dirvish VS evil-collection

Compare dirvish vs evil-collection and see what are their differences.

dirvish

A polished Dired with batteries included. (by alexluigit)

evil-collection

A set of keybindings for evil-mode (by emacs-evil)
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dirvish evil-collection
19 36
742 1,151
- 1.9%
3.3 8.0
about 1 month ago 3 days ago
Emacs Lisp Emacs Lisp
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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dirvish

Posts with mentions or reviews of dirvish. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-09.

evil-collection

Posts with mentions or reviews of evil-collection. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-14.
  • What should I do on my Corne keymap to make Emacs easier?
    2 projects | /r/ErgoMechKeyboards | 14 Apr 2023
    Honestly, I've yet to find a plugin that I use that isn't covered by https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil-collection. I love emacs, but I can't stand the chords.
  • How usable is Emacs with its default keybindings?
    6 projects | /r/emacs | 11 Feb 2023
    Evil and Evil Collection is the nuclear option.
  • Emacs setup for people who suffer from RSI
    4 projects | /r/emacs | 31 Jan 2023
    I still have phases where I experiment with modal editing, but I haven't messed with Evil-mode in a long time. I prefer Meow, in part because it doesn't invest everything on a single command layout. And the sample Dvorak layout meshes really well with Emacs bindings for special modes (like Dired and Ibuffer). So you don't have to install and configure something like Evil-collection just to use the same bindings everywhere.
  • Does it worth to use Emacs keybindings instead of doom's predefined?
    4 projects | /r/emacs | 27 Sep 2022
    The problem I have with evil in Emacs is that it is another layer on top of vinalla Emacs. Not many packages are designed with evil key bindings in mind. You need packages like https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil-collection and and https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil-magit and https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil-ediff to make Emacs feel more "evil". Distros like Doom and Spacemacs integrate these packages for you, but then you're even farther away from the default Emacs experience. I also find online help worse for evil bindings. To figure stuff out you often have to resort to looking at vim or neovim documentation. "Vanilla" Emacs is famously "self documenting" but last I checked evil couldn't provide useful help, within Emacs, in the same way.
  • Modal editing: Evil, Boon or Meow?
    4 projects | /r/emacs | 15 Sep 2022
    Evil does interfere with bindings in some modes, but https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil-collection fixes a lot of these issues, both for built-in modes and a lot of popular third-party ones.
  • How to actually define key binds in Emacs?
    6 projects | /r/emacs | 8 Aug 2022
    Oh, and stick this in your use-package for general: ;; We want SPC as a leader key, probably. So do this. It just affects what ;; keybinds are overridden by the `override' keymap functionality that ;; `general' provides. ;; ;; https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil-collection#making-spc-work-similarly-to-spacemacs ;; ;; NOTE: `evil-collection' binds over SPC in many packages. To use SPC as a ;; leader key with `general', first set these override states: (setq general-override-states '(insert emacs hybrid normal visual motion operator replace))
  • Let's share your top 3 packages that you can't live without.
    34 projects | /r/emacs | 31 Jul 2022
  • I'm switching to emacs from neovim
    7 projects | /r/emacs | 30 Jul 2022
    You might want to look into the evil-collection package.
  • Is my understanding of Vim and Emacs correct?
    7 projects | /r/vim | 29 Jul 2022
    Evil mode is incredible, but it has real disadvantages in the Emacs context. It is another layer above Emacs, which makes Emacs different from its default self. E.g. most packages don't come with evil-mode key bindings. The popular Emacs packages are handled by https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil-collection but, there is always going to be a layer of translation between how upstream describes its key bindings and how Evil binds them.
  • How can I test if helpful displays windows in evil normal mode?
    2 projects | /r/emacs | 28 Jul 2022
    Have you checked the evil-collection package?

What are some alternatives?

When comparing dirvish and evil-collection you can also consider the following projects:

meow - Yet another modal editing on Emacs / 猫态编辑

xah-fly-keys - the most efficient keybinding for emacs

evil-org-mode - Supplemental evil-mode keybindings to emacs org-mode

doom-emacs - An Emacs framework for the stubborn martian hacker [Moved to: https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs]

emacs-which-key - Emacs package that displays available keybindings in popup

general.el - More convenient key definitions in emacs

solarized-emacs - The Solarized colour theme, ported to Emacs.

use-package - A use-package declaration for simplifying your .emacs

ace-window - Quickly switch windows in Emacs

evil - The extensible vi layer for Emacs.

emacs-libvterm - Emacs libvterm integration

evil-snipe - 2-char searching ala vim-sneak & vim-seek, for evil-mode