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I'm sorry... but "kak"? I love/like vi[m], I love/like emacs... I ... never mind lol The new editing language does look great, and I like the idea of the pipe

by keepper 10y ago

I'm sorry... but "kak"? I love/like vi[m], I love/like emacs... I ... never mind lol The new editing language does look great, and I like the idea of the piped filters... but I can't get over the name :-/

kilian 10y ago
Worth noting is "kak" is one of the (many) words in Dutch for "poo". I dabble in vim and it's my editor for when I quickly want to change stuff whilst in a terminal, but not enough to be "proficient" in it. As others have noted, I feel there could be a massive gain in editing if I were to get more acquainted with the many vi commands, but the initial productivity penalty has stopped me more than once from making it my default editor. Kakoune's mental model of commands seems friendlier, so maybe it will stick :)
- athenot 10y ago
  Hopefully this is a temporary name. Investing in branding upfront can be a waste of time but if it picks up, it might be worth a more thoughtout and friendly name.
  - nerdponx 10y ago
    Could be `kk`
    - Kareeeeem 10y ago
      And that is short for cancer in Dutch, used as a swear word.
  - DamnYuppie 10y ago
    Why not just "ki"?
- lisivka 10y ago
  Same here. «kaka» — poo/bad thing, «kakoune» — somebody who does lot of poo. :-) However, «vi» means visual, while it is the least visual editor among popular editors, so I expect by analogy that kak will be very good editor. Keep fingers crossed. :-)
Nadya 10y ago
Which is funny, I read it as 書こうね (Let's write). Even fits in line with the growing fad of using Japanese in project names I've noticed the past 8~14 months or so.
- omtose 10y ago
  Oh that makes a lot of sense, that's probably the origin of the name. The project is quite a bit older than that though (>4 years).
  - doppioandante 10y ago
    It's a new caledonian word, see https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/doc/manpages/faq.asciidoc#how-to-pronounce-the-name-of-the-project-and-what-does-it-mean- https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/doc/manpages/fa...
    - omtose 10y ago
      Mmh right, but that's not going to dispel my feeling that mawww is actually a weeaboo.
    - Nadya 10y ago
      Thanks for digging into the docs and finding the actual meaning. I didn't see anything in the readme.md :)
doppioandante 10y ago
FAQ on various things and what the name means: https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/doc/manpages/faq.asciidoc#how-to-pronounce-the-name-of-the-project-and-what-does-it-mean- https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/doc/manpages/fa...

by keepper 10y ago

kilian 10y ago

Worth noting is "kak" is one of the (many) words in Dutch for "poo". I dabble in vim and it's my editor for when I quickly want to change stuff whilst in a terminal, but not enough to be "proficient" in it. As others have noted, I feel there could be a massive gain in editing if I were to get more acquainted with the many vi commands, but the initial productivity penalty has stopped me more than once from making it my default editor. Kakoune's mental model of commands seems friendlier, so maybe it will stick :)

athenot 10y ago
Hopefully this is a temporary name. Investing in branding upfront can be a waste of time but if it picks up, it might be worth a more thoughtout and friendly name.
- nerdponx 10y ago
  Could be `kk`
  - Kareeeeem 10y ago
    And that is short for cancer in Dutch, used as a swear word.
- DamnYuppie 10y ago
  Why not just "ki"?
lisivka 10y ago
Same here. «kaka» — poo/bad thing, «kakoune» — somebody who does lot of poo. :-) However, «vi» means visual, while it is the least visual editor among popular editors, so I expect by analogy that kak will be very good editor. Keep fingers crossed. :-)

Nadya 10y ago

Which is funny, I read it as 書こうね (Let's write). Even fits in line with the growing fad of using Japanese in project names I've noticed the past 8~14 months or so.

omtose 10y ago
Oh that makes a lot of sense, that's probably the origin of the name. The project is quite a bit older than that though (>4 years).
- doppioandante 10y ago
  It's a new caledonian word, see https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/doc/manpages/faq.asciidoc#how-to-pronounce-the-name-of-the-project-and-what-does-it-mean- https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/doc/manpages/fa...
  - omtose 10y ago
    Mmh right, but that's not going to dispel my feeling that mawww is actually a weeaboo.
  - Nadya 10y ago
    Thanks for digging into the docs and finding the actual meaning. I didn't see anything in the readme.md :)

doppioandante 10y ago

FAQ on various things and what the name means: https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/doc/manpages/faq.asciidoc#how-to-pronounce-the-name-of-the-project-and-what-does-it-mean- https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/doc/manpages/fa...