# vamp

A modal editor whose features are independent of the frontend used to present them.

## Language

**Editor session**:
An active editing environment containing a buffer, its modal state, and the plugins available to that environment.
_Avoid_: plugin manager (when referring to the whole editing environment)

**Feature**:
A named set of editor commands with declared frontend compatibility requirements.

**Plugin**:
An extension that contributes a feature to an editor session. A failed plugin can become unavailable without ending the session.

**Core feature**:
A protected feature that provides essential editing behavior and cannot be replaced or disabled by an extension.

**Frontend**:
The presentation and input experience through which a user interacts with an editor session.

**Capability**:
A named frontend ability required by a feature for compatibility, not a permission granted to that feature.