Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux Date: 20 Nov 2024 23:12:32 GMT Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <19497eb7-6967-0b4e-77af-4210f9253b5c@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net qUVHp3cbTcDBMEXX/BuLeAKsqF8bBwPoCeQAAmnvEvdi0fHCdB Cancel-Lock: sha1:ER8nGtRFtQlu1OxueZaPzjzXGOE= sha256:QTsfl//T3ixOi1NGzNKUx7D8g5L9/+hiL2p22v1gytM= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:61142 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.