kenran_

Tiny steps, 15 minutes of tinkering each day or so. I'm finally getting the hang of what a workflow using Kakoune could look like.

Now to actually learn the editing model, and fill the workflow gaps (equivalent to quickfix list, etc).

#kakoune

Getting ergonomic keybindings interacting with, say, tmux panes, requires a good read of the Kakoune documentation on commands, kakrc, mappings etc. Having to learn about this early on can feel like a hurdle, but also now I'm much more ready to bend it to my liking right after.

#kakoune

Settled on always using it inside tmux. Now fzf-tmux can be used to open in a split. That's enough to be usable to me.

Also Kakoune itself integrates with tmux very well out of the box: for instance, :new spawns a Kakoune client attached to the same session in a new tmux window by default.

#kakoune #tmux

Struggling a bit to give Kakoune an honest tryout. I think it's cause of its philosophy. For instance, the (archived) fzf plugin will spawn a "new terminal" (depends on what I'm running in) or, if it's tmux, use its splits. I'm used to more complex windowing capabilities from Neovim or Emacs, but I think that's by design as far as I understand.

Very interesting, but a bit hard to start out with an open mind for someone as settled-in as me 😅

#kakoune

Having configured Neovim to a point where I'm quite happy with it, why do I now feel the urge to do the same with #kakoune? I wonder if it's FOMO or even if I'm just always chasing a thing that's "more special" (in the sense of fewer people using it)...