modern.el

Replace Emacs's default shortcuts with modern ones.

Installation

Clone this repository:

cd ~/.emacs.d
mkdir -p lisp
cd lisp
git clone https://github.com/jacksonrayhamilton/modern.el.git

Add the following to your init file:

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/lisp/modern.el")
(require 'modern)
(modern-mode)

Done!

Keys

The updated keybindings are as follows. Their defaults (like Alt W for "copy") are disabled.

Basic text manipulation

Ctrl Z: Undo
Ctrl C: Copy
Ctrl X: Cut
Ctrl V: Paste
Ctrl A: Select all

Files

Ctrl O: Open / create file
Ctrl B: Switch buffer
Ctrl S: Save
Ctrl Alt S: Save as
Ctrl W: Close
Ctrl /: View directory

Searching

Ctrl F: Find
Alt F: Find by regular expression
Ctrl R: Find and replace
Alt R: Find and replace by regular expression

Windows

Ctrl 0: Hide the selected window
Ctrl 1: Show only the selected window
Ctrl 2: Split window horizontally
Ctrl 3: Split window vertically

Text navigation

Ctrl H: Back 1 character
Alt H: Back 1 word
Ctrl Alt H: Back 1 expression
Ctrl L: Forward 1 character
Alt L: Forward 1 word
Ctrl Alt L: Forward 1 expression
Ctrl J: Next line
Ctrl K: Previous line
Ctrl ,: Beginning of line
Ctrl .: End of line

Advanced text manipulation

Ctrl Alt D: Delete expression

Interactive development

Ctrl E: Evaluate expression before cursor
Alt E: Evaluate file

Recommendations

Enable `ido-mode`

ido-mode lets you quickly browse open files and folders. This package's shortcuts are also supported in ido-mode. Simply add the following to your init file to enable it:

(ido-mode 1)

jacksonrayhamilton/modern.el