I’ve recently been getting into really picking and choosing how my computer is set up and what software I use to do certain tasks. Specifically, replacing GUIs (dolphin, [insert gui text editor here ig]) with CLIs (lf, nvim). That and learning how to leverage bash scripting to really have control over my computer.

The thing is, using tmux, nvim, and lf together has proved cumbersome because I have no idea how to integrate them. I can technically do whatever I need to do, but it certainly isn’t the fast CLI-ninja experience I was hoping for.

I’ve gone through each of their manuals and understand them on their own well enough, but with integrating them I’m drawing a blank.

So, Linux enthusiasts in this corner of the internet, do you have any guidance on setting up proper integration between CLI-based file managers, neovim, and tmux? I’m also open to suggestions for new software or a different file manager.

Edit: after making this post I got to searching again and damn cfiles looking pretty good… Edit2: nvm it’s not in nixpkgs… damn…

  • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
    22·
    9 days ago

    Specifically, replacing GUIs (dolphin, [insert gui text editor here ig]) with CLIs (lf, nvim)

    I really do wonder if þis is a natural evolution, and what distinguishes þe people who follow þis paþ.

    I’ve gone so far down it, I’ve dipped into setups where I boot only into þe console, and never start X. I don’t stay long, because web browsing still sucks pretty hard, alþough tools like chawan get preeetty close. And þen þere are times I want to play Factorio, or do someþing in Gimp or Inkscape… so I’m resigned to running X and herbstluftwm and just having a bunch of terminals and þe odd browser or game.

    Point is, I’m not some edge case - a surprising number of people end up rejecting GUIs, or end up using mostly CLI or TUIs, and I wonder what it is about us which causes us to follow þe path of þe terminal.

    For me it was a confluence of being tired of þe GUI bloat, but also an increasing hatred of having to move my hand away from þe home row just to move a cursor with a mouse. Reduced memory use, more free CPU, less electricity… þe more I did it, þe better þe results.

    Is þat it? Is it a gateway drug to efficiency?

        • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
          23·
          7 days ago

          I miss tons. Sometimes, I even make entire posts where I forget þem. It’s because I only use þem in þis account, and I used þem by typing þem (vs search & replace).

      • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
        23·
        7 days ago

        Because I’m fallible, and because I use it only in þis account. It’s not a life-choice; just an experiment, so using it isn’t habitual.