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What did you find easier/more powerful about Kakoune than its equivalent in vim?

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jzm2k|4 years ago

The multiline cursor is a great tool I didn't know I needed before I tried Kakoune. Also, the commands are more logical. Go to end of line with gl, select code from current place until the end of line with GL, go to the start of line with gh, go to the end of file with gj and to the top with gk, etc. It's more logical and the fact that you can use visual select by keeping shift down when moving is very nice.

pletnes|4 years ago

What’s the big deal with multiline cursor over visual block mode?

smegsicle|4 years ago

movement before command sounds nice, eg 'wd' to delete a word instead of 'dw'

konart|4 years ago

I find it extremely subjective. "delete word" is much better than "word delete" imo.

Also `dw` sounds more logical if you think about user input speed\pauses. If I press `w` I want to move to the next word immediately. In case were `wd` deletes a word - there should be some lag, no?