mklein994

For me, it was how I learned Vim. The awkward keyboard pushed me towards learning more efficient keystrokes, so now I'm very comfortable with Vim.

I would learn it on the bus, and at the time I didn't have a data plan, so I could only access things I had already downloaded. The `:help` documentation is very thorough.

mklein994

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It's actually a bit more nuanced: `:x` is like `:wq`, but only writes if changes have been made. `:x!` has the same semantics as `:wq!`.

mklein994

2 yıl öncediscuss

> Also, without some sort of indicator, Vim’s modal design is awkward here—it’s very easy to forget which mode you’re in.

With `bash`, you can show which mode you're in by putting this in your `~/.inputrc`:

    show-mode-in-prompt on

It makes your prompt look like this:

    [foo@bar ~]$ # before turning it on
    @[foo@bar ~]$ # after
    @[foo@bar ~]$ set -o vi
    (ins)[foo@bar ~]$ # and after I press esc:
    (cmd)[foo@bar ~]$

Customize these with `emacs-mode-string`, `vi-ins-mode-string`, and `vi-cmd-mode-string`.

mklein994

3 yıl öncediscuss

> [...] but I found it difficult to remember to put `;tput bel` on every command that would be slow [...]

What I do in these situations (assuming the job is still in the foreground, and can be interrupted), is suspend the task with ctrl+z and resume with `fg`, chaining it with some other command:

    fg; notify-send "done"

This uses the "job control" feature of `bash`, so it requires no extra setup. Your approach has the simple advantage however, that once it's set up, it just works, automatically.

mklein994

3 yıl öncediscuss

Cool. I didn't know about "Ctrl+T, Ctrl+Z"; I've always used "Alt+D, Alt+Enter" to duplicate tabs. This other shortcut might come in handy if I want to immediately edit the URL.

mklein994

3 yıl öncediscuss

Not as quick as you're asking for, but what I do, after running "git log" to jog my memory of what the commit message was, is this:

  git commit --fixup=':/message regexp'

This will find the youngest commit where the message matches the "message regexp" pattern. See also: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitrevisions

mklein994

4 yıl öncediscuss

Lead sheets?

mklein994

4 yıl öncediscuss

This is incredible. I'm learning so much by just reading the source code and trying it out.

mklein994

4 yıl öncediscuss

It's called the Imperative Mood[0]. I like to think of it as though I'm completing this statement: "If you apply this patch, this commit will [Do The Thing™]". Here's a few examples:

If I were to apply this patch, this commit will…

- Simplify FooWidget

- Add optional table support

- Remove trailing whitespace

- Update fizzbuzz to 1.2.0

- Merge branch 'feature/ABC-123-foobar'

- Revert "Add foo to bar"

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperative_mood

mklein994

4 yıl öncediscuss

Not quite there with the scanning part, but https://supercook.com comes close.

mklein994

4 yıl öncediscuss

Cascadia Mono/Code, depending if I feel like having ligatures:

https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code

It has the option to enable cursive italics, which is disabled by default. Been using it for over a year. No complaints.

mklein994

4 yıl öncediscuss

Another alternative is OpenWeatherMap: https://openweathermap.org/api/one-call-3

It's not quite a drop-in replacement, but it's pretty close. They have a free plan for 1,000 calls/day.

mklein994

4 yıl öncediscuss

https://fraidyc.at/

It's a browser extension, and it's been very pleasant to use. I came across it on a previous Show HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22545878

Now if only it worked on mobile…

mklein994

5 yıl öncediscuss

> git stash‘s new --staged mode makes it easy to stash away what you already have in the staging area, and nothing else.

Sweet! I've been wanting this feature for a while.

See also:

https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes...

mklein994

5 yıl öncediscuss

Neat. I'll add this to my toolbox.

Somewhat unrelated: I discovered some time ago that the column command (from util-linux) can print trees of hierarchical data (up to 2 levels deep).

From the man page:

  $ echo -e '1 0 A\n2 1 AA\n3 1 AB\n4 2 AAA\n5 2 AAB' | column --tree-id 1 --tree-parent 2 --tree 3
  1  0  A
  2  1  |-AA
  4  2  | |-AAA
  5  2  | `-AAB
  3  1  `-AB

column(1): https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/blob/master/text-util...

mklein994

5 yıl öncediscuss

Huh, learn something new everyday. Thanks!

mklein994

5 yıl öncediscuss

The docs for this is in `:help v_CTRL-A`.

It should actually say VISUAL BLOCK mode. This is where you use `CTRL-v` to select a block of text. You can read more in `:help blockwise-visual`.

Also see the 'nrformats' option: `:help 'nrformats'`. You can include alphabetic characters to do the same thing with A-Z, for example.

https://vimhelp.org/change.txt.html#v_CTRL-A

mklein994

6 yıl öncediscuss

I recently discovered the `-brief` flag to ip(1). It shows a summary table for the address and link commands that can be easier to read than the default output.

mklein994

6 yıl öncediscuss

Enter git rerere: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rerere

This will "REuse REcorded REsolutions" of conflicted merges.

Once enabled, it will record how a merge conflict was resolved, and replay it back the next time it encounters it. Saves a lot of time in cases where you already solved the merge once before.

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Rerere

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