Kakoune Code Editor

Re:Kakoune Code Editor by filoeleven on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @07:23PM (#29988192)

When I last looked at Kakoune, it struck me as “Vim with training wheels,” in the best sense of the term. In other words, it has (all of?) vim’s keyboard commands, but with more visual feedback to show what they are doing live. I envisioned myself learning with Kakoune and eventually migrating to vim once they became ingrained. Or, at the very least, becoming proficient in vim so that I could use it more confidently when needed.

Has that been anyone’s experience?

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Re:Kakoune Code Editor by mikojan on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @09:50AM (#29994260)

I don't believe that'd help.

Editing in Kakoune encourages and enforces a different editing style (one based on visual selection).

You'd have to still learn Vim.

Personally, I played https://vim-adventures.com/ to get a basic grip on Vim, later I kept a cheat sheet handy, and yet later I just looked up commands and features as necessary.

I recommend disabling the arrow keys in your vim config and to just use it.

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