emacs-bindings.nvim

Basic Emacs bindings for Neovim.

By default, this plugin adds support for emacs bindings in insert and command mode, although this is configurable.

The movements provided do not traverse lines. For example, trying to delete a word backwards (<M-Backspace>) while already at the start of the line will not cause your cursor to jump to the previous line, it will simply do nothing.

The bindings for moving between lines (<C-n>, <C-p>) have been left out, as these keys are often used for other purposes (such as LSP completion). However, it is trivial to add these bindings manually:

vim.keymap.set('i', '<C-n>', '<Up>')
vim.keymap.set('i', '<C-p>', '<Down>')

This plugin was written using the erde programming language.

Installation

vim-plug

Plug 'bsuth/emacs-bindings.nvim'

packer.nvim

use('bsuth/emacs-bindings.nvim')

Options

emacs_bindings_modes

String with each character representing a mode to apply bindings to:

• i: Insert Mode
• c: Command Mode
• n: Normal Mode
• v: Visual Mode

Some usage examples are:

-- The default, sets bindings for insert and command modes
vim.g.emacs_bindings_modes = 'ic'

-- Set bindings for just normal mode
vim.g.emacs_bindings_modes = 'n'

-- Set bindings for all supported modes
vim.g.emacs_bindings_modes = 'icnv'

emacs_bindings_wordchars

String representing which characters (in addition to alphanumeric characters) should be considered part of a "word" (inspired by zsh's WORDCHARS env variable).

By default, this will take the value of the env variable WORDCHARS and if empty default to *?_-.[]~=.

vim.g.emacs_bindings_wordchars = '[]/.'