Evil Reviews and Details

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• Switching from the Mac port Build of Emacs to the Standard NS Build

  That said, the default for sis-context-hooks, which decides when it fires, is '(evil-insert-state-entry-hook), which assumes evil. If you don't use evil, this hook never gets called and it won't work, so you'll need to add hooks that match your own workflow. - Source: dev.to / 28 days ago

• Creating an Emacs major mode - because why not?

  For multiple reasons, one of them just being curiosity, I started using Emacs. And before anyone wants to start waging the holy war of editors1, I'll put myself out there and pronounce that the one and only correct answer is: Emacs with EVIL (GitHub) mode. - Source: dev.to / almost 2 years ago

• Helix-gpui: helix gpui front end

  Emacs is whatever you want it to be, and it has wonderful modal editing packages such as evil-mode[1] - which surpasses the editing system from vi that it is based on - and Meow[2] 1. https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Packages that you would like to be in emacs core ?

  Since we already have vyper-mode, why not add Evil to the stack? Source: over 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Does anyone Lisp without Emacs?

  2 stripe blue belt here! I used to use Vim for everything other than Java development and have now adopted Emacs in the same way. I am using it for Clojure and Common Lisp development along with org mode, irc, rss, git and file management I started with Evil mode and then moved to Xah fly keys before sticking to the emacs bindings. Having the caps lock key bound to CTRL helped me a lot. I don't know if it makes... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Emacs Is My New Window Manager

  If you already know Vim, you should probably not use Emacs without Evil: https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil It gives you comprehensive Vim bindings so what you need to learn to be comfortable in Emacs is very little. As a bonus, it also keeps your RSI risk unchanged. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software

  Emacs is a text ecosystem. And it's trivial to add these shortcuts. Evil[0] basically rewires everything to be Vim. [0]: https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• Is orgmode really that much better than an equivalent workflow using vim + other tools?

  I would *highly* recommend using vim keybindings if you're just getting into it (Doom or just evil). I switched from vim to emacs and tried to rough it with the default keybindings thinking that otherwise I wasn't /really/ using emacs, but I was wrong! I've been using org-mode/emacs for ~2 years now and I've slowly been migrating everything into it as I find useful tools/modes/etc (and now thanks to u/ilemming I... Source: about 3 years ago

• Switching from Emacs. My experience

  Despite using Emacs as my main editor, I was extremely familiar with Vim since I also used it frequently, and was able to use it quite well, especially because I also used [evil](https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil) in Emacs since Emacs's native keybindings are uncomfortable to use. I never used Vim as my primary editor though because it was cumbersome to configure. As many people say, Vimscript just feels wrong,... Source: about 3 years ago

• Avarege traaaArch user be like

  Doom is a set of configuration files (to put it lightly 😅) for emacs, a text editor with really really powerful configuration abilities -- your "config files" are actually code in a full-fledged programming language, so people have done things like built package managers in it, or written full emulators for other text editors. Source: about 3 years ago

• 916 Days of Emacs

  I just stopped worry and succumbed to https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil. - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago

• How do I take priority from Evil's escape key?

  I am currently using evil and corfu, but I want to configure such that pressing a single escape will invoke corfu-quit when its UI is active (because pressing "C-g" is harder). Source: over 3 years ago

• Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y'

  We all know Emacs is an operating system. Just install https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil for editing tasks 😉. Source: over 3 years ago

• How do you suggest me approaching Emacs coming from VIM?

  Install Evil-Mode to get started with vim bindings. Source: over 3 years ago

• Discussion Thread

  When the LORD comes to earth he comes in two forms. Good and evil. Source: over 3 years ago

• How usable is Emacs with its default keybindings?

  Evil and Evil Collection is the nuclear option. Source: over 3 years ago

• Does anyone use vim for lisp dev?

  I could never get a good Lisp set-up going on vim (though I don't think I tried vlime,) but I've found evil mode a nice way to bring vi-style editing to emacs. Source: over 3 years ago

• The benefits of everything (in Emacs) being a buffer

  > What both Emacs and Vim have in common is an intimidating learning curve. You can't just dip your toe in. Another thing that Emacs and Vim have in common is Vim keybindings.[1] You can pick Emacs keybindings up at your own pace. From one vimmer to another, if you want to try out Emacs, I highly recommend doing it with Evil. [1] https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil. - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago

• Newbie here! Need Help!

  I love emacs for the fact that I can use it with many different languages. I get my IDE like features (auto-complete, linting, formatting etc.) from lsp-mode. You can configure emacs by writing elisp in your .emac dotfile in your home directory. Here is my messy config file. The general tactic is to copy snippets from other people. I don't know a good starting point for configuring, but maybe this video can give... Source: over 3 years ago

• Emacs haters

  Normally when I say that someone points me to evil mode. Source: over 3 years ago

• eMacs vs vim

  Some people really liked emacs for extended features and specific plugins it has, but these people preferred the vim control scheme. That's how you get evil, which brings vim-like editing to emacs. Source: over 3 years ago