some discussion of #Kakoune's modal #UX and how vim's is better, and overlays are maybe better still. Also discusses #editors like #Emacs evil-mode, Vis, etc.
on 02023-06-23Discussion of #Kakoune and #Helix #editors.
on 02023-06-22Maxime Coste explains #Kakoune's #UX design. “I have been working, for the last 5 years, on a new modal editor called Kakoune. It first started as a reimplementation of Vim (the most popular vi clone) whose source code is quite dated. But, I soon realized that we could improve a lot on vi editing model.” The page has a bunch of tiny looping WebP videos to demonstrate particular UI features, which I think are silent. It feels close enough to vi to be almost usable without an extensive training period, and its multiple selection stuff seems better. #editors
on 02023-06-22"Helix", an MPL 2.0 “postmodern” text #editor, with #Kakoune inspired multiple cursors, #Tree-sitter integration, fuzzy find, written in #Rust
on 02022-11-06"Kakoune" is a modeful #editor with multiple selections
on 02022-01-11