KakouneWhat is Kakoune?
Kakoune is a code editor heavily inspired by Vim, as such most of its commands are similar to vi’s ones. Kakoune can operate in two modes, normal and insertion. In insertion mode, keys are directly inserted into the current buffer. In normal mode, keys are used to manipulate the current selection and to enter insertion mode.
Kakoune is a tool in the Code Collaboration category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Multiple selections as a central way of interactingPowerful selection manipulation primitivesPowerful text manipulation primitivesClient-Server architectureSimple interaction with external programs
Kakoune Pros & Cons
Pros of Kakoune
- ✓Fast editing
- ✓Multiple selections
- ✓Interactivity
- ✓Consistency of the underlying language
- ✓UNIX citizen
- ✓Self documented
Cons of Kakoune
No cons listed yet.
Kakoune Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Kakoune?
Visual Studio Code
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Sublime Text
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Vim
Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Vim is distributed free as charityware.
