dotfiles
nvim-config
| dotfiles | nvim-config | |
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| 2 | 1 | |
| 183 | 2 | |
| - | - | |
| 6.5 | 6.6 | |
| about 1 month ago | about 2 months ago | |
| Shell | Lua | |
| MIT License | - |
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Why Kakoune
I use NeoVim. I used Vim previously and just know the built in basics very well.
NeoVim incorporating Lua as a first class language has allowed plugin authors to build plugins that are faster and better than plugins for Vim written in VimScript (or other languages like python/typescript which are much slower).
There is a strong community for neovim on reddit, youtube, etc and plugin authors do a nice job of building tools that work with each other.
Setting it up I agree is a pain, but once done its very little maintenance/work. Even when I've had to 'redo' my setup (eg swithing package managers like vim plug to packer to lazy) its been easy and under 15 or so minutes.
I edit minor things in my config every few months. Everything flows quite nicely now and breaking changes are far less common than they used to be (at least among the plugins I use).
My vim config if you're curious (along with the rest of my dotfiles): https://github.com/sbernheim4/dotfiles/tree/master/vim
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Neovim/LSP skeleton
Mine's not very bare bones, but its also not massive. I like to think it's decently set up and readable. Hopefully its possible for you to use some parts: https://github.com/sbernheim4/dotfiles
nvim-config
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Why Kakoune
I've used all except Kakoune. For me, Neovim is the one that stuck. Helix is cool, but having no plugins is a deal breaker (for now!) The onboarding experience is much nicer for sure, and Helix's LSP is way easier to set up than Neovim's.
That being said, Neovim, once you get it set up, is great. The biggest hurdle for me was the config, but if you just start from scratch and make a light config (mines about 200-300 lines, with LSP, hints, etc) you can get through it. And you never have to touch it again, since most likely you configured it in a way you like. Well unless you wanna add the occasional plugin. There are also distros of Neovim that contain a fully baked IDE-lite experience, but honestly those have extremely complicated config, and often IME don't feel nice and light.
It's definitely not for everyone. There is that time investment to get started, but it's definitely been worth it for me.
My config: https://github.com/wrapperup/nvim-config
What are some alternatives?
kakoune-wakatime - WakaTime! For Kakoune! Yay!
helix - A post-modern modal text editor.
golf - Some vimgolfs challenges and along with Kakoune solutions
kakoune - mawww's experiment for a better code editor
vis - A vi-like editor based on Plan 9's structural regular expressions
helix - A post-modern modal text editor.