Emacs people - I've searched high and low and can't work it out:
How do I configure it so that when I press and hold h, j, k, l (using evil mode) it moves till I take my finger off the key. At the moment I have to continually hit the key and it's annoying. When using the arrow keys, it works fine.

I've searched for character repeat, and all I get is how to repeat a command with . which is not what I want.

Tyia

@mms I suppose there's worse options. I'd still be pythoning it myself.

But I'd pick vim over emacs any day of the week, so what would I know?

Today on #SystemCrafters Live, we'll discuss a major change I'm making to my Emacs configuration: the total removal of Evil Mode. We'll hack on my configuration a bit to figure out some ways to smooth out the transition.

Can I kick the habit, or am I forever possessed?

Join us here: https://systemcrafters.net/live

- https://youtube.com/live/AG_OB3CiPnI
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@revk

And, as an aside, one the most underrated features of #evilmode in #Emacs is that there is a complete (almost?) implementation of #ex under the hood, accessible via the `:` key binding (as in #vi).

And the combination of Emacs, evil mode, and #mastodonel is unbeatable for interacting with the #fediverse.

@lproven @hajovonta @publicvoit

Spent the weekend reviewing articles and videos from @daviwil and decided I'm going to try Doom Emacs. Got the basic set up working before end of work, tomorrow I'll have a proper go. Just one thing... How do I turn off evil key bindings?
#emacs
#doomEmacs
#evilMode

A main drawback of #vim insert mode is the lack of going backwards and forwards one character without arrow keys,
#emacs's C-f and C-b are a blessing.

#vim users just try it

inoremap <C-f> <Right>
inoremap <C-b> <Left>