Re: [O] evil-mode and org

[Peter Neilson]

On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 08:57:40 -0400, Matt Price <address@hidden> wrote:

> I've never used Vim but I see a lot of people online raving about evil  
> mode
> and how much they love it. I'm considering giving it a whirl after the
> semester ends & I get some free time. I just wondered whether any heavy  
> org
> users here on the list use evil, and if so, whether you see pain points
> within org-mode -- my setup is pretty heavily customized, for instance,  
> and
> I wonder whether that means it will be quite painful to use evil.

You will also find people asking why anyone would ever think of using vim.  
One of those is Aaron Bieber.  
https://blog.aaronbieber.com/2016/01/30/dig-into-org-mode.html

I use vim only when unavoidable, and I simply pretend it is ed (of ancient  
Unix days). Or maybe I just use ed. I would not bother trying to use ed to  
access org, and thus would not be tempted to use vi, vim or evil mode for  
org, either. One fine day, long, long ago, I had to use a Vax that did not  
have emacs, vim, vi or ed. It did have whatever DEC was using for an  
editor, but I didn't know how to use it instantly. What to do? What to do?  
I tried running TECO. Yes, it had TECO! Saved! (Sort of.)

Why use vim if emacs is already built into your fingertips?