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mawww's experiment for a better code editor

75 mentions on Hacker News by 62 people: 7 stories, 68 comments · first 2014-02-24 · latest 2026-10-28

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  1. …those. Based on the linked screenshot[1], perhaps the editor should be named "Clippy's Revenge" [0] https://github.com/mawww/kakoune [1] http://kakoune.org/img/screenshots/screenshot-tmux.gif
    comment by DigitalJack · 2016-12-13 · in Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor
  2. It's a new caledonian word, see https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/doc/manpages/fa...
    comment by doppioandante · 2016-12-13 · in Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor
  3. FAQ on various things and what the name means: https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/doc/manpages/fa...
    comment by doppioandante · 2016-12-13 · in Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor
  4. …a rewrite of vim then turned into a more ambitious reimagining of how to design a modal editor. [1] https://github.com/mawww/kakoune
    comment by rz2k · 2016-12-13 · in Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor
  5. …project[1]. There is a lot to read, and you can start making plugins once you understand it. [1] https://github.com/mawww/kakoune
    comment by omtose · 2016-12-13 · in Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor
  6. …currently. Don't know about long documents, but the editor in general is very efficient. [1] https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/rc/core/grep.ka... [2] https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/doc/json_ui.asc...
    comment by omtose · 2016-12-13 · in Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor
  7. From the github repository: https://github.com/mawww/kakoune reply Vim inspired — Faster as in less keystrokes — Multiple selections — Orthogonal design
    comment by pietrofmaggi · 2016-12-13 · in Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor
  8. You can find the editor source, and installation instructions on github: https://github.com/mawww/kakoune
    comment by pietrofmaggi · 2016-12-13 · in Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor
  9. …doesn't have the same community support and plugins but it's already quite feature rich. [1] https://github.com/mawww/kakoune
    comment by omtose · 2016-12-12 · in VimWiki – A personal wiki for Vim
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    Kakoune: a better code editor
    story by edran · 2016-12-11 · 2 comments
  11. …editors. I think it's a very high quality c++ codebase for a relatively complex editor. [1] https://github.com/mawww/kakoune
    comment by omtose · 2016-10-30 · in Buttery Smooth Emacs
  12. …for that. Another editor that might be worth a look if you're not already familiar with vim, is: https://github.com/mawww/kakoune The main argument for Neovim/vim/Emacs over other "smaller" editors would be the plugin eco-system. I have a…
    comment by e12e · 2016-04-13 · in Vim 8.0 is coming
  13. …direction (Emacs -> vim -> now kak[1]), and I find non-modal editing quite frustrating now. 1: https://github.com/mawww/kakoune
    comment by PeCaN · 2015-12-18 · in Show HN: A fireplace for Emacs
  14. …run fzf-tmux, that will open a tmux pan for fzf to run in. There is an example script for that in https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/issues/383 Its more tricky if you do not use tmux, as due to Kakoune client/server nature, fzf will be…
    comment by mawww · 2015-11-01 · in Kakoune – An experiment for a better code editor
  15. …if someone requests them (and makes a good case for them). scripting support is documented in: https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/doc/interfacing...
    comment by mawww · 2015-11-01 · in Kakoune – An experiment for a better code editor
  16. …are actually targeting POSIX shell. The rational behind this extension model can be found there: https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/doc/design.asci... And a more in depth explanation on how to use it is there:…
    comment by mawww · 2015-11-01 · in Kakoune – An experiment for a better code editor
  17. …trying to port the selection based movements to a vim plugin but I think it'll be a challenge. 1: https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/rc/clang.kak
    comment by Direct · 2015-11-01 · in Kakoune – An experiment for a better code editor
  18. It looks like the site's built with GitHub Pages so you could raise an issue for it: https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/issues
    comment by voltagex_ · 2015-11-01 · in Kakoune – An experiment for a better code editor
  19. …vim plugins, here's a vim-like text editor that concentrates on selections and multiple cursors: https://github.com/mawww/kakoune
    comment by FreeFull · 2015-08-03 · in Vim: Takeaways from One Year of Typing
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    Kakoune
    story by cdvonstinkpot · 2015-07-21 · 0 comments
  21. …As far as I can see, it's stable today. Just try not to think about how the name sounds shitty. [0] https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/
    comment by anon4 · 2015-07-16 · in Vim's 400 line function to wait for keyboard input
  22. …good shape. Programming-wise there's syntax highlighting for many languages already, check out https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/tree/master/rc for a list. Adding a basic syntax highlighter is simple enough as well. IDE-wise you'll get the…
    comment by comma_at · 2015-06-23 · in Mawww's experiment for a better code editor
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    Mawww's experiment for a better code editor
    story by g1236627 · 2015-06-23 · 15 comments
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    Kakoune: a code editor heavily inspired by Vim
    story by bpierre · 2014-04-03 · 0 comments
  25. well, if you want a re-think/re-factor of vim, you should definitely have a look at kak ( https://github.com/mawww/kakoune ). It's basically trying to improve over vim, still using command/insertion modes, inverting the commands (by using…
    comment by guyzmo · 2014-02-24 · in Bram Moolenaar responds to Neovim