esc
Externally Scriptable Editor
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commit 5a9cbe1f1643334e9e9d35cd9ac5f08dacb4e13a parent b2ea2174589f79ae05451cebc60a7f62ac4c6472 Author: Marc Coquand <marc@coquand.email> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:37:12 +0100 * Diffstat:
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1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md @@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ Emacs is also an extensible text editor that uses Lisp as it's main language. Th Emacs is self-contained, and thus is more portable. Esc tries to be an *integrated* editor, and thus it is extended by communicating with external tools. You can extend Esc with any language you want by communicating to it via IPC. +Esc uses alt for chording, and tries to minimize its use. Many sequences instead use `ESC` followed by the key. This is to minimize stress on the fingers. + ### Kakoune Kakoune used to be my main editor. It is great. However, because it is intended to run in a terminal, it has quite a few limitations. It will probably never render images for example. -Esc is also more focused on using a mouse for selections. +Esc is also more focused on using a mouse for selections, and has no command mode.