# Brnt: vidir -- but written in rust

**URL:** <https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/brnt-vidir-but-written-in-rust/1478>\
**Category:** Terminal Tools\
**Created:** [December 10, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/brnt-vidir-but-written-in-rust/1478 "2020-12-10T04:23:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![EpocSquadron](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/epocsquadron/32/78_2.png) [@EpocSquadron](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/EpocSquadron)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/brnt-vidir-but-written-in-rust/1478/1 "2020-12-10T04:23:36Z")

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Just saw this posted on rust subreddit - an editor independent file renaming tool in the vein of vidir: [brnt](https://github.com/brokenbeta/brnt)

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**Author:** ![robertmeta](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/robertmeta/32/833_2.png) [@robertmeta](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/robertmeta)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/brnt-vidir-but-written-in-rust/1478/2 "2020-12-10T15:18:08Z")

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Isn’t vidir editor independent?

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**Author:** ![alexherbo2](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/alexherbo2/32/1140_2.png) [@alexherbo2](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/alexherbo2)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/brnt-vidir-but-written-in-rust/1478/3 "2020-12-10T16:49:25Z")

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Yep [vidir](https://github.com/trapd00r/vidir) is also editor independent. It has “vi” in its name, but you can use whatever editor you want through the `EDITOR` environment variable, which is `vi` by default.

Example with Kakoune:

```auto
EDITOR=kak vidir

```

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**Author:** ![EpocSquadron](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/epocsquadron/32/78_2.png) [@EpocSquadron](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/EpocSquadron)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/brnt-vidir-but-written-in-rust/1478/4 "2020-12-10T18:59:31Z")

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@robertmeta yes but is it written in rust? 😝

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**Author:** ![alexherbo2](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/alexherbo2/32/1140_2.png) [@alexherbo2](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/alexherbo2)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/brnt-vidir-but-written-in-rust/1478/5 "2020-12-13T18:01:37Z")

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Another written in [Crystal](https://crystal-lang.org) (by me).

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN4mrZXYHPo)