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The person that decided on the launch command 'kak' is not Dutch for sure :) Though I guess most 3-letter words mean something bad in one language or another :P
Same meaning for Afrikaans.
Although Afrikaans is derived from Dutch some very rude words in the one are absolutely fine in the other for both.
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I think multicursor is more flexible. I can visually select N lines and use regex to place the cursors and then modify the text in multiple places simultaneously. Kakoune also provides a multicursor similar to the visual block mode that Vim offers but I find myself using that only in very specific situations like "these 5 lines should all start with this keyword" or whatever.
imo, Multiline cursors are one of these features that look and feel cool, but are rarely, if ever, really useful.
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I tried to use it enough to see if I could switch to it from (neo)vim. I liked a lot of the ideas in it, and in some ways I liked it more than vim, but it was missing some functionality that I just couldn't live without. Some things could be solved by plugins that just didn't exist yet, but others, I couldn't even see a way a plugin could be implemented. In particular, there isn't any way to get a diff mode comparabl…
I don't understand the new line thing at the end. I haven't used a utility or app in -decades- that cared about whether you have a blank final line.
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I think multicursor is more flexible. I can visually select N lines and use regex to place the cursors and then modify the text in multiple places simultaneously. Kakoune also provides a multicursor similar to the visual block mode that Vim offers but I find myself using that only in very specific situations like "these 5 lines should all start with this keyword" or whatever.
imo, Multiline cursors are one of these features that look and feel cool, but are rarely, if ever, really useful.
When I tried Kakoune, it seemed like a really cool idea and implementation, but it didn't seem like their configuration language had basic functions for string manipulation, path testing, etc. So a common pattern with plugins etc. was to shell out to sed, awk, etc, which was a _huge_ turnoff. I now use Neovim, but if they have recently implemented that functionality, I'd be willing to give Kakoune another shot
Shelling out was a turnoff for me also initially but I've learn to embrace it. Kakoune tries not to re-invent the wheel. If sh/sed/awk/perl/other unix tools do the job well, might as well use them. That is the philosophy I think. I like the fact that using Kakoune has improved my shell script skills like crazy. (Posix) shell scripting is just everywhere and is an important skill to have. Kakoune uses shell integratio…
Not on Windows.
Which may or not may matter.
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I tried to use it enough to see if I could switch to it from (neo)vim. I liked a lot of the ideas in it, and in some ways I liked it more than vim, but it was missing some functionality that I just couldn't live without. Some things could be solved by plugins that just didn't exist yet, but others, I couldn't even see a way a plugin could be implemented. In particular, there isn't any way to get a diff mode comparabl…
I don't understand the new line thing at the end. I haven't used a utility or app in -decades- that cared about whether you have a blank final line.
Does anyone use this daily? this gets posted a few times a year to HN but tbh it looks like someone just re-invented vi. Which seems kindof like creating a new religion. It can be done, but even the best televangelist isn't going to hold a candle to the spread of the catholic church.
We even have an extension for Symflower https://github.com/symflower/symflower-kakoune that is how much we appreciate Kakoune.
//Supports all operating systems except windows?! Oh the humanity! When will the discrimination end?// I love a good editor. I just discovered Joe and am super happy with that. Cross platform key-bindings is very important considering I am using many different operating systems.
When all developers finally finished moving away from Windows :)
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I've gone for several week long stretches of using it but never fully converted. What winds up happening is that I get to a point in a project where I really need to focus on the code and not the editor, switch back to vim, and don't get around to switching back for another few months. The editing model is better than Vim's and if I didn't have 20 years of vim muscle memory I probably would have switched over by now.
I disagree that the editing model is better than vim. It’s fancier and makes for flashier demos but I don’t think it’s better. For one thing, it places the emphasis on editing in the large . That is, its default operating mode is to leave multiple cursors all over the buffer when you’re trying to jump around your file. You have to build a habit of pressing an extra key to dismiss the multiple cursors so you don’t ina…
That's not true, motion commands don't create new selections. Search will create a new selection only if you explicitly ask for that by pressing shift N.