How I use my terminal

10 months ago

The author uses a terminal setup involving Windows Terminal, SSH, tmux, zsh, zoxide, and ripgrep for efficient navigation and file handling.
Key features include fuzzy finding directories with zoxide, autofilling commands in zsh, and searching scrollback for filenames in tmux.
Files are opened in nvim directly from the terminal, even remotely, without needing local clones of codebases.
The setup was developed out of frustration with VSCode's lag and keybind conflicts, preferring terminal-based solutions for their power and flexibility.
Custom tmux configurations and scripts enable advanced functionalities like searching for filenames in scrollback and opening files in nvim.
The author plans to switch to kitty for terminal emulation to reduce bugs and avoid running a terminal within a terminal.
Despite the setup's efficiency, the author acknowledges its fragility and doesn't recommend it to others without customization.
Alternatives like fish + zoxide + fzf, qf, and e are suggested for similar functionalities without custom scripting.
Terminals are highlighted as powerful tools that, when scripted, can offer extensive customization beyond what's commonly utilized.

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