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A small byte of bash aliases and functions.

Nilkun — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 03:49:05 +0000

I'd like to share a few of my favorite bash aliases and functions. All I ask for in return is for you to share your own in the comments!

# Set up ls to use my preferences
alias ls='ls -l --color=auto --group-directories-first'

# Quickly add things to a todo-list. Usage: remember milk
alias remember="xargs -I TODO  echo \"[ ] TODO\" >> ~/remember <<<"

# I often find files that I don't know what to do with, but I don't want to delete. So I just move them to dev-hell. usage: devhell mysuperniftyfunctionthatiwillneveruse.js
alias devhell='mv -t ~/dev-hell/'

# I don't know how many times I typed this in before I made it an alias. Usage: pid vim
alias pid="ps -aux | grep "

# I use the following function and alias to jump back and forth between home and the current directory.
function home() {
        PREVIOUS=$(pwd)
        cd ~
}
alias back="cd $PREVIOUS"

# I use Arch Linux, and often download from AUR. Usage: aur chromium
alias aur="xargs -I FILENAME git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/FILENAME <<<"

Improve workflow efficiency by using your keyboard smarter (Linux)

Nilkun — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 02:06:41 +0000

64 > 104
I love my keyboard. Although it only has 64 keys, I don't use all of them. So I remapped those keys (and some other as well) to improve my workflow.

Take caps-lock for instance. For me, it is a completely useless key taking up a great spot on the keyboard. Since I'm an avid vim user, I often use escape. So I remapped left-shift + right-shift to caps-lock, and caps-lock to escape.

I use menu to switch between my two most commonly used workspaces, and space-2 (That is my right space bar) is remapped to λ. Why λ? Well, one keypress is better than two, so instead of having to press ctrl-b when using tmux, I just set my prefix key to λ. Efficiency doubled!

How to remap keys in X
In order to remap keys, we first need to find their values. The easiest way is to run xev. In order to simplify this process, you could pipe it to awk like this:

xev | awk -F'[ )]+' '/^KeyPress/ { a[NR+2] } NR in a { printf "%-3s %s\n", $5, $8 }'

The next step is to actually remap the keys. I recommend making a configuration file and then starting it with X. This small sample configuration file changes right-space to λ, and ; to ;(no modkey), + (with Shift), ö (with AltGr), Ö (Shift + AltGr).

!keybindings.conf
keycode 171 = Greek_LAMDA
keycode  47 = semicolon plus odiaeresis Odiaeresis

Then load the configuration file with

xmodmap keybindings.conf

First!

Nilkun — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 01:40:58 +0000

Hello everyone. Nice to "meet" you all!

I am proficient in vanilla JavaScript and also know some C++. I am currently thinking about learning Kotlin.

Although I don't have anything against frameworks, I rarely use them because I somehow find pleasure in reinventing the wheel over and over again.

If you have any cool (or uncool) projects you need a helping hand with, please reach out!

If you are bored, then why not visit my codepen page? (Cure for boredom not guaranteed.)