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I've Vim for years been using, but if one thing I could change there was, it the verb-noun order would be. The Kakoune[1] editor mostly like Vim behaves, but wh
by jodrellblank 3y ago
I've Vim for years been using, but if one thing I could change there was, it the verb-noun order would be. The Kakoune[1] editor mostly like Vim behaves, but where Vim `dw` as "word delete" has, Kakoune it backwards has: `wd`. It might Germanic sound, but by first the range placing, Kakoune can a preview of what changed will be give. The more the command longer is, the more the command complicated is, the more this feature shines. It strictly better as far as I know is. A shame my muscle memory, and all default installations, are still with Vim stuck.
English swaps it around as convenient, so do common computer systems - you can verb(data) or data.verb() in the more popular languages and I think it's no coincidence that the popular languages have both or the languages which have both became more popular. If a choice is a toggle, one size nobody very well it fits.
- syndicatedjelly 3y agoPossible to learn other languages, it is. Spoken by all people in the world, Germanic languages are not.
- fragmede 3y agoYoda you sound like. It was interesting to me just how much Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) vs Object-Subject-Verb (OVS) along with all the other permutations of the 3 exist around the world.
- bobbylarrybobby 3y agoThe issue is not the linguistic aspect of verb-noun, which does match English, but rather the difficulty of composing the range to act on after you've already started typing the verb. With the verb first, you're in a bit of limbo trying to specify the range. It's much nicer to get your range in order, then act on it.