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		bodhiandpysics1 on Aug 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Emacs Modernization: Simple Changes Emacs Should A... note unix shells allow you to choose your keybindings! It's just as common for people to use vi keys as emacs

oblio on Aug 28, 2021 [–]

It's not. I don't read have numbers but my anecdata (of probably hundreds of people across several continents) is that maybe 1% of users switch to vi mode and most revert after a while.

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