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Vi(m) to Kakoune:
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Kakoune is inspired heavily by Vim. It strives to be as efficient as Vim,
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more consistent and simpler. A big difference is that a lot of special
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features in Vim just become regular interactions of basic features in
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Kakoune.
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Operations and moves are reversed in Kakoune. First select whatever text
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you want to operate on, and then use a modifying operation. That makes
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things more consistent: Vim needs separate x and d operations because
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of the operator -> move order, while Kakoune only needs the d operation.
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Selecting first also allows more complex selections.
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delete a word:
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* vim: dw
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* kak: wd
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delete a character:
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* vim: x
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* kak: d or ;d (; reduces the selection to a single char)
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copy a line:
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* vim: yy
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* kak: xy
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global replace:
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* vim: :%s/word/replacement<ret>
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* kak: %sword<ret>creplacement<esc>,
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Explanation: '%' selects the entire buffer, 's' opens a prompt for a
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regex, <ret> validates the regex and replaces the selection with one
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per match (hence all occurences of "word" are selected). 'c' deletes
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the selection contents and enters insert mode where "replacement" is
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typed, and <esc> goes back to normal mode. The final ',' gets rid of
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multiple cursors.
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Note that the Kakoune version is one key less, and is not a special
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feature per se, but just a nice way Kakoune features work together.
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global interactive replace:
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* vim: :%s/word/replacement/gc<ret>
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and then keep pressing 'y' to accept the change or 'n' to reject.
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* kak: /word<ret>creplacement<esc>
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and then press 'n' to search for the next occurence and either '.'
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to redo the last insert operation (that is replace 'word' with
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'replacement') or 'n' to go to the next match.
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replace in current curly brace block:
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* vim: viB:s/word/replacement<ret>
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* kak: <a-i>Bsword<ret>creplacement<esc>
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Here again, Vim had to rely on a special feature, visual mode.
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join line with next:
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* vim: J
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* kak: <a-J>
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delete to line end:
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* vim: d$
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* kak: <a-l>d or Gld
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Some classic Vim moves are not bound to the same key. Kakoune
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uses shifted moves to extend the selection, so Vim moves that were bound to
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shifted characters had to change.
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* % became m (for "matching"). However, m replaces the selection with the next
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block. If you want to get a selection from the current point to the next
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block's end, you should use ;M (; reduces the selection to one character).
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* 0 and $ became <a-h> and <a-l>. Equivalent bindings are gh and gl.
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:[gv]/re/cmd
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To emulate :g or :v, use % to select the whole buffer, <a-s> to get
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one selection per line, and then <a-k> or <a-K> to keep only the
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selections matching (or not matching) the entered regex.
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