I've actually never heard of Kakoune. And I'm not too familiar with verb based text editors in general. I've been using Visual Studio Code recently and like it functionality wise.

http://jsdiaries.com/2016/11/27/visual-studio-code-features-...

I may move on to a verb based editor like this as my projects getting more complex and navigating through verb commands is a must. But can someone tell me what languages would benefit most from an editor like Kakoune? I'm assuming creating macros would be a big part of using it ?