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imo, Multiline cursors are one of these features that look and feel cool, but are rarely, if ever, really useful.
by usrbinbash 5y ago
imo, Multiline cursors are one of these features that look and feel cool, but are rarely, if ever, really useful.
- christophilus 5y agoI use it daily and find it immensely useful.
- jzm2k 5y agoThat's also what I thought as a Vim user before I had access to Kakoune's multiline editing. It changed my mind and might change yours too if you give it a chance
- doppioandante 5y agoDitto. I rarely use multiple cursors in other editors, but I use them _constantly_ in Kakoune. I have been using it for multiple years. The composability of the command language is what makes it shine.
- usrbinbash 5y agoI used editors with multiline editing capabilities in the past. There are only 2 usecases where it was of any value to me: If I have to write multiple lines in a similar fashion, or if I have to edit the same thing in a similar fashion in several places at once. Both can be done much easier by using a regular expression.
- jzm2k 5y agoI disagree. In the past I've used regex to do that and now that I have access to a multicursor, I won't be going back. I think with regex you don't get the same kind of visual feedback that you get from a multicursor which is why I (and many other Kakoune users as well) like it so much. If you're happier with regex and feel like you don't need multicursor, that's great.
- apocolyps6 5y agoIn case it helps anyone, doing regex-based search/edit in vim was annoying until I found this plugin. https://github.com/haya14busa/incsearch.vim https://github.com/haya14busa/incsearch.vim
- kybernetikos 5y agoThat's shocking to me. Ctrl-D in visual studio code and alt-J in jetbrains are some of my most used key combinations. Even alt-click in visual studio code is sometimes extremely useful. It's like the ability to record and play back a macro multiple times, except you do it interactively and can see / fix / add things as you go.