| 2025-07-10 |
This is a very provocative talk about
interactive and visual programming. |
https://jackrusher.com/strange-loop-2022/ |
| 2025-07-10 |
Interactive programming is what I
have been looking for regarding the correct way to interface
with computers. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_programming |
| 2025-07-09 |
In Vim insert mode, type
<C-o> to use one normal mode command without leaving
insert mode. |
:help i_CTRL-O |
| 2025-07-07 |
Guix has a handy reference card for
frequent commands. |
https://guix.gnu.org/guix-refcard.pdf |
| 2025-07-04 |
LispKit is a library for developing Scheme
on Apple devices. It has some interesting graphing capabilities. |
https://www.lisppad.app/libraries/lispkit/lispkit-draw-chart-bar |
| 2025-07-02 |
These posts give the most detailed
explanation of the InDesign MathML implementation than I have found
to-date. |
https://indiscripts.com/post/2024/10/indesign-20-goes-to-mathml-1,
https://indiscripts.com/post/2025/03/indesign-20-goes-to-mathml-2 |
| 2025-07-01 |
This is a great basic usage of Guix
Deploy. |
https://stumbles.id.au/getting-started-with-guix-deploy.html |
| 2025-07-01 |
Gimp supports automated workflows via
scripting in Scheme! |
https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Basic_Batch/ |
| 2025-06-27 |
In Vim, type U to toggle undo
line. |
:help U |
| 2025-06-27 |
In Vim, ZZ is equivalent to
:x. |
:help ZZ |
| 2025-06-27 |
In Vim, <C-d> will show
all matching help topics for an incomplete help command. |
:help c_CTRL-D |
| 2025-06-27 |
In Vim, type <C-w>p to
go to the previous window. |
:help CTRL-W_p |
| 2025-06-20 |
GUI apps can be started from the Linux
virtual terminal via a number of methods. |
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-run-x-applications-without-a-desktop-or-a-wm,
https://superuser.com/q/550020, https://superuser.com/q/606811 |
| 2025-06-20 |
David Thompson, a Guix contributor, gives
some helpful perspective on hardware compatibility with Guix’s FOSS
stance. |
https://dthompson.us/posts/installing-guix-on-a-10th-gen-thinkpad-x1.html |
| 2025-06-20 |
In Vim, type g<C-g> to
see information about the cursor position. |
:help g_CTRL-G,
:help word-count |
| 2025-06-20 |
In Vim, type :set ruler to
enable line/column/relative position info for the cursor in the bottom
left of the window. |
:help ruler, https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/335468/727998 |
| 2025-06-19 |
In Vim insert mode, type
<C-k>Co for the copyright symbol: ©. |
:digraphs,
:help digraph |
| 2025-06-19 |
In Vim command mode, type
:e <cfile> to create a new file at the path under the
cursor. |
:help <cfile> |
| 2025-06-18 |
This devlog has some helpful info about an
initial Guix setup. |
https://simendsjo.me/blog/20240712085803-initial_guix_home_setup.html |
| 2025-06-17 |
Guix deploy is a built-in feature for
managing Guix on remote hardware. |
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-deploy.html |
| 2025-06-17 |
Haunt is a static site generator written
in Guile Scheme. |
https://dthompson.us/projects/haunt.html |
| 2025-06-17 |
The man page for bash has a whole section
about the readline (with keybinds. |
man bash |
| 2025-06-17 |
In Vim, Netrw cannot copy
directories. |
https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/12095/is-it-possible-to-clone-a-directory-with-netrw,
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26958059/vim-netrw-copy-commands |
| 2025-06-17 |
Vim can be configured to run as a command
server when GUI support is enabled. |
:help clientserver, https://subvisual.com/blog/posts/119-open-files-on-existing-vim-sessions/ |
| 2025-06-16 |
This is a great quick-start guide by the
founder of Guix about using Guix Home. |
https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2022/keeping-ones-home-tidy/ |
| 2025-06-13 |
This guy, Podiki, built a gaming rig with
Guix System. He is also a major contributor to NonGuix. |
https://boilingsteam.com/how-i-built-my-new-linux-gaming-desktop-in-2021-with-amd-cpugpu-and-gnu-guix/ |
| 2025-06-12 |
In Vim, use :helpg /pattern/
to search the Vim help via grep. Use :cn and
:cp to navigate matches. |
:help helpg |
| 2025-06-02 |
System Crafters is a great community with
info about Guix and Emacs. |
https://systemcrafters.net/ |
| 2025-06-02 |
Guix is a better, GNU clone of NixOS
configured in Guile Scheme. |
https://guix.gnu.org/ |
| 2025-06-02 |
Literate programming is a way of
documenting high-level code approaches by structuring the code files
with prose. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming |
| 2025-05-30 |
In Zsh, $OLDPWD stores the
value of the previous pwd. This is hugely useful for moving files
