've found some resources but really don't know where to start.

manish_gill 12y ago
I haven't dived into the details of Evil mode too much. The basic Vim motions and commands work out of the box, so for a casual vim user, it ought to be enough. I also went ahead and installed Evil-leader, so I could have the same <leader> keymaps that I have in my vim config. A few places where I looked for small things here and there: 1. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Evil http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Evil 2. https://github.com/cofi/evil-leader https://github.com/cofi/evil-leader 3. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8483182/evil-mode-best-practice https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8483182/evil-mode-best-p... 4. https://github.com/mixandgo/emacs.d/blob/master/my-evil.el https://github.com/mixandgo/emacs.d/blob/master/my-evil.el 5. https://bling.github.io/blog/2013/10/27/emacs-as-my-leader-vim-survival-guide/ https://bling.github.io/blog/2013/10/27/emacs-as-my-leader-v... And I also got ido-vertical-mode so the emacs command buffer looks better. Here's my setup: https://github.com/mgill25/emacs https://github.com/mgill25/emacs See user.el Cheers! PS: Some of the configuration needs to be set up before you activate certain modes - which is often implicit in plugins, so watch out for that. Eg: To emulate C-u behavior, the functions had to be put ahead of the (require 'evil) call in evil-leader.el
nutate 12y ago
I'm using stock evil mode with tidal on emacs. It's pretty good, but occasionally I'll open up a weird window. I used emacs in the late 90s, so I'm not completely afraid of it. I recommend that you shouldn't be either. You can use v to select sections and then just C-c C-c to run them. Nothing crazy. Navigate around with standard vim keystrokes, including the windows. For that matter, getting SLIME w/ vim to work w/ Tidal wouldn't be the hardest thing. It's just that no one has tried.
irahul 12y ago
What problems are you facing? Setting up evil mode takes just what the emacs wiki says. 1. Install emacs. Start emacs. "Alt-x package-install" press enter "evil" press enter. 2. Open your .emacs or .emacs.d/init.el. (require 'evil) (evil-mode 1) Done.
- aidenn0 12y ago
  Biggest problem for me when I first used evil was learning that C-g is what I need to press when I accidentally hit an emacs chord sequence and want to abort. I had to google a few times to find that out when Esc wouldn't get me out of the minibuffer.
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  - MetaCosm 12y ago
    Exact same issue I ran into... the odd dumping out into non-evil modes is terror inducing.

by bphogan 12y ago

manish_gill 12y ago

I haven't dived into the details of Evil mode too much. The basic Vim motions and commands work out of the box, so for a casual vim user, it ought to be enough. I also went ahead and installed Evil-leader, so I could have the same <leader> keymaps that I have in my vim config. A few places where I looked for small things here and there: 1. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Evil http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Evil 2. https://github.com/cofi/evil-leader https://github.com/cofi/evil-leader 3. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8483182/evil-mode-best-practice https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8483182/evil-mode-best-p... 4. https://github.com/mixandgo/emacs.d/blob/master/my-evil.el https://github.com/mixandgo/emacs.d/blob/master/my-evil.el 5. https://bling.github.io/blog/2013/10/27/emacs-as-my-leader-vim-survival-guide/ https://bling.github.io/blog/2013/10/27/emacs-as-my-leader-v... And I also got ido-vertical-mode so the emacs command buffer looks better. Here's my setup: https://github.com/mgill25/emacs https://github.com/mgill25/emacs See user.el Cheers! PS: Some of the configuration needs to be set up before you activate certain modes - which is often implicit in plugins, so watch out for that. Eg: To emulate C-u behavior, the functions had to be put ahead of the (require 'evil) call in evil-leader.el

nutate 12y ago

I'm using stock evil mode with tidal on emacs. It's pretty good, but occasionally I'll open up a weird window. I used emacs in the late 90s, so I'm not completely afraid of it. I recommend that you shouldn't be either. You can use v to select sections and then just C-c C-c to run them. Nothing crazy. Navigate around with standard vim keystrokes, including the windows. For that matter, getting SLIME w/ vim to work w/ Tidal wouldn't be the hardest thing. It's just that no one has tried.

irahul 12y ago

What problems are you facing? Setting up evil mode takes just what the emacs wiki says. 1. Install emacs. Start emacs. "Alt-x package-install" press enter "evil" press enter. 2. Open your .emacs or .emacs.d/init.el. (require 'evil) (evil-mode 1) Done.

aidenn0 12y ago
Biggest problem for me when I first used evil was learning that C-g is what I need to press when I accidentally hit an emacs chord sequence and want to abort. I had to google a few times to find that out when Esc wouldn't get me out of the minibuffer.
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- MetaCosm 12y ago
  Exact same issue I ran into... the odd dumping out into non-evil modes is terror inducing.