ᦓρɾiƚҽ to [email protected]English • 2 years agoWhat small (borderline silly) things you appreciate?message-square66fedilinkarrow-up1127
arrow-up1127message-squareWhat small (borderline silly) things you appreciate?ᦓρɾiƚҽ to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•2 years agoIf you are on windows, try Ctrl+Windows+Shift+Alt+L 😉 You won’t regret it (spoiler: you will)
minus-squaretomatillolinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoThat is the most ridiculous and random “shortcut” ever. I love it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years agoIt’s actually an office key + L, but the office key is only on a few keyboards and they mapped it to ctrl+alt+shift+win, so it works even without it. here is a hilarious discussion about implementing it in KDE Plasma on Linux.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•2 years agoThis is the one. My favorite was the alt-ctl-arrow to flip the monitor direction
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 years agoWe did this so many times in elementary School on school computers. Teachers has no clue on how to fix it 😅. Great times
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•2 years agoYou’d like Linux, GNOME has some great obscure compose key shortcuts and Vim would keep you entertained for years.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•2 years agoVim is sorcery: you choose mystic incantations from your eldritch knowledge on the fly and suddenly your text is doing exactly what you want.
minus-squareeighthourlunchlinkfedilink5•2 years agoI’ve used, administered and coded on Linux for a very long time. So yup
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agoI used to have vim-mappings for opening a browser with RickRoll triggered by a typo I used to make a lot. Fun times.
Obscure keyboard shortcuts.
If you are on windows, try Ctrl+Windows+Shift+Alt+L 😉 You won’t regret it (spoiler: you will)
That is the most ridiculous and random “shortcut” ever. I love it.
It’s actually an office key + L, but the office key is only on a few keyboards and they mapped it to ctrl+alt+shift+win, so it works even without it. here is a hilarious discussion about implementing it in KDE Plasma on Linux.
The emacs-type or the vim-like?
This is the one. My favorite was the alt-ctl-arrow to flip the monitor direction
We did this so many times in elementary School on school computers. Teachers has no clue on how to fix it 😅. Great times
Windows Shift S
You’d like Linux, GNOME has some great obscure compose key shortcuts and Vim would keep you entertained for years.
Vim user chiming in. I love it
Vim is sorcery: you choose mystic incantations from your eldritch knowledge on the fly and suddenly your text is doing exactly what you want.
I’ve used, administered and coded on Linux for a very long time. So yup
I used to have vim-mappings for opening a browser with RickRoll triggered by a typo I used to make a lot. Fun times.