around. |
|
| 2025-05-30 |
In Zsh, adding a glob to an expression
makes the whole expression a glob. Make sure you are postfixing
* if you want to see all matches for a that begin with the
glob. |
|
| 2025-05-30 |
In Vim, use <C-w>T to
move the current window to a new tab. |
CTRL-W_T |
| 2025-05-30 |
In Zsh, use exec zsh to
totally reload Zsh (including environment variables). |
https://batsov.com/articles/2022/09/15/reload-zsh-configuration/ |
| 2025-05-30 |
top is way better than Activity
Monitor. |
man top |
| 2025-05-21 |
In Vim, nrformats+=alpha must
be set to increment/decrement |
:help nrformats letters with
the below two commands. |
| 2025-05-21 |
In Vim visual modes, use
g<C-x> to decrement. |
:help v_g_CTRL-A |
| 2025-05-10 |
In Vim visual modes, use
g<C-a> to increment numbers on all lines. |
:help v_g_CTRL-A, https://www.joshmorony.com/totw/28/ |
| 2025-05-07 |
In Vim, use `< and
`> to go to the beginning and end of the previous visual
selection. |
:help `<,
:help `>, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11176159/how-to-jump-to-the-start-or-the-end-of-visual-selection-in-vim |
| 2025-05-06 |
In Vim,
<C-r><C-r>register will paste from a register
without executing special characters. |
:help i_CTRL-R_CTRL-R, https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Pasting_registers |
| 2025-05-06 |
In Vim, you can execute arbitrary edits
with :g/pattern/normal somecommand. |
:help :g, https://learnvim.irian.to/basics/the_global_command |
| 2025-05-05 |
In double entry accounting, payments made
with credit cards and other liabilities are represented as outgoing
(negative) values. |
https://www.reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting/comments/eh9bz7/yet_another_question_about_credit_cards_and/ |
| 2025-05-02 |
In Zsh use bindkey -v to
enable Vi mode. (Insert mode is the default. |
|
| 2025-05-01 |
In Zsh use
setopt extended_glob; yourcmdhere (^negativepattern) to
apply a command via an exclusion. |
https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/541787/727998 |
| 2025-04-30 |
In Vim insert mode, type
<C-v>160 to insert a no-break space. |
https://vimtricks.com/p/vimtrick-non-printable-characters/ |
| 2025-04-30 |
In Vim, you can set various white space
characters and markers with listchars. |
:help listchars |
| 2025-04-30 |
In Vim R replace mode, type
<C-r>" to paste yanked contents. |
https://stackoverflow.com/a/25413808/28799158 |
| 2025-04-28 |
In Vim GREP, \_. matches any
character including a newline. |
:help /\_., https://stackoverflow.com/a/784203/28799158 |
| 2025-04-28 |
In Vim, use :%s//~/ to redo
the last substitution. |
:help g&, https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/18107/54693 |
| 2025-04-28 |
Pandoc can translate markdown fenced divs
to ICML paragraph and character styles. |
https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/wiki/Importing-Markdown-in-InDesign |
| 2025-04-28 |
Processing manuscripts as XML may
dramatically reduce the InDesign workload. |
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/importing-xml.html,
https://carijansen.com/indesign-xml-reference-guide/, https://stackoverflow.com/a/66267474/28799158 |
| 2025-04-24 |
In Vim, gq{motion} will
format the text. This is particularly useful for aligning text to a tab
stop. |
:help gq |
| 2025-04-23 |
In Vim @% is the register for
the current file (absolute path). |
:help quote% |
| 2025-04-23 |
In Vim, :call delete(@%)
deletes the current (but leaves the buffer intact. |
:help delete(), https://stackoverflow.com/a/16679182 |
| 2025-04-23 |
In Vim GREP, \c makes the
selection case insensitive. |
:help /\c, https://superuser.com/a/713957 |
| 2025-04-23 |
In Vim, _ is the current
line motion. |
:help _, https://stackoverflow.com/a/47864035/28799158 |
| 2025-04-22 |
This video explores the importance of
experience/familiarity/practice in learning at pace. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSDprg24pEA |
| 2025-04-22 |
Vim has a built in print feature:
:hardcopy |
:help :hardcopy, https://stackoverflow.com/a/9693079 |
| 2025-04-22 |
lpr is a shell service for printing
files. |
man lpr, https://superuser.com/a/607380 |
| 2025-04-18 |
In Vim command mode,
<cfile> is replaced with the filename under the
cursor. |
:help <cfile> |
| 2025-04-18 |
Lilypond is a musical markup language
based on ABC and LaTeX. There is a (depreciated) Pandoc Lua filter for
it already. |
https://lilypond.org, https://abcnotation.com, https://github.com/pandoc/lua-filters/tree/master/lilypond |
| 2025-04-18 |
In Vim GREP, the \%V atom
restricts the search to the last visual mode selection. |
