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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.
Pro Very expressive
Kakoune provides a very expressive set of commands, including various objects selection (paragraph, blocks, words), alignment support, conditional selection filtering...
This set of command is expressive enough to implement all the provided auto indentation logic.
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Kakoune
Recommended 6 years ago
Kakoune implements a redesign of the Vim editing model for increased efficiency and ease-of-use. Despite its youth, Kakoune is already one of the best editors for programming and writing!
Pro
Will be familiar to vim usersPro
More modern than vimPro
Actively developed and supportedPro
Text selection mechanismPro
Very expressivePro
Good UNIX citizenKakoune
Recommended 3 years ago
This makes editing quick and efficient. I would say more intuitive than Vim (an example: to jump to end in kakoune you use 'g', so 'gj' would go all the way down, 'gi' to the first whitespace, 'gl' all the way to the right and so on, instead of $, 0, gg, G)
Pro
Will be familiar to vim usersPro
More modern than vimPro
Actively developed and supportedPro
Text selection mechanismPro
Very expressivePro
Good UNIX citizenCon
No real Windows supportPro
Simpler and more consistent than VimPro
Self-documentingComments
Out of Date Pros + Cons
Con Lack of options/ability to customize
The ability to customize Kakoune are currently quite limited. Everything is hard coded, and there is a lack of options to choose from.