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Re:Toward a “modern” Emacs by spudlyo on Friday September 25, 2020 @06:33PM (#24594796)
I think the thing about Vi and Vim that has the most value in 2020 is not the software itself, but rather the keyboard-centric composable modal editing system that they popularized.

Some of the growth that Emacs has enjoyed over the past several years is from folks who want the Vim style modal editing in an editor as customizable and extensible as Emacs. Emacs "distributions" such as Doom and Spacemacs cater to these folks.

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Re:Toward a “modern” Emacs by how_gauche on Saturday September 26, 2020 @09:39AM (#24598764)
Many of us switched to evil mode because we got RSI from incorrectly chording all the time! C-a & C-e I'm looking at you
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