help /\%V, https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Search_and_replace_in_a_visual_selection#Substituting_in_a_visual_selection |
| 2025-04-18 |
In Vim command mode, use
<Up> and <Down> to scroll through
history just like in the shell. |
:help c_<Up>,
:help c_<Down> |
| 2025-04-18 |
In Vim, use
:ene/:enew to begin editing a new file in the
pwd. |
:help :enew |
| 2025-04-17 |
I finally remembered where I bought my
favorite round thick-rimmed glasses. |
https://www.fytoo.com/product/FT0969?id=2239 |
| 2025-04-17 |
Language is provably ambiguous. |
https://youtu.be/rWjUS2h2BfU?si=pITI0xi3Fq0LUz8p |
| 2025-04-17 |
The royal order of adjectives is
a standard order for chaining adjectives in English. |
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/adjectives-order |
| 2025-04-17 |
ShellCheck is a Haskell shell script
validator. |
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/ShellCheck |
| 2025-04-16 |
GitHub CLI extension leaves much to be
desired. Currently, it can only process shell commands. |
https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/using-github-copilot-in-the-command-line |
| 2025-04-16 |
API keys are not a part of the ChatGPT
Plus subscription. They are served by the OpenAI API platform. |
https://community.openai.com/t/api-access-as-a-chatgpt-plus-subscriber/573409/2 |
| 2025-04-15 |
InDesign’s GREP supports word boundaries:
\b. (It also supports the opening/closing boundaries:
\< and \>.) |
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/grep-in-indesign/9780596157173/ch04.html |
| 2025-04-10 |
Zenburn is a Vim color scheme used
natively for Pandoc syntax highlighting. It is so good, I am using it in
my .vimrc. |
https://github.com/jnurmine/Zenburn |
| 2025-04-10 |
SVG favicons are now a thing. |
https://css-tricks.com/svg-favicons-and-all-the-fun-things-we-can-do-with-them/ |
| 2025-04-10 |
In CSS, use
display: flow-root; to ensure parent elements min size
accounts for floated elements. |
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/css-no-more-clearfix-flow-root |
| 2025-04-09 |
In Vim insert mode, evaluate expressions
(e.g. math) by typing
<C-R>=yourexpression<CR>. |
:help c_CTRL-R_=, https://vimtricks.com/p/vim-calculator/ |
| 2025-04-09 |
In Vim, open file under the cursor in a
new split with CTRL-W_f. |
:help CTRL-W_f, https://vimtricks.com/p/open-file-in-a-split/ |
| 2025-04-09 |
In Vim, quickly switch to a one-time shell
with :shell or :sh. |
:help :shell |
| 2025-04-09 |
In Git, use git reset to
clear local changes since last commit. |
https://stackoverflow.com/a/1146981/28799158 |
| 2025-04-09 |
In Vim, use g& to repeat
last substitution. |
:help g&, https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/18107/54693 |
| 2025-04-09 |
In Git, safely undo up to a prior commit
without destroying history:
git revert --no-commit 0d1d7fc3..HEAD |
https://stackoverflow.com/a/21718540/28799158 |
| 2025-04-08 |
Pandoc will treat iframes and other plain
HTML as code blocks if there are more than four spaces worth of
indentation. |
https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/2244 |
| 2025-04-08 |
In Vim, delete all but current buffer with
%bd | e# |
https://stackoverflow.com/a/34050776/28799158 |
| 2025-04-08 |
Quickly create a PDF with a subset of the
pages of another PDF by selecting the pages in the sidebar,
right-clicking, and selecting Extract Pages…. |
|
| 2025-04-04 |
A joke about how deep the rabbit hole goes
for solving computer problems. |
https://people.willamette.edu/~fruehr/haskell/evolution.html |
| 2025-04-03 |
The T2 chip on Apple computers can make
installing Linux difficult. |
https://wiki.t2linux.org |
| 2025-04-02 |
Tufte CSS is a CSS styling philosophy
derived from Edward Tufte’s books and handouts. (It is very
elegant.) |
https://edwardtufte.github.io/tufte-css/ |
| 2025-04-02 |
git checkout -b [<name-of-new-branch>]
is a composition of git branch and
git checkout. |
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66882952/how-to-create-new-local-branch-and-switch-between-branches-in-git |
| 2025-04-02 |
Pandoc multiline tables best fit my needs
for note taking. NOTE: They still convert to single-line. |
https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#extension-multiline_tables |
| 2025-04-02 |
In Vim, use
:echo expand("%:h") to show the path of the current
file. |
:help :echo,
:help expand() |
| 2025-04-02 |
In Vim, % refers to the
complete file path, %:h gets the head (path minus
filename). |
:help %:h |
| 2025-04-02 |
In Vim, insert current time insert mode
with <C-r>=strftime('%F')<CR>. |
https://superuser.com/questions/451340/how-to-insert-the-date-into-vim |