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110 | 1,384 | |
9,581 | 76,465 | |
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9.7 | 10.0 | |
about 15 hours ago | 3 days ago | |
C++ | Vim Script | |
The Unlicense | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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kakoune
- Multi-cursor code editing: An animated introduction
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Helix: Release 24.03 Highlights
Helix's modal editing is based on Kakoune's modal editing which is like an evolution to Vim's modal editing. You can think of it as being always in selection (visual) mode. https://github.com/mawww/kakoune?tab=readme-ov-file#selectio...
- Kakoune
- Kakoune Code Editor
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A tutorial for the Sam command language (1986) [pdf]
And while it doesn’t use the sam language precisely, I think in the broader “postfix Vi with visual feedback” category Kakoune[1] also warrants mentioning. The command language, in my experience, feels much more logical than that of Vis coming from a blank slate (things might be different if you come from Vim, but even when I used Vim regularly I never used the editing language that much exactly because I could never remember the damn thing).
And having mentioned Kakoune it’d probably be unfair to then not mention Helix[2]. It has a very similar editing language, but it’s a fairly anti-Unix everything-bolted-in affair on the inside (“everything works out of the box” being the advertising take) compared to Kakoune’s Acme-inspired no-scripting scripting (there’s an ex-style command to exec a user program that can then drive the editor over stdio RPC, a set of hooks, and that’s it). So if you’ve come for the Plan 9 feels, I don’t expect Helix to be that appealing. It’s still a good editor, nevertheless.
[1] https://kakoune.org/
[2] https://helix-editor.com/
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What is the best book for complete beginner?
You can take a look at kakoune. The source code (excluding documentations, test cases, customizations etc.) is less than 40k. It is, IMHO, a show case of a C++ project in use.
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Why Kakoune
> I wonder if the author has ever heard of vis[0]
Yes.
https://github.com/martanne/vis/wiki/Differences-from-Kakoun...
https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/wiki#onboarding
> which imho fulfills far better each one of those premises
Not very motivated for such a harsh critic..
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Understanding the Origins and the Evolution of Vi and Vim
I've been using Vim for years, but if there was one thing I could change, it would be the verb-noun order. The Kakoune[1] editor behaves mostly like Vim, but where Vim has `dw` as "delete word", Kakoune has it backwards: `wd`.
It might sound minor, but by placing the range first, Kakoune can give a preview of what will be changed. The longer or more complicated the command, the more this feature shines.
Strictly better as far as I know. A shame my muscle memory, and all default installations, are still stuck with Vim.
[1] https://kakoune.org/
- Ask HN: Where do I find good code to read?
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Helix editor: Make HTTP requests and insert JSON
Helix is a postmodern text editor built in Rust built for the terminal. It is inspired by Kakoune, another Rust based text editor. Helix has got multiple selections, built-in Tree-sitter integration, powerful code manipulation and Language server support.
neovim
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Why Neovim is My Text Editor of Choice
As a software engineer, choosing and understanding your text editor is important part of your work, as it impacts your productivity and workflow efficiency. It's like choosing the perfect tool for any trade - you need to know what tool to use and how to use it effectively if you want to excel. For me, I use Neovim as my editor and I have been using it for a little over a year now.
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Let's See Your Terminal
This got me thinking about my recent pivot, my switch to Neovim by way of LazyVim to write most of my code, and using tmux to keep terminal states alive after closing a session.
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Level Up Your Dev Workflow: Conquer Web Development with a Blazing Fast Neovim Setup (Part 1)
Neovim: Make sure you have Neovim installed on your system. You can check the official website for installation instructions: https://neovim.io/ Git: We'll be using Git to clone the LazyVim starter pack. If you don't have Git, you can download it from https://git-scm.com/downloads
- Helix - Front-End Power
- Neovim
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Effective Neovim Setup. A Beginner’s Guide
There are several ways to install Neovim. This wiki provides several guidelines on how to install Neovim.
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Aftermath of switching from VSCode to Neovim
All these thoughts I've shared, I would have them on occasion - but ever since I switched to Linux and Neovim, my curiosity has been through the roof. Switching over to Neovim and Linux was a not so fun weekend of configuration and spending half a day getting my work's local dev environment running on my new OS (which no one has tested development on). But I now have a deeper understanding of the tools I use, and have a text editor configured to be the most optimal for the way I want to use it.
- Neovim is 10 years old today
- Neovide – a simple, no-nonsense, cross-platform GUI for Neovim
- Neovim v0.9.5 Released
What are some alternatives?
helix - A post-modern modal text editor.
vim9 - An experimental fork of Vim, exploring ways to make Vim script faster and better.
micro-editor - A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor
vis - A vi-like editor based on Plan 9's structural regular expressions
neovide - No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust
Yuescript - A Moonscript dialect compiles to Lua.
doom-emacs - An Emacs framework for the stubborn martian hacker [Moved to: https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs]
AstroVim - AstroNvim is an aesthetic and feature-rich neovim config that is extensible and easy to use with a great set of plugins [Moved to: https://github.com/AstroNvim/AstroNvim]
SpaceVim - A community-driven modular vim/neovim distribution - The ultimate vimrc
LunarVim - 🌙 LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. Completely free and community driven.