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variable to `kak`, or by writing data directly to its standard input using a
shell pipeline.
=== Are there any non-console based frontends available ?
=== Are there any non-console based frontends available?
No graphical frontend is currently officially maintained, you can however
try experimental community-developed ones.
=== Why are colors misrendered in my Kakoune clients ?
=== Why are colors misrendered in my Kakoune clients?
The most probable cause for colors being misrendered is a widespread practice
that consists in setting the `TERM` environment variable in the shell's
@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ $ cd kakoune
$ make test
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=== Why does leaving insert mode take more than half a second in `tmux` ?
=== Why does leaving insert mode take more than half a second in `tmux`?
Upon hitting the escape key, `tmux` waits for a short period of time to
determine whether it's part of a function or a meta key sequence. In order
to fix this "lag", set the waiting period in your `tmux` configuration file
to a short time, e.g. 25ms: `set -sg escape-time 25`
=== Can I split the window to display different buffers in them ?
=== Can I split the window to display different buffers in them?
As a fairly compliant follower of the UNIX philosophy, Kakoune does not
try to implement features that are best handled by separate, dedicated
@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ $ make debug=yes
The resulting binary should produce a stacktrace that you can, afterwards,
post in an issue in unmangled form (c.f. `c++filt`).
=== How can I explore the filesystem the way Vim's NerdTree does ?
=== How can I explore the filesystem the way Vim's NerdTree does?
The builtin file completion engine used when opening a file for editing
(using the `:edit` command and letting the suggestions popup in the menu
@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ which should in return send an "edit" command followed by the path of the
file you selected to the current Kakoune session (e.g. `echo "eval -client
$kak_client edit /path/to/file" | kak -p $kak_session`).
=== How do I automatically indent code, as Vim does with `=` ?
=== How do I automatically indent code, as Vim does with `=`?
As `Kakoune` doesn't parse the contents of the buffers, there is no builtin
equivalent for this Vim feature. Use a formatter/prettifier dedicated to
@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Note that you can also set the `formatcmd` option, used by the `format`
command to handle formatting in the current buffer without further
interaction.
=== Can Kakoune automatically complete the parameters of my functions ?
=== Can Kakoune automatically complete the parameters of my functions?
As mentioned in the above question about Vim's `=` key, Kakoune does not
parse the contents of a buffer by itself, which makes it impossible for
@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ built-in support in Kakoune is through the
https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/[Language Server Protocol],
for which you can find implementations that interact with the editor.
=== Why aren't widely known command line shortcuts such as <c-w> or <c-u> available in Kakoune ?
=== Why aren't widely known command line shortcuts such as <c-w> or <c-u> available in Kakoune?
Despite their widespread availability in multiple tools, those shortcuts do
not fit the paradigm that Kakoune implements, which is based on selections
@ -210,19 +210,19 @@ to be able to use those control-based shortcuts in insert mode.
Also note that a subset of "readline shortcuts" is implemented for command
prompts.
=== Can I disable auto-indentation completely ?
=== Can I disable auto-indentation completely?
All the indentation hooks are conventionally named `<lang>-indent`, which
allows us to use the `disabled_hooks` variable to disable indentation
globally with the following command: `set global disabled_hooks '.+-indent'`
=== How to enable syntax highlighting ?
=== How to enable syntax highlighting?
The MIME type of the files opened in new buffers is detected using the
`file` command, and syntax highlighting enabled automatically when
possible.
=== My file seems to be highlighted with the wrong colors, I thought syntax highlighting was detected automatically ?
=== My file seems to be highlighted with the wrong colors, I thought syntax highlighting was detected automatically?
The `file` utility has several shortcomings, such as detecting the
wrong MIME type for a file containing data with different syntax, e.g.
@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ Kakoune does its best to detect file types (using known extensions for a
given format for instance), but not much can be done about those ambiguous
cases. You might consider writing a custom `$HOME/.magic` file if needed.
=== Can I disable syntax highlighting completely ?
=== Can I disable syntax highlighting completely?
Similarly to the indentation hooks, the name format followed by the
highlighting hooks is `<lang>-highlight`. You can thus disable syntax
@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ highlighting using the following command: `set global disabled_hooks
== The editing language
=== Why aren't there other scopes similar to `%sh{}` e.g. python ?
=== Why aren't there other scopes similar to `%sh{}` e.g. python?
Supporting custom scopes would add hard dependencies to the project, which
is too much of a drawback when balanced against the low cost of using
@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ The shell scope allows users to spawn any interpreter they want, for a minimal
cost in terms of performance, it is therefore the reason why it's the only
one available by default.
=== What shell is used to expand `%sh{}` scopes ?
=== What shell is used to expand `%sh{}` scopes?
The server expands shell scopes using the `sh` binary, located in one of
the directories containing all the POSIX standard utilities. This list of
@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Kakoune at startup.
In most distributions, `/bin/sh` will end up being used.
=== Why does a dot `.` in a regex select newline characters ?
=== Why does a dot `.` in a regex select newline characters?
Data in buffers is a stream of characters, and newlines do not receive special
treatment compared to other characters, with regards to regex matching. In
@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ balanced against the ability to select data over several lines.
You can instruct the regex engine to stop matching newline characters with
`.` by disabling the appropriate flag (`(?S)`).
=== Why does `a` extend the current selection, but `i` leaves it untouched ?
=== Why does `a` extend the current selection, but `i` leaves it untouched?
Selections are ranges of characters whose delimiters are an "anchor" and
a "cursor", and inserting characters is always done before the anchor in