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Helix: A post-modern text editor
Vis editor [0] also has multicursor and powerful sam's structural regular expression
[0]: https://github.com/martanne/vis
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Show HN: An opinionated fork of micro, built for vibe coders who enjoy code
> thicc ā a fork of micro that's heavy on opinions, not bloat.
> What is thicc? File browser. Editor. Terminal. AI tools. One vibe.
I don't follow. That seems to be heavy on bloat. Or maybe I'm just happy with vis (https://github.com/martanne/vis). I don't know.
- Vis ā Combining Modal Editing with Structural Regular Expressions
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Ad: An Adaptable Text Editor
People should be aware of two related editors:
https://anvil-editor.net/ is an editor more directly inspired by and similar to Acme (but makes no attempt to borrow from Vim).
https://github.com/martanne/vis is a minimalist editor that stays close to Vim but adds Sam-style regular extensions and multi-cursor editing.
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Ask HN: What Open Source Projects Need Help?
My favorite and daily driver text editor, vis (https://github.com/martanne/vis)
- The Anvil Text Editor
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Show HN: Ki Editor
Another editor that people might be interested in (and I think more people should know about) is https://github.com/martanne/vis. It is, in some ways, the opposite of Ki; instead of straying further from vim, Vis is just Vim + good multiple cursor support + sam-styled structural regexes (I didn't know what those are before using Vis, I consider it a detail of how the multiple cursor interface works).
Thus, Vis is easier to learn than Helix/Kakoune and gives you (IMO) the most useful feature of Helix/Kakoune.
Unfortunately, Vis is also a bit bare-bones, I don't think it has LSP support for instance.
- Vis: A vi-like editor based on Plan 9's structural regular expressions
- Oasis ā a small, statically-linked Linux system
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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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