Using emacs default bindings in evil insert state made my emacs usage
so much easier and better
reddit / emacs

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LowCom · 2022-06-03 09:05

Now I don't need to memorise evil versions of all packages like org,
dired etc and can just use emacs versions in insert mode.

All I will be giving up or 4 or 5 vim insert mode keys that I can
easily find alternatives for as I have the entire power of emacs
editing at hand now in insert mode.

One annoyance though is giving up C-r for pasting from registers.  I
have to learn how to use emacs based registers.

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1nc0ns1st3nt · 2022-06-03 13:13

I had such transition recently, even to the point of given up evil
entirely. But I still binded redo to C-M-- believe. As it turns out I
don't use redo that often, therefore, binding it to C-r wouldn't be
necessary.

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LowCom · 2022-06-03 13:32

How to enable only C-r of vim in insert mode? Do you know how?

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1nc0ns1st3nt · 2022-06-03 13:47

You should say evil instead of vim (the term) if that's what you mean.
Anyhow, in evil you can unbind C-r in normal and motion, and bind it
in insert.

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super-linux-nerd · 2022-06-03 14:48

I like vim keybindings but dropping evil made my emacs experience a
thousand times more enjoyable.

Turns out I like emacs keybindings too

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LowCom · 2022-06-03 15:01

How to do that?

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MitchellMarquez42 · 2022-06-03 15:26

Evil lets you disable all the evil bindings with C-z. The keymap is
"evil-emacs-state" and you can switch back to evil with C-z again.

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1nc0ns1st3nt · 2022-06-03 15:29

(evil-define-key 'insert  "C-r" 'evil-redo)
    (evil-define-key '(normal motion)  "C-r" nil)

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LowCom · 2022-06-03 15:39

Yes, but this doesn't work in practice.
I have evil escape mode enabled and have very strong memory to keep
pressing "jk" which puts me in evil mode.
Disabling insert state bindings of evil work though as  I can use all
emacs bindings as if they were insert state key chords for vim.

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reddit_clone · 2022-06-03 23:29

The one I miss most is C-e to go the end of line.
In evil normal mode it just scrolls up by a line?

I find typing '$' a bit tedious to go to end of line because I can't
touch type the Num/Symbols row and have to look down.

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LowCom · 2022-06-04 01:46

I don't want redo. I want to paste from register in insert mode while
disablilng all other evil insert state bindings.

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1nc0ns1st3nt · 2022-06-04 09:26

Well, actually I don't know what paste from registers is.

So why don't you use describe function (should be C-h f), to find out
(you might need completion packages enabled to get the best
discoverabilities) the name of the function and use that instead.

Good luck :)