vice

vice (VIm-like Commands Extension for Emacs) is a package of additional commands for Emacs that attempt to emulate the simplicity of text processing with Vim.

It is an alternative to existing Emacs extensions to emulate vim, that adds on top of the vanilla text navigation flow without completely revamping Emacs keybinds. It attempts to complement Emacs with Vim commands that are missing or are too key-verbose with the default Emacs keybinds.

Installation

With use-package and straight.el.

(use-package vice-mode
  :straight (vice
             :host github
             :repo "gpapadok/vice"
             :local-repo "vice"
             :branch "master"
             :files (:defaults "vice-mode.el"))
  :config (vice-mode))

Otherwise clone the repo and add it to your load path.

(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/vice")
(require 'vice-mode)
(vice-mode 1)

Commands

vice-kill-surrounding-sexp

Deletes a surrounding balanced expression.

Like vim da( command. Default bind C-c v w .

vice-kill-inside-sexp

Deletes the contents of a surrounding balanced expression.

Like vim di( command. Default bind C-c v C-w .

vice-yank-surrounding-sexp

Saves the surrounding balanced expression to the kill ring.

Like vim ya( command. Default bind C-c v M-w.

vice-yank-inside-sexp

Saves the contents of the surrounding balanced expression in the kill ring.

Like vim yi( command. Default bind C-c v M-W.

vice-comment-surrounding-sexp

Comments the surrounding balanced expression.

Default bind C-c v ;.

vice-insert-line-below

Inserts a line below the current line.

Like vim o. Default bind C-c v j.

vice-insert-line

Inserts a line above the current line.

Like vim O. Default bind C-c v M-j.

vice-join-line-one-space

Joins the current line with the next with one space in between.

Default bind C-c v k.

vice-join-line-no-space

Joins the current line with the next without empty space.

Default bind C-c v M-k.

vice-replace-sexp

Replaces the balanced expression surrounding point with the first one in the kill ring.

Default bind C-c v y.

vice-save-line

Saves the line at point to the kill ring.

Like vim yy. Default bind C-c v M-l.

vice-yank-line

Pastes a saved line above the current.

Like vim p. Default bind C-c v M-l.

vice-save-end-of-line

Saves the current line from point to the end to the kill ring.

Like vim y S-$. Default bind C-c v e.

vice-kill-line-at-point

Kills the line at point.

Like vim dd. Default bind C-c v l.