I've reached the end of my first full week of using a terminal-only interface for my personal computing in 2024.

It has been quite a week.

I've had to pick up git, which is a whole new learning curve for me, and my knowledge of tmux has increased rapidly too.

But, in terms of getting done what I actually wanted to do? It has been absolutely fine... right up until the point when it was not, and then I struggled.

I'm writing notes as I go, for a future blogpost.

#Linux #FOSS #terminal

Can't believe this runs in a terminal! 🤯

🐠 **lifecycler**: Terminal aquarium 🫧

🆙 ASCIIquarium reaches a new level! 🐟

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs + @bevy

⭐ GitHub: github.com/cxreiff/lifecycler

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #aquarium #terminal #asciiquarium #bevy #gamedev #game #gamejam

I’m building lmno.lol, a new blogging service

- No #tracking
- No #ads
- No #paywall
- No #bloat
- No #distraction
- No registration to try

- #privacy first
- #light #dark mode
- Read anywhere (even on #terminal).
- #markdown drag/drop
- Bring your own #text #editor

You can check out my blog mirror at lmno.lol/alvaro

Happy to send invites.

Please help me get the word out 🙏

#vim #emacs #vscode #minimalism #indiedev #indieweb #indie

Do you use Matrix for chatting? Do you like Vim? I got the perfect tool for you. ✨

📨 **iamb**: A Matrix client for Vim addicts.
💬 Use Vim keybindings for message editing, window navigation, and tab management in your terminal!

🔗 Docs: iamb.chat
⭐ GitHub: github.com/ulyssa/iamb

🦀 @matrix + @ratatui_rs

#rustlang #tui #ratatui #matrix #client #messaging #vim #neovim #terminal

I've just pushed the implementation of a GUI for calls in the CLI frontend of #Libervia

That means that you have a full-featured #Qt GUI accessible quickly from your #terminal to make or receive your #XMPP calls. Can also be useful to compensate for clients missing A/V calls.

Documentation at libervia.org/__b/doc/backend/l…

It works on #X11 and #Wayland and supports desktop sharing.

Man Reader - my Mac app for reading Terminal command man pages - has finally had its long awaited update. The new version is now waiting for review.

Currently, Man Reader costs USD 4.99 or the local equivalent. I will be increasing this to USD 9.99 when the update is released, so if you want to save some money, buy it now and get the upgrade at half-price.

itunes.apple.com/app/man-reade…

#macOS #swift #terminal #zsh #bash

Now that there are so many people here, maybe there's a chance:

🖥️ In the 1990s, I used a #MicroVAX II with a #DEC #VT320 #terminal like the one shown here, but with an original black plastic case for both the monitor (white monochrome) and keyboard as sold new by the vendor (Evans & Sutherland).

🔎 Has anyone ever come across one of these with the black case? Surely some of these rare models were saved from the landfill.

#VMS #RetroComputing

@ru Ah, thanks :) It’s the Pencil theme on Black Box terminal.

Black Box has built-in support for GNOME’s dark and light (oops, I mean “mixed” mode – ar.al/2022/08/17/lipstick-on-a…) mode and it supports themes for each.

#BlackBox #terminal #GNOME #colourSchemes

Lipstick on a Pig: learning the most important lesson in design

I just released a little tool called Lipstick on a Pig that helps keep the visual appearance of supported command-line applications in sync with the current light/dark mode setting (colour scheme) of your system in GNOME.

^{Aral Balkan}

Lipstick on a Pig version 1.0.1 released

- Fixes bat plugin

codeberg.org/small-tech/lipsti…

(Lipstick on a Pig makes command-line apps follow your light/dark mode settings on GNOME.)

#smallTech #LipstickOnAPig #GNOME #CLI #terminal #dev #utility

lipstick

Make command-line apps adhere to your light/dark mode setting.

^Codeberg.org

Use a terminal? Write shell scripts?

Check out these two tools:

- Explain shell: explainshell.com
- ShellCheck: shellcheck.net

(Via the Web Weekly newsletter.)

#shell #terminal #scripting #dev

ShellCheck – shell script analysis tool

ShellCheck finds bugs in your shell scripts

^{www.shellcheck.net}

Send Output To Editor (sote) 1.0.0 released

Fish(er) plugin that sends the output of your last command to your editor.

Ever wished you could grab and manipulate some text from the output of a command without using the mouse and copy/paste? This is for you :)

Install:

fisher install small-tech/sote

More info:

github.com/small-tech/sote#rea…

(So this is me apparently not yak shaving today.)

#fish #shell #terminal #sote

GitHub - small-tech/sote: Send Output To Editor Fish(er) Plugin

Send Output To Editor Fish(er) Plugin. Contribute to small-tech/sote development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

mmv (not to be confused with the other mmv) is an excellent tool written in go for quickly renaming multiple files using your editor of choice.

github.com/itchyny/mmv

#mv #mmv #dev #terminal #rename #tool

GitHub - itchyny/mmv: rename multiple files with editor

rename multiple files with editor. Contribute to itchyny/mmv development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

lf is a really neat command-line file manager

github.com/gokcehan/lf

#tools #linux #terminal

GitHub - gokcehan/lf: Terminal file manager

Terminal file manager. Contribute to gokcehan/lf development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

> But Coffee, what on earth are #Sixel graphics?

👉 Did you know?

You can display actual #bitmap #images on the actual #console in selected #terminal emulators.

Terminals which support this include #MLTerm, #FootTerminal and #XTerm (after configuration). Support in #GnomeTerminal and other #VTE-based terminals is underway.

More info:
* codeberg.org/coffee/sixel-expe…
* open.source.coffee/sixel-graph…
* other posts in this thread

👇

Tip: if you’re using the new GNOME Console and Fish shell, you don’t have to wait until the GNOME folks have colour schemes implemented if you want to customise yours.

fisher install FabioAntunes/base16-fish-shell

Then, in your console, type base16<tab> to see the list of different colour schemes you can try.

github.com/FabioAntunes/base16…

#GNOME #console #fedora #silverblue #terminal

GitHub - FabioAntunes/base16-fish-shell: base16 for fish shell

base16 for fish shell. Contribute to FabioAntunes/base16-fish-shell development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub