Thanks to @rahguzar for suggesting using lossage. I tried it and it doesn't show the letter I'm holding down. It shows the previous key presses, but not the one being held down.
Between the escape and the C-h l, I'm holding down j, so something is afoot...
Emacs people - I've searched high and low and can't work it out:
How do I configure it so that when I press and hold h, j, k, l (using evil mode) it moves till I take my finger off the key. At the moment I have to continually hit the key and it's annoying. When using the arrow keys, it works fine.
I've searched for character repeat, and all I get is how to repeat a command with . which is not what I want.
Tyia
@dougmerritt @screwlisp @veer66
More about #Emacs #evilmode and modal editing in emacs.
Heres a 12 year old explanation of Viper, Vimpulse and Evil.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14291260/difference-between-viper-vimpulse-and-evil-for-emacs
Meow-edit is lightweight visual modal editing like Helix.
https://github.com/meow-edit/meow
Boon is another , but lacks visuals.
Building my own Emacs Init thanks to @daviwil, and the joy he has in finally enabling evil mode in video 3 made me think of and create this (poorly written) meme.
Alright, now #emacs #substrate supports #evilmode for those who can't resist a touch of #evil!
Has anyone gotten "evil-set-leader" to work in org-agenda? I think evil-org is eating some things, but just simply writing this isn't working
I spent a ton of time leaning the #Vim language, and I consider myself an intermediate to advanced Vim-language user. But I too feel the disharmony between #Evilmode and #Emacs from time to time, and have been thinking about using Vanilla for at least a year now. The problem is, every time I do I feel so clumsy, and I often find that certain things that are simple in Evil mode I can't figure out how to do in Vanilla, so I always go back. I need to give it a real try for a month or so.
@mms I suppose there's worse options. I'd still be pythoning it myself.
But I'd pick vim over emacs any day of the week, so what would I know?
Still having fun with making my own emacs config. A combination of annoying and fun. So much to do...
Instead of enabling Evil mode globally, I now have it turned on only in buffers with major modes derived from prog-mode or text-mode.
Since Evil is disabled in non-editing buffers like Magit and Dired (where it was a nuisance), I got rid of Evil collection and cut my startup time in half.
Today on #SystemCrafters Live, we'll discuss a major change I'm making to my Emacs configuration: the total removal of Evil Mode. We'll hack on my configuration a bit to figure out some ways to smooth out the transition.
Can I kick the habit, or am I forever possessed?
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Today I ported the Vim :retab command to Emacs Evil mode. It may take some time before the PR gets merged but you can easily copy it to your config if you want to.
@ericsfraga @revk @hajovonta @publicvoit
> one the most underrated features of #evilmode in #Emacs
If that is what you want, then good for you. I would be very happy if I never had to interact with any Vi-like editor in my life again. I've been using them for *35 years* now and I hate them as much today as I did in 1988.
My favourite Linux shell text editor is Tilde. I wrote about it & why I like it here:
https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/17/tilde_text_editor/
Because xNix types don't get this: when I mention "weird arcane things from the 1970s" that means Emacs and Vi[m]. I detest both, and that article tries to explain why.