Re: Hercules.el vs hydra for Emacs shortkey bindings managemant.

[Hongyi Zhao]

On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 9:40 AM Ergus <spacibba@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Maybe this is not what you want. But emacs 28 adds a third alternative with a 
> simpler approach: repeat-mode. It is not for people who want a complex hydra 
> experience and many fancy options.
> But for the basic functionality it works, is simpler to configure and much 
> faster. Customization is also simpler and pretty clear. And less intrusive 
> showing the bindings.

Do you mean this:
https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/master/lisp/repeat.el

> Sadly Hercules and hydra seems low maintained these days. That's why I 
> removed both from my config recently.

According to the number of downloads on melpa, hydra is still widely used [1].

[1] https://melpa.org/#/?q=hydra&sort=downloads&asc=false

Hongyi