To maintain compatibility with browsers and most text editors, I mapped to this functionality. I’d rather not type : db and press enter. The same thing applies for closing buffers, specially draft buffers. That’s why I decided to map ( ctrl-edit) to the edit command and to the buffer command. I’d use because that’s what most programs use, but it’s already used in Kakoune. That’s why it makes sense to map a combination. TODO: looking for a new combination Edit fileįor me, editing files or changing between them feels more like an action than a command I want to type (that’s why we have ga). I’ve started to use but I’m looking to change it because you get used to pressing it and it closes most programs. I feel it’s better to map a ctrl-key combination and use it everywhere: to escape insert mode, to escape prompt mode, to toogle the completition menu off when it’s disturbing, etc.

That’s why people tend to map key combinations like jd to escape insert mode. Most of us find the esc key to be far way from our fingers, specially if you keep your hands more close to the lower keys to reach ctrl and alt. Feel free to comment with additions and reviews (criticism is accepted).Īlso, a lot of the code is actually not mine.

I will write here my customization to tackle some of this issues. In my opinion, Kakoune is sublime for editing code projects where you basically make small changes everywhere, but sometimes you want to write a lot of new text/code. Kakoune forces mode switching even for the simplest tasks, like moving a word behind to change something. Even writing in the prompt is easier (for those that know they keybindings, which is not my case ). Just look at the number of mappings of the rest of the modes and the number of mappings of insert mode. Rather, I’d say is the lack of support for insert mode. Modal editing is great, but when people say they just want to enter their editor and start typing I think I understand what they mean.

What is another word for insert mode