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Re:Zee: A modern text editor for the terminal written in Rust by wmf on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @11:55PM (#30851344)
I guess because it's non-modal.
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Re:Zee: A modern text editor for the terminal written in Rust by DerSaidin on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @02:55AM (#30852185)
https://kakoune.org/ is modal, and imo it would be reasonable to call it modern.

Perhaps "modern" in the terminal editor space is just a codebase that does not have 30 years of cruft (where cruft may include various legacy support and fixes for subtle/obscure/legacy bugs).

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Re:Zee: A modern text editor for the terminal written in Rust by Saint_Genet on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @04:47AM (#30852775)
Emacs isn't modal
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