Re:Vimconf 2021 – Oct 29, 30
by thih9 on Friday October 29, 2021 @11:10PM
(#29045674)
As a vim user (sample size one) I’m not tempted to try it due to differences, especially:
> Kakoune’s grammar is object followed by verb, combined with instantaneous feedback [in vim, it’s verb followed by object]
> vi treats moving around and selecting an object as two different things. Kakoune unifies that, moving is selecting. w does not just go to the next word, it selects from current position to the next word
The increased interactivity seems nice but the loss of backwards compatibility and having to relearn and retrain basic commands seems not worth it to me.
> Kakoune’s grammar is object followed by verb, combined with instantaneous feedback [in vim, it’s verb followed by object]
> vi treats moving around and selecting an object as two different things. Kakoune unifies that, moving is selecting. w does not just go to the next word, it selects from current position to the next word
(source: http://kakoune.org/why-kakoune/why-kakoune.html )
The increased interactivity seems nice but the loss of backwards compatibility and having to relearn and retrain basic commands seems not worth it to me.