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I'm finally giving vanilla #emacs a try. As much as I love my vim keybindings and #EvilMode, I just keep running into friction between that and the rest of emacs. Yes, of course you can rebind and customize things, but it got tedious quickly

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

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@bascht

I spent a ton of time leaning the language, and I consider myself an intermediate to advanced Vim-language user. But I too feel the disharmony between and 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.

🔴 Today on 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?

Join us here: systemcrafters.net/live

- youtube.com/live/AG_OB3CiPnI
- twitch.tv/SystemCrafters

🕐 in your time zone: time.is/compare/1800_in_Athens

systemcrafters.netSystem Crafters Live! - System Crafters
#gnu#emacs#config
Hi! Allow me to make my #introduction post!

I'm Alex, and I use computers for a living. Well, for everything. I've always been interested in them. I started using #Linux as a teenager, almost 20 years ago. Today, my home is full of Linux computers, but I still keep a Windows partition around for #VideoGames.

My favorite way to solve computer problems is with #Elixir in my editor ( #DoomEmacs with #EvilMode #vim). I'm always writing #Javascript with #ReactNative these days, too.

I used to blog at https://awochna.com, but haven't in years. Maybe that'll change now that I have to put in a link to my new fediverse profile
genserver.socialAkkoma

I just got my first PR for merged. It was promptly reviewed by the maintainers, they gave me valuable feedback and helped me with unit tests.

100% will contribute again 🙂

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@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:
theregister.com/2021/12/17/til

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.

The Register · Fans of original gangster editors, look away now: It's Tilde, a text editor that doesn't work like it's 1976By Liam Proven