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.

    • h0bbl3s@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      VIM for the win. I really enjoy the built in file browser accessed by the command :explore

      I also code in go frequently and go-fmt and go-lint etc work flawlessly. You can use whatever LSP you want so you get your code tips and autosuggestion etc.

      The tabs and split window functions are nice too. Plus if you learn Vi well it’s on almost every system in existence. Nano not so much

    • mryessir@lemmy.sdf.org
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      5 months ago

      vim is more then simple file editing.

      • netrw (interactive file manager)
      • copen/lopen (windows to connect, e.g. external programs)
      • :global, %s/, etc. which form text manipulation language (from editor ed, I guess)
      • args & argsdo (multi-file editing)
      • filetype (hooks for the user)
      • ctrl_X completion modes
      • motion (fluent & with jumplist to walk forward/backwardl
      • undotree (persisting, unlimited, timebased - on-demand)
      • macros (record and replay keypress)
      • romainl (awesome community member)

      vim for one-time tasks at work. When people are proposing to script something, I open buffers, normalize the data and filter the results. I think in vim and I would very, very much recommend it, if you work with data or are a dev.