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

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Try running this: vimtutor

If you are already aware of hjkl, skip to the part where you learn motions:

/motion

Then look up surround (ysw is usually the command to surround a word, ys3w the next 3 words, etc)

It's pretty neat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That is some very useful commands, thx! But I don't think I'll be using it often and hence I'll lose the skill. I know ctrl+vxs or f etc because I use them very often. Anything that I don't use is forgotten even if I'd use vim

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Exactly! If you only have to edit small text files on a server once in a blue moon, nano is much less biomemory-heavy. But if you regularly write docs and code in l vim or neovim, it starts to pay off after a week or two.

I really enjoyed learning to quickly select and change entire words or lines, doing things like: :%s/replace_this_text/with_that/g Etc. If you enjoy that, you will soon get to a point where you miss the motions in your regular editor and install a vim extension in VS Code and stuff, just before fully switching to neovim

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Thx! I'll check out neovim!