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Re:Emacs 25.1 RC1 by na85 on Monday July 25, 2016 @06:48AM (#12157743)
Yuck, is it modal? How do you type a space character?
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Re:Emacs 25.1 RC1 by wodenokoto on Monday July 25, 2016 @07:16AM (#12157846)
Are you implying that you expected a non-modal VIM mode?
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Re:Emacs 25.1 RC1 by s_kilk on Monday July 25, 2016 @06:56AM (#12157773)
You go into insert-mode (by pressing 'i') and type whatever you need, then press ESC to get back to normal-mode.

It takes some getting used to, but I could never go back :)

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Re:Emacs 25.1 RC1 by DigitalJack on Monday July 25, 2016 @07:06AM (#12157810)
It's only modal if that is how you want it. On first run it asks if you want to run in a vim-mode or normal emacs mode.
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