In addition to using text editors like vim or emacs and using a tiling window manager, what other programs do you use to reduce usage of the mouse? I recently discovered warpd which is similar to vimium’s hint mode but works globally.
to reduce usage of the mouse?
a keyboard?
a keyboard
Corollary: unplugging the mouse?
classy 🙂
What’s the point?
If you do a lot with your keyboard, it is annoying to get your hand off it and switch to your mouse. And then to switch back. If a task can also be done with the keyboard, you can just stay there and that is quite comfy.
Let me introduce you to my favorite tool https://tex.com.tw/products/shinobi?variant=16969883648090
I’ve been using a Tex yoda ii for years and I love it. If you want to avoid leaving “home row” nothing beats a 60% keyboard with a trackpoint! I just bought a Tex Shura but haven’t tried it out yet.
It has to many keys for me :) I’m currently on my own 42-key design. I have mouse keys on a layer.
I don’t ruthlessly reduce mouse use, but I prefer to stick the keyboard for a handful of reasons: speed, comfort, reducing the likelihood of repetitive stress injury as I age, and flexibility. If my trackpad fails and I can’t find a mouse, I can still do what I need to do.
i think the question is valid: it seems strange first, but the cli-env. is so MUCH MORE POWERFUL.
I find that I prefer a graphical environment to understand what’s going on, then a keyboard-focused environment (usually text based) once I reach the point that I know what to do and want to increase speed and repeatability.
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For the ableists in the room: to reduce mouse usage.
And blocked. You didn’t need to be an asshole.
mutt is on my to-learn list.
You’re in for a treat, it’s a PITA to configure if you’re learning it (especially on the UI part, I found). Good luck on the journey :)
A terminal file manager like ranger is pretty useful
I’m partial to midnight commander but admit I haven’t used it in a couple of years.
qutebrowser, vifm, and keyboard plugins for all apps that have them
I use vimium browser extension as I noticed a large chunk of my mouse usage was on the browser.
Go full emacs and use eww to browse the web within emacs. Bonus points that it lives in an emacs buffer so you can switch/split between buffers easily
lynx (when possible), fff, cmus, mutt, latex, core-utils, mupdf (vi like keybindings), sxiv, mpv (no-gui)
i only use gui programs if no cli option exists: js-browser, gimp
Cannot find a software with more appropriate name than this! Mouseless, it works flawlessly on both xorg and wayland.
Even if you dont need to replace your mouse (like me), it works great as a key mapper, much more fluid than AutoHotKey on Windows.
For file manager I am still using
wincommanderTotal Commander. All those sweet sweet shortcuts :)Ratpoison. :^)
To add to what others have recommended:
- mpv works very well from the cli and can do both video and music
- zathura is great for pdfs
- aria2 for torrents
- epy for reading ebooks
some more tips:
· use bash key bindings and bind them to smt. like:
vim $(find ~/my-project | fzf)
· dmenu with a wrapper that sources an alias-file
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