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Re:Joining the Church of Emacs by nequo on Monday October 03, 2022 @08:54AM (#33066799)
> But at the same time, it is a whole new system to learn and get into, very specific to itself

If you already know Vim keybindings, it is very easy to get into Emacs with evil-mode.[1]

Besides that, Emacs by default comes with a menu system that helps you discover keybindings, too. And there is also cua-mode which I haven’t tried.[2]

[1] https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil

[2] https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CuaMode

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Re:Joining the Church of Emacs by peterashford on Monday October 03, 2022 @06:53PM (#33074772)
I use cua-mode with a few key bindings and mouse modifications of my own to make it work the way I want. Its pretty easy jumping between windows apps and emacs for me
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