@dougmerritt @screwtape @aartaka @prahou My emacs config pulls in viper mode using the f5 key which effectively gives me vi's colon-command mode in emacs. 😬 It feels like cheeting.
https://codeberg.org/pkw/emacs.d/src/branch/main/keys.el#L10
Like I can do ranged deletes and stuff.
(it's a limited subset of ex but the basics work)