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Sonkil for Obsidian

Provides Emacs-style text operations including kill/yank (kill ring), multi-cursor editing, and visual mark selection.

Best For

developerspower userswritersprogrammerstechnical writers

Key Use Cases

  • Efficient text editing with kill ring history
  • Simultaneous edits across multiple locations
  • Visual block selection for precise text operations

Pros

  • Familiar Emacs keybindings
  • Powerful kill-ring clipboard history
  • Multi-cursor speeds up repetitive edits

Limitations

  • Steep learning curve for non-Emacs users
  • May conflict with existing keybindings
  • Limited to text manipulation only

Tags

emacskill-ringmulti-cursortext-editingvisual-selection

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