Single key navigation, selection, copy-paste, delete, etc. possible?

Single key navigation, selection, copy-paste, delete, etc. possible?

[Foss User]

Hi,

I am currently using C-p, C-n, C-f, C-b, etc. for navigating. I am
wondering if I can use vi like single-key navigation by just pressing
p, n, f, b or h, j, k, l or something similar.

I understand this is not possible because in emacs we can edit and
navigate at the same time. But there are times, when I have very
minimal editing to and more navigation or moving code around from one
section of a file to another. In such a case, I wouldn't want to
bother myself with the 'Ctrl' key.

So, in such a case I would want a mode that I can enable where
inputting text is disabled and single key navigation, single key
selection, single key copy, paste, delete, etc. are enabled. Is it
possible?

Re: Single key navigation, selection, copy-paste, delete, etc. possible?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 15.03.2009 um 08:27 schrieb Foss User:

> Is it possible?


Yes, it's possible to activate vi emulations.

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Re: Single key navigation, selection, copy-paste, delete, etc. possible?

[weber]

On Mar 15, 4:27 am, Foss User <foss...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am currently using C-p, C-n, C-f, C-b, etc. for navigating. I am
> wondering if I can use vi like single-key navigation by just pressing
> p, n, f, b or h, j, k, l or something similar.
>
> I understand this is not possible because in emacs we can edit and
> navigate at the same time. But there are times, when I have very
> minimal editing to and more navigation or moving code around from one
> section of a file to another. In such a case, I wouldn't want to
> bother myself with the 'Ctrl' key.
>
> So, in such a case I would want a mode that I can enable where
> inputting text is disabled and single key navigation, single key
> selection, single key copy, paste, delete, etc. are enabled. Is it
> possible?

The best solution I've found so far is modal-mode.el:
http://jjfoerch.com/git/modal-mode/modal-mode.el
(I'm not the author)
Cheers,
Hugo