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Klojer / obsidian-emacs-text-editor

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Emacs Text Editor for Obsidian

This plugin adds a few commands to use Obsidian with Emacs-like keybindings.

Purpose of the project

What is this plugin:

  1. Basic imitation of Emacs commands to make text editing for Emacs users more smooth

What isn't this plugin:

  1. Implementation of complete GNU Emacs functionality and integration elisp into Obsidian
  2. Exact reproducing behavior of GNU Emacs commands

How to install

Run:

export OBSIDIAN_PLUGINS_DIR=/path/to/obsidian/vault/.obsidian/plugins
make install

How to uninstall

export OBSIDIAN_PLUGINS_DIR=/path/to/obsidian/vault/.obsidian/plugins
make uninstall

Example of keybindings configuration

Hotkey Obisdian command Description
Ctrl + b Backward char Move cursor one character backward
Alt + Backspace Backward kill word Delete one word backward
Alt + Shift + ] Backward paragraph Move cursor one paragraph backward
Alt + b Backward word Move cursor one word backward
Alt + Shift + , Beginning of buffer Move to the beginning of a buffer
Ctrl + d Delete char Delete the following char
Alt + Shift + . End of buffer Move to the end of a buffer
Ctrl + f Forward char Move cursor one character forward
Alt + Shift + [ Forward paragraph Move cursor one paragraph forward
Alt + f Forward word Move cursor one word forward
Ctrl + g Keyboard quit Signal a ‘quit’ condition (works only for selection)
Ctrl + k Kill line Kill the rest of the current line
Ctrl + w Kill region Cut a selected region
Alt + w Kill ring save Copy a selected region
Alt + d Kill word Delete chars until end of a word
Ctrl + a Move beginning of line Move cursor to beginning of line
Ctrl + e Move end of line Move cursor to end of line
Ctrl + n Next line Move cursor to next line
Ctrl + p Previous line Move cursor to previous line
Ctrl + l Recenter Scroll window to center current line
Ctrl + Shift + - Redo Redo
Ctrl + Space Set mark command Mark the beginning of a selection
Ctrl + / Undo Undo
Ctrl + y Yank Paste (Yank) a cut or copied a region
Alt + x Open command palette Open command palette

Known issues

  1. Move to beginning of line command (Ctrl + a) conflicts with select all action. Solution: Use Home/End + Shift.
  2. Conflicts with existing hotkeys. Solution: use additional plugin for custom bindings, for example https://github.com/tgrosinger/leader-hotkeys-obsidian
  3. Absent support of "kill-ring". Solution: use plugin https://github.com/Karakaz/obsidian-paste-from-history with Alt + y keybinding
  4. Absent support of scroll-up/scroll-down commands. Solution is not found
  5. Absent support of holding shortcuts. Solution is not found