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How can I go about using the tty only on my system (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I wanted to have a separate laptop where I only use the terminal for my use cases. At the moment I am somewhat confident using the terminal, but I think limiting myself to tty only would build my confidence even more. Any tips?

EDIT: I am already using nvim and I already have installed a minimal distro (Arch). I just need advice on how to actually run this system effectively.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (22 children)

If you're serious about sticking to the terminal, it's probably worth learning a terminal text editor like emacs or vim. Once you get the hang of them, you can be much more productive compared to something like nano.

I think it's also worth learning about job control and/or terminal multiplexers, but I've yet to fully understand them myself.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (19 children)

How can you be more productive in vim compared to nano?

Serious question.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

vim is more then simple file editing.

netrw (interactive file manager)
copen/lopen (windows to connect, e.g. external programs)
:global, %s/, etc. which form text manipulation language (from editor ed, I guess)
args & argsdo (multi-file editing)
filetype (hooks for the user)
ctrl_X completion modes
motion (fluent & with jumplist to walk forward/backwardl
undotree (persisting, unlimited, timebased - on-demand)
macros (record and replay keypress)
romainl (awesome community member)

vim for one-time tasks at work. When people are proposing to script something, I open buffers, normalize the data and filter the results. I think in vim and I would very, very much recommend it, if you work with data or are a dev.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

you guys convinced me. I check vim out for at least the weekend

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