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and add the following to your configuration:https://github.com/jyp/boon.git
git clone 'git://github.com/jyp/boon.git'
Boon is another package for modal editing.
Selling points: - Ergonomic: common commands are easy to type. (See below) - Lightweight: ~300 loc for its core. - Good emacs integration: takes advantage of, and leverages existing emacs infrastructure instead of re-inventing the wheel.
It is largely accepted that modal edition is more ergonomic than using keychord. Boon attempts to make modal editing as comfortable as possible, by adhering to the following design principles:
Spacial allocation first, mnemonics second: the allocation of keys to commands is based in priority on the locations of keys on the keyboard. Whatever is printed on the key cap is a secondary concern.
Easy finger rolls: common combination should either be left/right hand alternation or easy one-hand rolls.
Use of home row and strong fingers for the most used commands
Easy navigation: many commands are bound to navigation. This facilitates moving around. Because movements double up as region-definitions, it makes manipulation commands (operators) more powerful.
In command mode, movement keys are bound to the right hand, while text manipulation is bound to the left hand.
Right-hand.
The leftwards (and upwards) movements are bound to the leftmost fingers (index and middle finger), while rightwards (and downwards) movements are bound to the rightmost fingers (ring finger and pinky.) Additional movements are bound to the middle column.
Left-hand.
The most common edition commands (cut, paste, parenthesis manipulation) are bound to the home row. The top row is (mainly) for searching. The bottom row gives access to regular Emacs stuff (C-x …) (C-c …) and registers.
REQUIREMENTS - Emacs version >= 24.3 - Colemak layout
Install Boon (perhaps using
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and add the following to your configuration:
(require 'boon-colemak) ;; qwerty mode not implemented (contributions welcome)
(require 'boon-extras) ;; optional
(boon-mode) ;; enable boon everywhere (use turn-on-boon-mode) to try locally
You can jump-start by reading the cheat sheet directly, but reading through this modified (and shortened) version of the Emacs tutorial is recommended:
As far as I know, none of the other modal mode care about ergonomics (beside being modal).
Evil is a (quite) complete vi emulation layer for Emacs.
In boon, quite a bit of Emacs structure and user experience is retained. Examples: the x key gives the C-x prefix map. Interactive arguments are used for text objects.
Besides, Emacs is already customizable enough as it is: the core of Boon is just 200 lines or so. Figuring out all the ins and outs of Evil to do what I want would probably require more effort.
God-mode is similar to “sticky modifier keys” in principle. Its simplicity allows to quickly get up to speed with it. However, it lacks the main benefit of a true modal layer: text operators. (what vi fans call a “language for text edition”).
Perhaps the work which is the closest to Boon in principle (lightweight and integration with Emacs). However, as far as I can see, there is no special attention to ergonomics.
Modal Emacs does not appear to be complete.