highlight-symbol.el
Emacs: automatic and manual symbol highlighting (by nschum)
hydra
make Emacs bindings that stick around (by abo-abo)
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| 274 | 1,805 | |
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| 10.0 | 0.0 | |
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| Emacs Lisp | Emacs Lisp | |
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highlight-symbol.el
Posts with mentions or reviews of highlight-symbol.el.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-31.
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Let's share your top 3 packages that you can't live without.
Highlight Symbol: https://github.com/nschum/highlight-symbol.el
hydra
Posts with mentions or reviews of hydra.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-15.
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Modeless Vim
You can also use Hydra for Emacs.[1] Once I discovered how to configure Hydra, I made it a habit to make one for every new major mode I need to use.
[1] https://github.com/abo-abo/hydra
- Devil Mode for Emacs
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Alternative terminal compatible keybinding for C-S-<arrow up>
Have you considered a hydra?
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Can you explain the power of emacs please?
An Emacs specific example: I'm working on a few go projects at the moment and go requires recompilation after changes. Step one was finding auto-recompilers for my projects (I'm using both air and reflex in various projects). Step two was realizing that I spent a lot of time switching to the buffer where the output is printed, so I wrote a little hydra menu to make that easier. Then I found myself having to restart those processes each time I restarted Emacs, so I went digging and found detached to manage the processes. Then I got tired of having to hunt for where the detached output was displayed in my frame so dug into sidebars to manage the windows more effectively.
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Is it possible to make god-mode turn off automatically after a command?
I think the goal of the hydra package is to provide such functionality.
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Non-evil users: what modifiers do you use on emacs?
I would I also encourage anyone who does not want to use modal editing to look into repeat-mode, hydras, and key-chord.
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Newbie question: What is a good strategy for personal keybindings to avoid conflicts, including with packages installed later on?
The C-c prefix is designed for you, the user, to use for your nefarious deeds. Some things that may help with both binding and knowing what key does what would be a menu such as hydras or transient menus (which apparently are part of Emacs now so that's new).
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Too many keybindings
For the very same reason, I started to use hydras: https://github.com/abo-abo/hydra - see my config at https://github.com/novoid/dot-emacs/blob/master/config.org
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How usable is Emacs with its default keybindings?
Hydra lets you define mini-modes with limited scope.
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A good config with leader keys
general.el also works well with hydra.el. Here's my hydra for window operations - it activates when I press ,w:
What are some alternatives?
When comparing highlight-symbol.el and hydra you can also consider the following projects:
exwm - Emacs X Window Manager
emacs-which-key - Emacs package that displays available keybindings in popup
vim-submode - Vim plugin: Create your own submodes
vim-hydra - Plugin similar to abo-abo's emacs hydra plugin
smartparens - Minor mode for Emacs that deals with parens pairs and tries to be smart about it.
projectile - Project Interaction Library for Emacs
multiple-cursors.el - Multiple cursors for emacs.
key-chord - Map pairs of simultaneously pressed keys to commands
battlecruiser - Restoration and modern usage of vintage IBM M 122-key a.k.a. "battlecruiser" keyboards
eyebrowse - A simple-minded way of managing window configs in emacs
dot-emacs - My GNU/Emacs configuration
minimap - Sidebar showing a "mini-map" of a buffer