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vis

Modern, legacy-free, vim-like editor with Lua scripting and structural regex

Development linuxmacos C ISC

Description

vis is a modern, legacy-free, simple yet efficient vim-like editor. It aims to provide 80% of vim's features in roughly 1% of the code. The editor is scriptable in Lua and supports editing large files, multiple cursors, and structural regular expressions.

AI Summary

Modern vim-like editor with Lua scripting, structural regex, and minimal codebase

Capabilities

  • + Edit text with vim-like keybindings
  • + Script and extend using Lua
  • + Support structural regular expressions
  • + Handle large files efficiently
  • + Multiple cursor support

Use When

  • You want a clean, modern vim-like editor
  • You prefer Lua scripting over Vimscript

Avoid When

  • x You need full vim plugin compatibility

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