Ki Editor - an editor that operates on the AST

Re:Ki Editor - an editor that operates on the AST by cassepipe on Saturday March 07, 2026 @08:15AM (#47287366)

> Note that the Ki keybindings cannot be simply implemented in Vim/Helix via key- remapping, due to the lack of the concept of Selection Mode, and implementing that requires major architectural changes in the core.

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Re:Ki Editor - an editor that operates on the AST by 0ta2x6j3 on Saturday March 07, 2026 @09:37AM (#47288041)

Not by default, and it's not a neat and tidy solution, but you can rebind keys as a result of inputing other keys in neovim via a callback (and edit the statusbar ofc to display said selection mode)

This, alongside the use of a variable means you can, in fact, build your own selection modes! Likewise, nvim does have a seperate select and visual mode.

This is primarily designed as an option to replicate the more traditional shift+movement selection and type to replace functionality of something like vscode or notepad, however it can be exploited as an additional layer for storing keybinds in a pinch

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