I generally pass over mentions of new text editors because they seem to be either orthogonal to what makes Vim great, or else to approach Vim with the approach

I generally pass over mentions of new text editors because they seem to be either orthogonal to what makes Vim great, or else to approach Vim with the approach that it's mostly wrong—think of Cream, for example, which seems more about onboarding newbies than appealing to experienced users (which is fine!). I think of Neovim as an improvement for Vim scripters and coders, while aiming to provide mostly the same end-user experience, so I haven't really bothered with it. I'd discounted previous mentions of Kakoune, assuming that it was more of the same, but this discussion (and in particular greenspot's deservedly top-rated comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13166784 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13166784 ) made me take a closer look, and I think I'll give it a try.