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How does Lapce compare to Helix, also written in Rust, is modal like Vim, has a built in LSP with sane defaults, etc? https://github.com/helix-editor/helix htt

• manaskarekar 4y ago
  > Helix's editing model is strongly inspired from vim and kakoune, and a notable difference from vim (and the most striking similarity to kakoune) is that Helix follows the selection → action model. This means that the whatever you are going to act on (a word, a paragraph, a line, etc) is selected first and the action itself (delete, change, yank, etc) comes second. A cursor is simply a single width selection. I believe Lapce follows the original vim model. For further reading about the object-verb model: https://kakoune.org/why-kakoune/why-kakoune.html https://kakoune.org/why-kakoune/why-kakoune.html
  • Xevi 4y ago
    I don't have any experience with vim or other alternatives, but after reading that article or seems like kakoune is way better in practice. I wonder why Lapce didn't go with "object -> verb".
    • manaskarekar 4y ago
      I think many would agree that object-verb is the better way, but the vim way is old and more established. I would imagine the sheer number of users would be far more for vim’s model. That said, it’s a mode that could be introduced in the future as kak-mode I suppose.
• iza 4y ago
  Lapce is graphical and seems to be aiming for a vscode-like experience, while Helix is a terminal-based editor. They're not really competing in the same space imo.