branch: elpa/evil-emacs-cursor-model-mode
commit 49058b192bbbb33ff1ae0fe67b1f790ab6a5a6d2
Author: maxfriis <[email protected]>
Commit: GitHub <[email protected]>
Removed passive voice with writegood-mode
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README.org | 18 ++++++------------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 5dbab305e3..02ee664d06 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ A cursor /on top of/ characters model in normal-state and
/between/ characters i
The evil-emacs-cursor-model-mode unify these to a cursor between model in all
states.
Furthermore it becomes natural to change some keybindings in this framework.
-That is my sacrilege to "the church of Vim".
-Evil-mode's /modal/ interface is preserved.
+I preserve Evil-mode's /modal/ interface.
** Keybindings
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ Vim's need for two paste commands is compensation for the
normal-state cursor mo
Other editors only have one paste command and it's also natural to mainly have
one in this mode.
(evil-paste-after) is still bound to =P= and can be useful, but you can
contextually replace it with =jp= or =lp=.
-Last I swap Vim's =o= and =O= so their case are consistent with =p= and =P=
when you paste lines.
+Last I swap evil-mode's =o= and =O= so they are consistent with =p= and =P=
when you paste lines.
*** Summary
@@ -87,10 +86,10 @@ These manipulations all work seamlessly and should feel
natural.
** The idea of a line nugget
One idea of the mode is to reduce the use of layers and bindings.
-When the commands are changed as described above, you might start to adopt a
new philosophy.
+When the commands change as described above, you might start to adopt a new
philosophy.
The idea is to work with motions among line nuggets.
-With this mode the /commands/ are focused on the current line and you can
replace all layers with motions.
+With this mode the /commands/ focus on the current line and you can replace
all layers with motions.
If you want to open the next line you can use =jo= or =a<RET>= which are both
two keystrokes, but so are =<shift>o=.
Same works for paste where =jp= can replace the mode's =P=, when you paste a
line.
@@ -122,13 +121,8 @@ The former mentioned muscle memory will work against you.
*** Combined command and motion
Vim have commands that combine a functionality with a motion.
-This type of implicit motion might feel less natural in this mode.
-That is a real cost, since a combined command and motion can sometimes be
utilized with a prefix.
-
-*** Swap characters
-
A useful application of the command/motion behavior is Vim's =xp= which /swap/
two characters and move the cursor forward.
-This is less accessible in this mode (=xP=) because the paste commands have
been swapped.
+This is less accessible in this mode because I swap the paste commands (=xP=).
The lisp function (transpose-chars) does roughly the same thing without
involving the kill ring.
I bind it to =gs= in my init, but this is /not/ a part of the mode.
@@ -149,7 +143,7 @@ In this mode there is no evil-mode way to toggle back and
forth between the seco
*** Visual block
Last the mode does nothing to =C-v= which is still working with a cursor on
top of character model.
-In practice =C-v= is still usable and useful but it does have a few bugs
mainly tied to the end of line position.
+In practice =C-v= is still usable and useful but it does have bugs tied to
motions and the end of line position.
Note that the evil team have done a great job on (evil-visual-block).
Updating =C-v= to be consistent with this mode's cursor model is a challenge.
