• @renzev@lemmy.worldOP
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        33 months ago

        Would be awesome if there was more software to bridge the gap between CLI and GUI workflows. trash-cli and dragon-drop are pretty useful to that extent, but there is still much that could work better. I want files I’ve touched in bash to appear in the “Recent” section in the GTK filepicker, and stuff like that.

          • @renzev@lemmy.worldOP
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            13 months ago

            You could do it in any shell by replacing touch with a function or alias that sends a note to whatever GTK subsystem is responsible for the “recents” tab before making the file. A more comprehensive way would be either using inotify or kernel-level process tracing fuckery, but I’m not smart enough for that

    • @grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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      33 months ago

      mv a/foo b/bar 🤷

      Definitely not hating if you find the GUI more intuitive. I’m not going to say I use terminal for everything. For instance, I’m using a graphical web browser right now!

      But the more you get comfortable with CLI, the easier it becomes to expand your daily usage to include more and more.

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          13 months ago

          I’ve never really got good at it for standard http sites.

          I have really been enjoying browsing the smol web using offpunk, though.

      • @GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works
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        23 months ago

        More like mv a/somedirectory/andanother/thenonemore/longfilenameislong b/another_directory/directory2/stillmore2goanddontmisspellanything

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          3 months ago

          Rofl true.

          I have all sorts of fun tricks to reduce the number of key strokes for an operation like that, but if bombing about the terminal isn’t fun for you then I understand.