Yea, I used vim since my father taught me.. which was my majority editor for about 10 years.
The key to not having RSI with something like emacs' modifiers (or any modifiers really) has been the kinesis keyboard where modifiers are the thumbs, and using sticky keys.
Vim or no vim, these are very helpful and I highly recommend.
Evil can be a good place to start, I guess I'm just worried that most beginners would be stuck "configuring" evil instead of extending emacs into whatever works best for you (which may include evil).
The key to not having RSI with something like emacs' modifiers (or any modifiers really) has been the kinesis keyboard where modifiers are the thumbs, and using sticky keys.
Vim or no vim, these are very helpful and I highly recommend.
Evil can be a good place to start, I guess I'm just worried that most beginners would be stuck "configuring" evil instead of extending emacs into whatever works best for you (which may include evil).