leader-key-mode

This is a very simple mode to mimic the concept of leader key in VIM. evil is great, but I am not so used to mode switching, i.e. 'normal mode', 'insert mode', 'visual mode' etc. To prevent from RSI, I just need more single key stroke bindings.

How to use it

(require 'leader-key-mode)

Then select a text, c for copy, y for yank, x for cut, d for delete. When mark is active, c, y, x, and d are bound to commands other than self-insert.

We can bind \ b to C-x b。 Then we cannot use \ to insert a literal "\". Fortunately, I don't use "\" often. I can use C-q \\ to insert a "\".

Please read the source code to find more. Do be shy to read the source code, it is simple. The core part is as below.

(define-minor-mode leader-key-mode
  "Minor mode to support <leader> support." t)
(defvar leader-key-mode-mark-active-keyma (make-sparse-keymap))
(defvar leader-key-mode-keymap (make-sparse-keymap))  
(defconst leader-key-mode--emulation-mode-map-alist
  `((mark-active ,@leader-key-mode-mark-active-keymap)
    (leader-key-mode ,@(leader-key-mode-create-entry-keymap leader-key))))
(add-to-list 'emulation-mode-map-alists
             'leader-key-mode--emulation-mode-map-alist)

Read document about emulation-mode-map-alists for more detail.