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PlatformsLinux, macOS, Android
LicenseUnlicense
Pros
Pro Text selection mechanism
Kakoune works on selections, which are oriented, inclusive range of characters, selections have an anchor and a cursor character. Most commands move both of them, except when extending selection where the anchor character stays fixed and the cursor one moves around.
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Cons
Con Incompatible with Vim configs
Because Kakoune is merely vim-inspired rather than vim-based, configuration files and plugins for Vim cannot be used by Kakoune, which makes transitioning from Vim to Kakoune have more friction than transitioning to another Vim baed editor like Neovim, and means that there are fewer plugins available compared to Vim or Neovim.
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Recommendations
Kakoune
Recommended 2 years ago
Out of familiarity and compatibility, I tend to use Neovim more often than Kakoune. However, I like the selection based editing model of Kakoune, which combined with the reversed syntax can be easier to use.
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Will be familiar to vim usersCon
Small communityCon
Incompatible with Vim configsPro
Text selection mechanismPro
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