Kakoune

Hey :))

Most of my setup is based on this very excellent guide on the subject (https://blog.trinket.icu/articles/writing-your-first-kakrc)

Some key features I'd like to single out:

For looks I have few important parts, but I do have:

add-highlighter global/ number-lines -hlcursor -relative -separator "  " -cursor-separator " |"
add-highlighter global/ show-matching
set-option global ui_options terminal_assistant=none

For function, I have:

• Cycle trough auto-complete suggestions with tab is such a nice feature

# Cycle autocomplete with tab
hook global InsertCompletionShow .* %{
    try %{
        exec -draft 'h<a-K>\h<ret>'
        map window insert <s-tab> <c-p>
        map window insert <tab> <c-n>
    }
}
hook global InsertCompletionHide .* %{
    unmap window insert <tab> <c-n>
    unmap window insert <s-tab> <c-p>
}

• Quickly move between open buffers by pressing space + b/n/m

## Buffer navigation
map -docstring "Close current buffer" global user b ": db<ret>"
map -docstring "goto previous buffer" global user n ": bp<ret>"
map -docstring "goto next buffer" global user m ": bn<ret>"

• Copy to and paste from system clipboard (this might need altering depending on which app you want to use for clipboards. I use xclip)

## Copy to and paste from system clipboard
map -docstring "Copy to system clipboard" global user y "<a-|> xclip -selection clipboard<ret>"
map -docstring "Paste from system clipboard" global user p "<a-!> xclip -o -selection clipboard<ret>"

• Comment and un-comment lines by pressing

## Comment lines
map global normal <c-v> ":comment-line<ret>"

• I really like the ability to quickly insert new-lines

## Insert newlines
map -docstring "Insert newline above" global user [ "O<esc>j"
map -docstring "Insert newline below" global user ] "o<esc>k"

I have some other stuff in my kakrc too, but that is for more specific use cases :))