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Re:Why Kakoune – The Quest For a Better Code Editor by jacknews on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @08:02PM (#36426471)
You can get this to some extent with visual mode in (neo)vi(m).
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Re:Why Kakoune – The Quest For a Better Code Editor by galkk on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @08:11PM (#36426526)
The point is not the immediate visual feedback, but change "direction". Delete 3 words is dw3 vs 3Wd.

To some extent this is similar to common SQL criticism of order of SELECT x FROM y, where some people say that FROM y SELECT y would be more clear.

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Re:Why Kakoune – The Quest For a Better Code Editor by jacknews on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @08:38PM (#36426697) 

  ctrl-v 3w d
  shift-v 3j y
  v ib c
etc
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Re:Why Kakoune – The Quest For a Better Code Editor by cerved on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @11:28PM (#36427695)
don't you mean d3w?
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Re:Why Kakoune – The Quest For a Better Code Editor by galkk on Thursday June 22, 2023 @03:16AM (#36428970)
You're right, typo :(
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Re:Why Kakoune – The Quest For a Better Code Editor by jodrellblank on Thursday June 22, 2023 @08:35AM (#36431191)
People say this about data.method() vs function(data) and about PowerShell using Verb-Noun when they want Noun-Verb. It's pretty clearly either a personal preference, or a thing where different contexts read better one way or the other.

Why can't we make things which work either way?

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