Beyond Vim and Emacs: A Scalable UI Paradigm
summary
A pre-release Emacs extension demonstrates a modal layering system that creates dedicated modes for nouns (character, word, line, window) plus meta-planes like symex-mode for Lisp trees and a tower mode of stacked mode-towers; identical hjkl-style keys operate differently by context, and a single keystroke toggles between Emacs and Vim towers. Demo shows live code edits and mode rearrangement in-buffer; source is on GitHub and the package is not on MELPA yet.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and metaphor
- 1:07Two editing paradigms
- 2:51Mode-based editing structure
- 5:25Rumpelstiltskin principle
- 7:11Mode mode and symex-mode
- 9:14Tower mode and meta levels
- 13:32Strange loops and towers
- 14:34Perspectives and meta levels
- 16:01Uniform interaction across levels
- 16:30Project status and resources
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