vamp/CONTEXT.md

vamp

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

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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.