things.el VS key-chord

The current state of things is pretty underwhelming and convoluted. In 2018 I designed a system on top of thingatpt that was not married to any parser (can use regexps or use tree-sitter or anything else to build things) or to any editing style (modal vs. non-modal). I'll probably never complete it due to a lack of time/interest, but it still seems to me that what's needed is something like this, a library in the middle that could be used for any package like this. Not sure why no one else seems to see how good thingatpt could be.

things.el: https://github.com/noctuid/things.el

I've planned to use treesitter in things.el for a long time, but another package will likely become useful long before I have time to do this.

I've designed my own text object/motion system that I hope will eventually bring more "useful" composability to any Emacs user that wants it (see things), but right the implementation is buggy and incomplete.

Alternatively, you could try a hydra. I also bound god-mode-all to a key-chord, which makes it easier to go between god-mode and insert mode, but wouldn't make it automatic.

I would I also encourage anyone who does not want to use modal editing to look into repeat-mode, hydras, and key-chord.

Key chords are another great way of bonding commonly used commands

To implement, you can use the key-chord package.

Using key chords (untested though)

However, the key-chord package comes sort of close. It lets you bind a command to 2 keys that you press at the same time.

Using emacs since about 1995. I use many suggestions found on this thread. One less well known one I like a lot is key chord mode. https://github.com/emacsorphanage/key-chord. I use it primarily for window navigation/management but may try it for other things. Also ace-jump is very handy. And smudge if you listen to Spotify.

You might be interested in https://github.com/emacsorphanage/key-chord

I think this might be able to emulate the results purely from Emacs, although that comes at the downside of needing to define a H- chord for every binding you want. That library also wouldn't support something like "C-M-H-S-a" at the moment.

Not directly what you asked but one thing i use a lot is the keychord : press two keys simultaneously like as, sd, df, etc.