Modal editing with seamless emacs integration avoiding the need for evil-collection type packages.
[1] https://github.com/meow-edit/meow
[2] https://github.com/meow-edit/meow/blob/master/TUTORIAL.org#k...
Kakoune has often seemed like a platonic ideal to me. Of course, my mind doesn't agree so much about the visual by default stuff much of the time. Maybe I didn't use Kakoune long enough.
I gave it a try for a while, but had to go back to emacs ecosystem.
This led me to inevitably tryout https://github.com/meow-edit/meow which I think is the best combination of fast, stable, well-integrated, similar to the kakoune model.
Mentioned elsewhere here, I've found meow[1] to be really interesting/good. And it leverages some of what makes god-mode nice (from their list of key features: "Minimizes modifier usage (e.g. `SPC x f` for `C-x C-f`) inspired by god-mode")
[0]: https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode/commits/master
- use evil-collection or
- be prepared to design vim keybindings per mode or
- instead use https://github.com/meow-edit/meow
I wrote the article [1] linked in the post, so that was really fun to see as well!
Tldr: simplicity, extensibility, kakoune grammar, less modifier usage, dvorak/keyboard compatibility, great multiedit system that obsoletes macros in daily usage
(Disclaimer, i work on meow)