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From the github docs: > " Due to Kakoune relying heavily on being in a Unix-like environment, no native Windows version is planned." Deal breaker right there.
by SeanDav 10y ago
From the github docs:
> " Due to Kakoune relying heavily on being in a Unix-like environment, no native Windows version is planned."
Deal breaker right there.
If I am going to go to the effort of learning a new editor, it better run on all reasonable platforms - like Vim does.
- falcolas 10y agoTo be fair, vim is somewhere around a 4th class citizen on Windows. It works, but it ain't pretty. Plus, with the unix subsystem (minus bugs) you can still run this in Windows. That still amazes me.
- MetaCosm 10y agoWhat exactly isn't pretty about vim (specifically gVim) on Windows?
- nameless912 10y agoThe default fonts, the menus, the menu icons, the font rendering, the inability to use many plugins....
- omtose 10y agoFor what it's worth, it works properly on cygwin (and certainly the linux subsystem too). I know that the author uses it on cygwin too so there is at least some guarantee.
- grive 10y agoIt is a sensible decision, as it will focus doing things right on that particular paradigm: UNIX. For example, this means that plugins trying to extend grammar analysis, will primarily try to rely on their already existing parsers and tools via the command line. This means a streamlined process to create plugins / extensions to the editor, and the function of the editor is well defined.
- notheguyouthink 10y agoIt blows my mind that people want Unix tools in a non-unix environment. With that said, Windows is working on that embedded native linux thing, so i imagine it will work there.
- p0nce 10y agoActually it does work there.
- theFlowState 10y agoYeah, God knows that I only learn tools that I can use at any time, anywhere, on any hypothetical machine. Not the machines I actually own, but ANY MACHINE EVER. This smells like confirmation bias to me.
- SeanDav 10y ago> "Yeah, God knows that I only learn tools that I can use at any time, anywhere, on any hypothetical machine. Not the machines I actually own, but ANY MACHINE EVER." This is a straw man argument. I already use perfectly good multi platform editors like Sublime and Vim and I have Emacs as an option, although I have not used it much. There is a significant investment in time required to use a modal editor like Vim (and apparently Kakoune) at even close to a decent level. I simply prefer to not have to change editors every time I change platform, since an editor is a tool I use a lot and I have the option to not be restricted by platform limited editors.