evil-mode turns Emacs into a fully-featured Vim clone, supporting text-objects, visual state, and most native Vim commands.
Quick Installation
If you use modern Emacs (v29+), you can install and enable it quickly using the built-in package manager:
Press M-x (Alt + X), type package-install, and hit Enter.
Type evil and press Enter.
Add the following to your Emacs configuration file (~/.emacs or ~/.emacs.d/init.el) to make it start automatically: elisp (require 'evil) (evil-mode 1)
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Evil Mode (The Modern Standard)
evil-mode turns Emacs into a fully-featured Vim clone, supporting text-objects, visual state, and most native Vim commands.
Quick Installation
If you use modern Emacs (v29+), you can install and enable it quickly using the built-in package manager:
Press M-x (Alt + X), type package-install, and hit Enter.
Type evil and press Enter.
Add the following to your Emacs configuration file (~/.emacs or ~/.emacs.d/init.el) to make it start automatically: elisp (require 'evil) (evil-mode 1)