janus-key
boon
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9 | 321 | |
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4.4 | 6.6 | |
10 months ago | about 2 months ago | |
C | Emacs Lisp | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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janus-key
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solution to dreaded emacs pinky finger problem (may not be possible) (only works with evil)
I use https://github.com/pietroiusti/janus-key
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Amazing vim setup
(Although I think they are nice, I am not a supporter of the key bindings of the beast in emacs btw. In fact I wrote a little piece a software to keep my pinkie healthy while avoiding them;))
- janus-key: Make normal keys behave like modifiers when held down.
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janus-key: give keys a double function (normal keys as modifiers)
I wrote a little tool in C that allows you to use normal keys as modifiers.
boon
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I wanted a beautiful computer and couldn't find one, so I made my own.
I've never yet used kakoune itself, but I've just started using the Meow modal editing package for Emacs, which I'm told resembles kakoune to some similar extent as boon resembles vi.
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Alternative keyboard layouts
Shouldn't make much difference, because most of Emacs's default keybinds are either mnemonic or arbitrary (not relative, like Vi's hjkl). There are some unique control interfaces for Emacs which support (and even recommend) alt layouts out of the box. Specifically Meow, Fingers and Boon.
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The extensible vi layer for Emacs
There's also Boon which I like quite a lot but I opted against using mostly because of all the places I would need to type where I wouldn't have access to Boon unless I ported it (a plan I assure you but one lumped behind 1,000 other projects TODO).
https://github.com/jyp/boon
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Ask HN: Best way to experiment with text text editing?
To build on what others are saying about Emacs, if you start exploring the package ecosystem, you're going to see quite a lot of really interesting packages that are related to improving/experimenting with the UX of editing text. While I'm not endorsing anyone in particular, I think what this list does show is just how easy it is to do pretty much whatever you want in Emacs;
https://karthinks.com/software/avy-can-do-anything/
https://github.com/jyp/boon
https://github.com/clemera/objed
https://github.com/jmorag/kakoune.el
https://github.com/meow-edit/meow/
https://github.com/xahlee/xah-fly-keys
https://github.com/Kungsgeten/ryo-modal
https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode
Emacs 29 also now has treesitter and LSP mode integration built-in, a compilation mode, a comint mode for REPLs, excellent file browsing packages (I use dired/dirvish), and a few other killer features.
Now, if what you truly dislike are "quirky editors", prepare yourself for a world of hurt because vanilla Emacs departs quite a bit from "modern" text editors. I struggled with this for a while, but eventually by buying into the paradigm, I now feel that when emacs try emulating "modern" IDE features like autocompletion, LSP, and DAP UI, I feel like it's a regression, not a progression. The point here is that you might have an "idea" of what good initial UX and lack of quirks would look like, but Emacs might change the way you think.
- Deciding on Emacs Bindings vs Modal Editing (Meow, Vim, Etc.)
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Public service announcement: Vim
Vim never, ever appealed to me. The keys are not exactly ergonomic, like the WordStar diamond, or intuitive, like the Emacs keys. But I can understand how modal editing - like in WordStar - can improve the writing experience tremendously. So, for my custom Emacs configuration for creative writing, I am using Boon, which allows me to use the left hand home row to navigate characters/words/sentences/lines, and the right hand home row to delete/insert/etc. Pressing v switches to Insert Mode, and C-; switches back to Command Mode. Highly addictively efficient!
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Do you prefer something like evil mode or the default Emacs keybindings?
I've used both vim and evil in the past, but lately I've been playing with boon and I'm quite enjoying it. It plays nicely with emacs and has some good ideas, like pressing the yank key twice in a row will fix spaces:
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How to make my pinkie and vanilla keybindings get along?
I am using Boon, and it has transformed my Emacs experience!
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solution to dreaded emacs pinky finger problem (may not be possible) (only works with evil)
I use https://github.com/jyp/boon which has changed my life.
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Why not use Evil in 2022?
I am not using Evil in 2022 because I am using Boon :)
What are some alternatives?
kmonad - An advanced keyboard manager
emacs-writer - An elegant Emacs setup optimized for non-technical writers
zet - Zettelkasten Repo. This is where I dump my knowledge as it happens, all my zettels ("slips" or notes) about almost anything and everything. The idea is rather simple really and very powerful. Be warned, however, just because something is here doesn't mean it is accurate or even that I still believe it.
god-mode - Minor mode for God-like command entering
dual-key-remap - Remap any key to any other two keys on Windows 🔥. Remap CapsLock to both Ctrl and Escape! (It's like xcape for windows!)
xcape - Linux utility to configure modifier keys to act as other keys when pressed and released on their own.
meow - Yet another modal editing on Emacs / 猫态编辑
keyd - A key remapping daemon for linux.
modalka - Modal editing your way
ikkekernel - IkkeKernel - because we need a Linux fork
jetbrains-darcula-emacs-theme - A complete port of the default JetBrains Darcula theme for Emacs