diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 461d2e9..2412858 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,9 +1,6 @@ boon: Ergonomic Command Mode for Emacs ====================================== -What is Boon? -------------- - Boon brings modal editing capabilities to emacs and... - It tries to be as ergonomic as possible. (See below) @@ -80,23 +77,29 @@ As far as I know, none of the other modal mode care about ergonomics - Evil -In boon, quite a bit of emacs structure and user experience is -retained. Examples: the x key gives the C-x prefix map. -Interactive arguments are used for text objects. + Evil is a vi (quite) complete emulation layer for emacs. -Besides, Emacs is already customizable enough as it is: the core of -Boon is just 200 lines or so. Figuring out all the ins and outs of -Evil to do what I want would probably require more effort. + In boon, quite a bit of emacs structure and user experience is + retained. Examples: the x key gives the C-x prefix map. + Interactive arguments are used for text objects. + + Besides, Emacs is already customizable enough as it is: the core of + Boon is just 200 lines or so. Figuring out all the ins and outs of + Evil to do what I want would probably require more effort. - God-mode https://github.com/chrisdone/god-mode -Allows to retain most of emacs. It is similar to "sticky modifier -keys" in principle. + God-mode is similar to "sticky modifier keys" in principle. Its + simplicity allows to quickly get up to speed with it. However, it + lacks the main benefit of a true modal layer: text operators. (what + vi fans call a "language for text edition"). - Modal Mode http://retroj.net/modal-mode -Perhaps the work which is the closest to Boon. + Perhaps the work which is the closest to Boon in principle + (lightweight and integration with emacs). However, as far as I can + see, there is no special attention to ergonomics. - Modal Emacs https://github.com/joelmccracken/modal-emacs -Modal Emacs does not appear to be complete. + Modal Emacs does not appear to be complete.