felixvo / vimtoemacs

an emacs configuration for vim user

Vim to Emacs, a simple configuration that won't blow your mind

Emacs - An extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor

I'm a vim user but I'm learning Clojure now, so I decided to give emacs a try.
If you have no idea what Emacs is, I recommend you to check these guide before continue

• Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs
• From Vim to Emacs in Fourteen Days

Key Prefix meaning:

• C: Control
• M: Alt/Option
• s: Command/Window
• C-c: Hold Control and c

You don't have to remember all the command, the list below is enough:

• M-x: execute extended command.
• C-x C-c: quit emacs
• C-g: cancel, like Esc in vim
• C-x C-f: open file
• C-x b: switch buffers

Install Emacs

• GUI version
• or brew install emacs

The configuration file

Download the config file and save it in your home dir ~/.emacs

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/felixvo/vimtoemacs/master/init.el>~/.emacs

Then open your emacs. Hopefully, you will see the UI below

projectile-discover-projects

basiclly this step will tell emacs where is your projects

To add a project to Projectile's list of known projects, open a file in the project. If you have a projects directory, you can tell Projectile about all of the projects in it with the command M-x projectile-discover-projects-in-directory
Projectile Docs

Usage

1. window management the vim way

• :vs horizontal split
• :sp vertical split
• C-w C-w or C-h/j/k/l: switch around window
• :close or C-x 0: close current window
• C-x 1: close other windows

2. manage open buffers

• C-p: show list buffer and recent files (helm-mini window)
• C-x C-b: list buffer
• s-p (command+p): list buffer in project
• :bd: close buffer
• :bn/:bp: next/previous buffer 

2. switch project

• s-p p (command+p p): swith project

3. find files in project

• s-p f (command+p f): find files in current project
• s-p F (command+p F): find files in all project

4. grep in project

• s-p s g (command+p s g): grep in current project

5. file explorer

• C-x C-j: open file explorer in current buffer

6. helm mini

• C-p: show list buffer and recent files (helm-mini window)

you can click on projectile in the status bar below for more commands

References

highly recommend you to check out the links below for more details

• Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs
• From Vim to Emacs in Fourteen Days
• Exploring large projects with Projectile