emacsorphanage/god-mode on Hacker News

if you do decide to give it a try, and are coming from vim, i've had a good experience with https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode as a way to kind of bridge the gap into modal editing

comment by sammy0910 · 2026-10-13 · in I posted to HN, and then my website was flooded with AI bot traffic

The god-mode minor mode that is linked is also mind-boggling: https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode

comment by smlavine · 2025-09-13 · in Meow: Yet another modal editing on Emacs

▲ 2

Is SpaceX a nod at Emacs with god-mode?

story by rahil627 · 2025-04-26 · 3 comments

…using the Cmd key as it was designed for Unix). It made using emacs much more enjoyable for me. [1] https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode

comment by brabel · 2024-01-04 · in Emacs commands I got by with for years

…rest of us this is a good compromise and once you get used to it, it avoids the pinkies very well. https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode

comment by brabel · 2023-12-21 · in Improving Emacs Isearch Usability with Transient

…god mode [1] and the evil leader implementations in spacemacs and doomemacs, for example [2]. [1] https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode [2] https://discourse.doomemacs.org/t/what-are-leader-and-locall...

comment by cesnja · 2023-12-21 · in Improving Emacs Isearch Usability with Transient

…http://xahlee.info/emacs/misc/xah-fly-keys.html https://github.com/meow-edit/meow https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode

comment by mgd · 2023-11-08 · in Ask HN: Does anyone Lisp without Emacs?

▲ 3

God Mode – no more RSI

story by mxben · 2023-05-24 · 0 comments

Reminds me of god-mode: https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode . Although I use Evil, it still comes in handy on occasion when I need to type something without an Evil keybind. Alas, it’s been abandoned, though it still seems to work…

comment by bradrn · 2023-05-07 · in Show HN: Devil Mode: A twisted Emacs key translator for modifier-free editing

…key features: "Minimizes modifier usage (e.g. `SPC x f` for `C-x C-f`) inspired by god-mode") [0]: https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode/commits/master [1]: https://github.com/meow-edit/meow

comment by _emacsomancer_ · 2023-03-04 · in The extensible vi layer for Emacs

…orphanage. Noticed no issues, since again all it does is just make emacs keybindings modal. [0]: https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode

comment by cyrialize · 2023-03-03 · in The extensible vi layer for Emacs

https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode

comment by hprotagonist · 2023-03-03 · in The extensible vi layer for Emacs

…https://github.com/xahlee/xah-fly-keys https://github.com/Kungsgeten/ryo-modal https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode Emacs 29 also now has treesitter and LSP mode integration built-in, a compilation mode, a comint mode for REPLs, ex

comment by josephferano · 2023-01-08 · in Ask HN: Best way to experiment with text text editing?

I remap CapsLock to Esc and use that as my toggle key in god-mode: https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode This makes the Ctrl sticky, thus emulating the modal behavior of vim, but using emacs bindings. It also has some clever escape…

comment by ulrikrasmussen · 2022-12-26 · in Moving the Ctrl Key

…modes I've been wanting to try. https://github.com/Kungsgeten/ryo-modal https://github.com/jyp/boon https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode

comment by iimblack · 2022-03-17 · in Lapce – Fast open-source code editor

It sounds like you would like god-mode: https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode

comment by omaranto · 2020-12-12 · in Emacs Survey 2020 Results

…is that you can install extensions without needing to come up with Evil keybindings for them. [1] https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode

comment by cyrialize · 2020-11-05 · in Switching from Vim to Intellij

Your suggestion sounds a little bit like Emacs' god-mode: https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode

comment by gmfawcett · 2020-05-07 · in Making Emacs Popular Again

▲ 1

God Mode: Modal Interface for Emacs Users

story by sidhu1f · 2018-05-05 · 0 comments

…discovery. It solves C- and M-. I use sticky keys for shift, but that's less of a home run https://github.com/chrisdone/god-mode

comment by fovc · 2017-07-29 · in 'Using Emacs' Series

…Your make memory adapts to not hitting C- very quickly, and your pinkies will be very grateful [1] https://github.com/chrisdone/god-mode

comment by fovc · 2016-09-18 · in Emacs 25.1 released

…room to improve the typing efficiency of both. Emacs has ergoemacs and god-mode, for example. https://github.com/chrisdone/god-mode http://ergoemacs.github.io Plus you can use vim key bindings. Is a modal editor better? Should key bindings…

comment by melling · 2016-03-09 · in EmacsGolf (2013)

…The question is which keybindings are the most efficient? Does a modal mode help? god-mode perhaps? https://github.com/chrisdone/god-mode

comment by melling · 2016-03-08 · in A Brief Glance at How Various Text Editors Manage Their Textual Data (2015)

…God mode you don't have to relearn key bindings, you just no longer need to hit Control and Alt. https://github.com/chrisdone/god-mode

comment by rekado · 2016-02-15 · in Why GNU Emacs?

There are other options for a more efficient Emacs. https://github.com/chrisdone/god-mode http://ergoemacs.org/misc/ergoemacs_vi_mode.html My understanding is that Emacs keyboard chords are not healthy.…

comment by melling · 2015-11-19 · in Ergoemacs-mode: ergonomic keybindings in Emacs to reduce RSI

…a little taste of vim but not the problem of trying to shoehorn vim key-bindings into emacs. 1. https://github.com/chrisdone/god-mode

comment by tach4n · 2014-07-25 · in Emacs and Vim

…use god-mode if you don't like holding C so much. Then you can just hold p or n to move the line. https://github.com/chrisdone/god-mode

comment by johnwalker · 2014-03-03 · in Why I Use Emacs

recent alternative https://github.com/chrisdone/god-mode

comment by agumonkey · 2013-09-03 · in Start Using Emacs – A Thorough Guide for Beginners

https://github.com/chrisdone/god-mode This global minor mode introduces vim-like command mode without really changing emacs keybindings or conflicting with existing programs too badly (like I've seen emacs vi-modes kinda often do).

comment by dscrd · 2013-08-16 · in How to avoid the Emacs Pinky problem