Kakoune

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15059150

> Hey friends, > > I tried Kakoune for the first time recently—I definitely feel like it gets keybindings right. > So I just wrapped up configuring Helix to (as far as I can tell) use those bindings (basically, it totally cuts out select mode and makes things much faster). > Thought I'd share for anyone else interested. > > toml > [keys.normal] > H = "extend_char_left" > J = "extend_line_down" > K = "extend_line_up" > L = "extend_char_right" > > W = "extend_next_word_start" > E = "extend_next_word_end" > B = "extend_prev_word_start" > > A-j = "join_selections" > > A-n = "search_prev" > N = "extend_search_next" > A-N = "extend_search_prev" > > [keys.normal.g] > e = ["goto_last_line", "goto_line_end"] > [keys.normal.G] > H = "extend_to_line_start" > L = "extend_to_line_end" > E = ["select_mode", "goto_last_line", "goto_line_end", "normal_mode"] > [keys.normal.v] > t = "align_view_top" > b = "align_view_bottom" > v = "align_view_center" > > Happy editing!

Very open-ended. Looking into Kakoune and just out of pure curiosity, I was wondering which plugins/setups you have and/or recommend?

Hello and welcome to this new community for talking about Kakoune !

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