# Kakoune needs a real scripting language

**URL:** <https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/kakoune-needs-a-real-scripting-language/575>\
**Category:** Complaints & Improvements\
**Created:** [May 16, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/kakoune-needs-a-real-scripting-language/575 "2019-05-16T18:35:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![blaggacao](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/blaggacao/32/583_2.png) [@blaggacao](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/blaggacao)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/kakoune-needs-a-real-scripting-language/575/70 "2020-12-17T15:53:27Z")

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Due to RSI, I’m trying to completely remap **all** commands according to the new muscle memory I want to train on on a custom keyboard. I’m optimizing for the fourth time now due to testing and new discoveries like home-row-mod and the efficient use of layers.

I was searching for [kakoune config language](https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&hs=3gy&channel=fs&ei=XHjbX7WiLYzl5gKDgZOICQ&q=kakoune+config+language&oq=kakoune+config+languag&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAxgAMgcIIRAKEKABOgQIABBHOgUIIRCgAVDpFVjdRWDFUmgCcAJ4AIABlQGIAbsFkgEDMC41mAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpesgBCMABAQ&sclient=psy-ab) and this thread showed up as one of the first results. Had kakoune config opted for the possibility of being lua scriptable, I’m confident, I’d have already [achieved what I want](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/key-maps-as-key-locations/1414/7), rather than writing these lines. Even though I don’t know lua.

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