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Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor
While discussing with fellow developers, I was asked the following question a few times: We spend most of our time as developers thinking, not editing code; so, why invest time into mastering a complicated code editor, and why lose some cognitive resources on thinking about text editing instead of about the real…
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Tools & ProductivitySoftware Engineering2016
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Dec 13, 2016 | Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor by petepete | 631 | 327 |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor (2016) by r3trohack3r | 179 | 89 |
| Aug 17, 2018 | Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor by tosh | 145 | 45 |
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