Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux

On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:51:03 +0100, D wrote:

Interesting! Line numbering is one of those things I like to have
enabled by default. I think my most common tricks are search n' replace
s///g, working with buffers, !! for pulling in stuff from the terminal,
dt to delete to, well, too many to mention. And many have almost become
automatic.

Buffers are one of the selling points for me. The Brief editor had them
back in the DOS days before Borland bought it and killed it. I never could
figure out why the Visual Studio editor was so lame in that regard. I
haven't used Studio enough lately to bother but VS Code has a very nice
Vim extension.   "*  to interact with the clipboard is one I use often.

Recording key sequences to a named register os handy too.