Re:Kakoune – A Modal Text Editor
by eindiran on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @03:57PM
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I tried Kakoune for a few days a while ago. Mostly I was in a position where I stumbled a lot from things not lining up exactly with Vim, but I also didn't see what advantages I'd get from switching over. Can someone who has used both Vim and Kakoune describe why you might choose to switch?
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In my case, I was always in visual mode. The mental gymnastics required to figure out what motion comprehends the text I'm interested in was too distracting otherwise. So when I tried kak, it was easy to pick it up -- like visual mode, but always on. And with what I found to be a very consistent set of keybindings.