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> Kakoune gives you: > Small and understandable core. > Proficiency with POSIX tools, and maybe even some programming languages other than sh. > Structural r
by Gualdrapo 3y ago
> Kakoune gives you:
> Small and understandable core.
> Proficiency with POSIX tools, and maybe even some programming languages other than sh.
> Structural regular expressions as a central way of text manipulation.
> With multiple selections created via regular expressions, acting upon regular expressions.
> Fresh take on the modal editing paradigm.
I wonder if the author has ever heard of vis[0] which imho fulfills far better each one of those premises
[0] https://github.com/martanne/vis https://github.com/martanne/vis
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- BaculumMeumEst 3y agoi remember him mentioning that he had at least heard of it in a post from years ago. vis is cool but its structural regular expressions are much less easier to use since kakoune's give you feedback in real time. it is nice that vis actually has a lua API though.
- lapinot 3y ago> I wonder if the author has ever heard of vis[0] Yes. https://github.com/martanne/vis/wiki/Differences-from-Kakoune https://github.com/martanne/vis/wiki/Differences-from-Kakoun... https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/wiki#onboarding https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/wiki#onboarding > which imho fulfills far better each one of those premises Not very motivated for such a harsh critic..
- gilcot 3y agoNote that all of those (but with some limitations on multiple selections via RE) are available in Ex/Vi and Ed previously. > I wonder if the author has ever heard of vis[0] which imho fulfills far better each one of those premises Same goes for Sam…