Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:51:21 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <2fbfd30b-a2d8-8741-de9c-d173e94ff8bf@example.net> References: <19497eb7-6967-0b4e-77af-4210f9253b5c@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3464762"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:61169 On Thu, 20 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:51:03 +0100, D wrote: > >> Interesting! Line numbering is one of those things I like to have >> enabled by default. I think my most common tricks are search n' replace >> s///g, working with buffers, !! for pulling in stuff from the terminal, >> dt to delete to, well, too many to mention. And many have almost become >> automatic. > > Buffers are one of the selling points for me. The Brief editor had them > back in the DOS days before Borland bought it and killed it. I never could > figure out why the Visual Studio editor was so lame in that regard. I > haven't used Studio enough lately to bother but VS Code has a very nice > Vim extension. "* to interact with the clipboard is one I use often. > > Recording key sequences to a named register os handy too. > Ah yes... macros, of course! I use those for smaller operations reformating text or cut n' paste according to some simple pattern. A big leap in vimology was when I moved from tabs to buffers. After that, tabs seemed like it was for nerds!