This page lists how tasks performed by popular Vim plugins can be executed by kakoune native commands.

• tabular
• vim-exchange
• vim-swap
• vim-highlightedyank
• vim-textobj-entire
• vim-textobj-indent
• NERD Commenter / vim-commentary
• syntastic
• vim-gitgutter
• rainbow
• vim-hexokinase

https://github.com/godlygeek/tabular

Easily align text.

from

one = 1two = 2three = 3four = 4

:Tab/=

to

one   = 1two   = 2three = 3four  = 4

• select all buffer%
• select all= chars withs=
• confirm selection with<cr>
• use the align command&

https://github.com/tommcdo/vim-exchange

Easy text exchange operator for Vim.

cxOn the first use, define the first {motion} to exchange. On the second use, define the second {motion} and perform the exchange.

Let's say we want to exchange the words bananas and chocolate in the following sentence :

I like bananas but I prefer chocolate

• select the wordbananas (without the trailing white space, for example by placing thecursor on the letterb and select until the end of the word using thee movement)
• save this selection to the default mark register (^) withZ
• select the wordchocolate
• append the previous selection from the default mark register with<a-z> a
• rotate the selections content with<a-)> forward or<a-(> backward

Note that this approach is not limited to only 2 selections.

https://github.com/machakann/vim-swap

Swap delimited items, like function arguments(foo, bar, quux) to(quux, foo, bar)

new operator are available to do the swappingg< andg>

• select inside the parens with<a-i>(
• split selection pressingS, then, (notice trailing white space) and confirm<cr>
• rotate the selections content with<a-)>

https://github.com/machakann/vim-highlightedyank

Make the yanked region apparent!

By adding this plugin, every time you yank something, like a text-object, it will briefly flash to visually confirm that you yanked what you intented.

It is in kakoune's DNA to always highlight the current selections, so there's no surprise. It always matches your expectations.

https://github.com/kana/vim-textobj-entire

Entire content of buffer.

It avoids theggVG dance. Let you do things likeyie to yank all buffer.

Use the builtin%. To yank all buffer:%y

https://github.com/kana/vim-textobj-indent

Add thei text object to select a block of lines which are similarly indented to the current line. Example to deletedii.

Use the builtini text object. Example to delete<a-i>id

https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdcommenterhttps://github.com/tpope/vim-commentary

use the new commandgc followed by a move or a text-object to add comments.

use thebuiltin commandscomment-block andcomment-line.

https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic

syntastic runs an external tool in background to find syntax errors. it then updates the UI to show them

use thebuiltin lint commands.When you provide the correct path to the external tool for a given language (exampleeslint for JavaScript files), it will list the errors in a dedicated buffer (similar to location list in vim), add error and warning flags in the gutter and also show inline infoboxes displaying error messages.

https://github.com/airblade/vim-gitgutter

vim-gitgutter displays signs like+ (green) or- (red) near line numbers indicating additions or deletions of code.

use thebuiltin git commandgit show-diff

https://github.com/luochen1990/rainbow orhttps://github.com/p00f/nvim-ts-rainbow

This plugin help you read complex codes were composed of a mass of different kinds of parentheses by showing different levels of parentheses in different colors

There areKak-rainbow,Kakoune-rainbow orKak-rainbower plugins.

https://github.com/RRethy/vim-hexokinase

The plugin for asynchronously displaying the colours in the file (#rrggbb,#rgb,rgb(a)? functions,hsl(a)? functions, web colours, custom patterns).

TryKakoune-palette orColorcol plugins. If non satisfied you, check outthis discuss.

Kakoune also has manyplugins on its own!