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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
modalka
Posts with mentions or reviews of modalka.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-04.
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Emacs Commands I Got by with for Years
See also Modalka (<https://github.com/mrkkrp/modalka>), whose author discusses alternatives in the README.
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Evil keybinding for emacs from scratch
If it's the latter and you're looking for a way to set up vim/evil like keybindings yourself (separate links for each), Modalka, RYO-modal, and Meow (and probably a few dozen others 'cause emacs) allow you to do that.
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visibility items pressing tab
[5] https://github.com/mrkkrp/modalka
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"I'll just install EVIL"
Yes, I've briefly used modalka, which is very close to ryo-modal. I also used god-mode for a long time. There's a simple explanation for why I don't use existing packages.
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Moving from evil to mostly-emacs keybindings
There are other modal systems for emacs. You even can construct your own with https://github.com/mrkkrp/modalka and https://github.com/Kungsgeten/ryo-modal. I have done that, these packages were extremely easy to use. I had a lot of fun designing the modal regime of my dreams. There are https://github.com/LouisKottmann/emacs-baboon, https://github.com/xahlee/xah-fly-keys (and its various forks) and https://github.com/clemera/objed.
hydra
Posts with mentions or reviews of hydra.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
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 modalka and hydra you can also consider the following projects:
xah-fly-keys - the most efficient keybinding for emacs
emacs-which-key - Emacs package that displays available keybindings in popup
ryo-modal - Roll your own modal mode
vim-submode - Vim plugin: Create your own submodes
meow - Yet another modal editing on Emacs / 猫态编辑
vim-hydra - Plugin similar to abo-abo's emacs hydra plugin
boon - Ergonomic Command Mode for Emacs
smartparens - Minor mode for Emacs that deals with parens pairs and tries to be smart about it.
emacs-baboon - My new Emacs config with use-package
projectile - Project Interaction Library for Emacs
emacs-config - My personal Emacs configuration
multiple-cursors.el - Multiple cursors for emacs.