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		omtose on Dec 13, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor Oh that makes a lot of sense, that's probably the origin of the name. The project is quite a bit older than that though (>4 years).

doppioandante on Dec 13, 2016 [–]

It's a new caledonian word, see https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/doc/manpages/fa...

Nadya on Dec 13, 2016 | | [–]

Thanks for digging into the docs and finding the actual meaning. I didn't see anything in the readme.md :)

omtose on Dec 13, 2016 | | [–]

Mmh right, but that's not going to dispel my feeling that mawww is actually a weeaboo.

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