| Description: | - Modal editor
- Faster as in fewer keystrokes
- Multiple selections
- Orthogonal design
Kakoune is a code editor that implements Vi’s "keystrokes as a text editing
language" model. As it’s also a modal editor, it is somewhat similar to the Vim
editor (after which Kakoune was originally inspired).
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 has a strong focus on interactivity, most commands provide immediate and
incremental results, while still being competitive (as in keystroke count) with
Vim.
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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