That's why I tend to use visual mode. It sounds like Kakoune is basically visual mode by default, which is cool but not that different.
This example was a bit silly: "dtf will delete to next f, if you then realize that was one f before the one you targeted, you need to undo, go back to your initial position, and try again with d2tf."
There's no need to undo. Just follow up with a dot and you're done. Which pretty much illustrates my other general strategy, which is to edit incrementally without worrying about getting each command perfect.
(Which is not to say I don't find Kakoune intriguing.)
This example was a bit silly: "dtf will delete to next f, if you then realize that was one f before the one you targeted, you need to undo, go back to your initial position, and try again with d2tf."
There's no need to undo. Just follow up with a dot and you're done. Which pretty much illustrates my other general strategy, which is to edit incrementally without worrying about getting each command perfect.
(Which is not to say I don't find Kakoune intriguing.)