[daptaq]

> But. Kakoune is still something bigger for me

I have to admit that I have never seriously tried Kakoune. It has always been to similar but not similar enough to Vi(m) for me to work with.

> Can you say, “run the macro on each line of this paragraph”?

Yes, apply-macro-to-region-lines (C-x C-k r) does that. Of course you'd have to select the paragraph first (M-h).