Languages
The programming languages listed on this page have built-in support in kakoune through the use of rc files.
This encompass such common operations as highlighting, indenting, tagging, building, debugging…
For a list of linters that may be used alongside the support languages, refer to the Lint page.
- Name: points to the source file of the related kak script.
-
Alt File: the script creates an
altcommand to switch between related buffers, for example switching between.cand.hfiles in C. - Linting: linting is available through third-party programs, documented on the given link
- Formatting: automatic formatting is available through third-party programs, documented on the given link
| Name | Alt File | Linting | Formatting |
|---|---|---|---|
| AsciiDoc | |||
| C | ✔ | yes | yes |
| C++ | ✔ | yes | yes |
| Clojure | yes | ||
| CoffeeScript | yes | ||
| CSS | yes | yes | |
| D | yes | yes | |
| elixir | |||
| elm | yes | ||
| fish | yes | ||
| Go | yes | yes | |
| HAML | |||
| HTML | yes | ||
| Handlebars | |||
| Haskell | yes | ||
| INI | |||
| Java | yes | ||
| JavaScript | yes | yes | |
| JSON | yes | ||
| Julia | |||
| Latex | |||
| Lua | ✔ | ||
| LISP | |||
| Makefile | |||
| Markdown | |||
| MoonScript | ✔ | ||
| Nim | |||
| Ocaml | yes | ||
| Perl | yes | ||
| PHP | yes | ||
| Python | yes | yes | |
| Pony | |||
| Pug | |||
| Ragel | |||
| Ruby | ✔ | yes | yes |
| Rust | yes | ||
| SASS & SCSS | yes | ||
| Scala | |||
| Shell | yes | ||
| Swift | |||
| TUP | |||
| YAML | yes | ||
| Zig | yes |
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- Avoid the escape key
- Implementing user mode (Leader key)
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