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Edit Vim to Kakoune guide for ease of reading

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- Some run-ons and comma splices broken into more sentences
- Minor fixes like mismatched singular/plurals
- Fixed one incorrect instruction that mistook <space> for ;
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Kevin Conner 2021-03-15 22:41:00 -04:00
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Vi(m) to Kakoune:
=================
Kakoune is inspired heavily by Vim, it strives to be as efficient as Vim,
Kakoune is inspired heavily by Vim. It strives to be as efficient as Vim,
more consistent and simpler. A big difference is that a lot of special
features in Vim just become regular interactions of basic features in
Kakoune.
Operations and moves are reversed in Kakoune. First select whatever text
you want to operate on, and then use an modifying operation. That makes
things more consistent (Vim needs a separate x and d operation because
of the operator -> move order, Kakoune only needs the d operation). That
also allows more complex selections.
you want to operate on, and then use a modifying operation. That makes
things more consistent: Vim needs separate x and d operations because
of the operator -> move order, while Kakoune only needs the d operation.
Selecting first also allows more complex selections.
delete a word:
* vim: dw
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* kak: %sword<ret>creplacement<esc>
Explanation: '%' selects the entire buffer, 's' opens a prompt for a
regex, <ret> validates the regex and replace the selection with one
per matches (hence, all occurences of word are selected). 'c' deletes
the selection contents and enter insert mode, replacement is typed
regex, <ret> validates the regex and replaces the selection with one
per match (hence all occurences of "word" are selected). 'c' deletes
the selection contents and enters insert mode where "replacement" is typed,
and <esc> goes back to normal mode.
Note that the Kakoune version is one key less, and is not a special
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* vim: viB:s/word/replacement<ret>
* kak: <a-i>Bsword<ret>creplacement<esc>
Here again, we need to rely on another Vim special feature, visual
mode.
Here again, Vim had to rely on a special feature, visual mode.
join line with next:
* vim: J
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* vim: d$
* kak: <a-l>d or Gld
some classic vim moves are not bound to the same key, this is due to Kakoune
using shifted moves to append to selection, so moves that were bound to non
alphabetic chars had to change.
Some classic Vim moves are not bound to the same key. Kakoune
uses shifted moves to extend the selection, so Vim moves that were bound to
shifted characters had to change.
* % become m (for matching), however m will replace selection with the next
block, if you want to get a selection from current point to next block end,
you should use <space>M (<space> clears the selection to one character)
* % became m (for "matching"). However, m replaces the selection with the next
block. If you want to get a selection from the current point to the next
block's end, you should use ;M (; reduces the selection to one character).
* 0 and $ became <a-h> and <a-l>. Another binding is gh and gl.
* 0 and $ became <a-h> and <a-l>. Equivalent bindings are gh and gl.
:[gv]/re/cmd
to emulate :g or :v, use % to select the whole buffer, <a-s> to get
one selection by line, and then <a-k> or <a-K> in order to keep only the
To emulate :g or :v, use % to select the whole buffer, <a-s> to get
one selection per line, and then <a-k> or <a-K> to keep only the
selections matching (or not matching) the entered regex.