Mine is using the arrow keys to navigate typed text while writing and editing. It helps speed things up, versus having to move your hand to the mouse to navigate.

Use the Up and Down Arrows to move/jump vertically.

Left and Right Arrows to move/jump horizontally.

Combine Left or Right Arrow with Shift to be able to select text. Use Up or Down Arrow with Shift to quickly select whole/nearly whole sections of text.

Combine Control with Left/Right Arrow to jump whole words to more quickly move to where you want to type.

  • moe93@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    59·
    3 个月前

    To navigate to the previous folder

    cd -

    To reissue the previous command with a prefix. For example:

    cat /root/.ssh/authorized_keys # Will fail without privilege

    sudo !!

    To use the argument of the previous command. For example:

    tac ~/.ssh/authorized_keys # oops, misspelled cat

    cat !$

    • owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca
      20·
      3 个月前

      Oh dang, I never knew about the !! shortcut. I especially like it for the sudo example, because when it complains I don’t have permission, I can basically yell at it.

      • davidgro@lemmy.world
        16·
        3 个月前

        I’ve seen posts suggesting adding the following to your .bashrc:

        alias fuck='sudo $(history -p \!\!)'
    • hornywarthogfart@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      3 个月前

      The - works with git branching as well for those who didn’t know. git checkout - will switch to the previously checked out branch so it effectively toggles between your two most recent branches.

    • Luc@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 个月前

      Not sure if you’re aware that tac is not a typo but reverse cat, as in, it works like cat but prints the last line first. I use this semi-regularly

      sl, now, that’s a typo. Nobody wants a free choo choo

  • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
    29·
    3 个月前

    Microsoft has never fixed the sticky keys replacement cheese to unlock a PC you have physical access to. Ive done it up to W10, never tested it on W11.

    1. Get a Windows recovery USB.

    2. Boot into the recovery menu and open the command prompt.

    3. Navagate to system32 and make a copy of the cmd.exe file (for a backup)

    4. Copy the sticky_keys.exe and have it overwrite cmd.exe, then reboot.

    5. On the login screen, smash the shift key until the command prompt appears and for some reason (because no user has logged in yet) it has admin permissions, so you can reset local passwords.

    6. Once your logged in as a local admin, copy the backup of cmd.exe back so noone is none the wiser (except the security software that knows you messed with something)

    • feannag@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      15·
      3 个月前

      That… Seems like a pretty massive vulnerability. Like obviously that can be locked down by each user or administrator, but still…

      • Sheldan@lemmy.world
        7·
        3 个月前

        It is, we used the same just with the accessibility button in earlier Windows Versions to troll one another in school. Thing is, if encryption is enabled it won’t work.

        • Züri@lemmy.ml
          2·
          3 个月前

          Not having the disk encrypted is the same as writing the password on the frame of the screen.

          • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
            7·
            3 个月前

            Exactly, bitlocker or disk encryption prevents this from working and because you need some means of editing the file system outside of the user permissions, also physical access is required. At this point your are pretty much authorized to unplug the box and walk out of there with it (even if your not supposed to).

    • ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip
      4·
      3 个月前

      This seems like a lot of work to bypass a password on an unencrypted drive. You can access all the files using a bootable Linux drive.

      • Kornblumenratte@feddit.org
        3·
        3 个月前

        They are already using the Windows recovery disk. This is not about accessing the disk, but to access the OS with admin rights.

    • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 个月前

      I used to use a boot CD with a password eraser. I think the last time I used it was win 7 though

  • zxqwas@lemmy.world
    27·
    3 个月前

    Vim takes your keyboard shortcuts to the extreme. If you can be bothered to learn it.

  • TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    273·
    3 个月前

    Are you serious? arrow keys instead of clicking? let’s take it further:

    shift+arrow highlights letters
    ctrl+arrow skips entire words
    ctrl+shift+arrow highlights entire words
    home/end jumps to start/end of line
    ctrl+home/end jumps to start/end of text box
    ctrl+shift+home/end jumps to start/end of textbox and highlights it
    um, do you need me to explain what ctrl+xcv do? or ctrl+zy? or ctrl+asdwerfgop?

    isn’t this just basic typing? didnt yall learn this in the 90s??? how are you all on the internet right now

    wait til you hear about how i swipe texted all this

  • hansolo@lemmy.today
    285·
    3 个月前

    Find a Linux distro you like and install it instead of Windows.

    Use LibreOffice, not MSOffice

    Ditch Google, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft.

    Tech walled gardens are insane asylums. Leave them.

  • Bitflip@lemmy.ml
    16·
    3 个月前

    Ctrl+r on bash and zsh (possibly others) for quickly recalling anything you’ve typed before

    • hornywarthogfart@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      3 个月前

      This is a huge one for me. For those who don’t know, this brings up the rev-i-search utility which allows cycling from most recent to oldest commands executed. It also supports partial finds so if you did ‘cd’ it would cycle the most recent change directory commands.

      The forward search (in case you’re somewhere in the history stack) is ctrl+s and operates the same except crawls the command history forwards.

      I use these constantly in my normal workflow and they save a ton of time.

      • Mr. Satan@lemmy.zip
        3·
        3 个月前

        I use zsh autosuggestion and syntax highlighting plugins it gives me usable history search and completion functionality.

  • JamonBear@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    3 个月前

    Using ublock origin picker to remove everything useless. Like, Youtube suggestions, everything but download button on ddl websites, useless footers/headers on news, etc…

    • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      3 个月前

      Just getting people to switch away from chrome to get ublock origin is a major hack all itself and completely changed the way you use the internet.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 个月前

      Why have I not been doing this?! Just removed the “2 years old” .world banner.

    • TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      5·
      3 个月前

      I’m kinda mind blown that this is even considered a tip. isn’t this just basic functionality of a text box???

      it’s shit like this that makes me think I do know tech a little bit, until i stumble on an actual tech community and feel like I know nothing

      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        3 个月前

        For real, I remember when Solitaire was added to Windows to teach people how to use a mouse. It wasn’t just some fun little thing they added on a whim. The goal was to provide an entertaining way for users to naturally learn mouse controls like clicking and dragging.

        Before then, you had to use the keyboard to navigate text, because you literally didn’t have a mouse.

  • jaschen306@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    3 个月前

    Yay, nobody said my favorite hack.

    While browsing on the web and you want to “open link into a new tab”, click using the mouse wheel like it’s a regular left or right click.

    It’s great for researching.

    • kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      3 个月前

      I don’t know shit about Linux but I’ve been using Mint for the last year with no problem. It’s pretty idiot-proof and I haven’t had any issues with software since gaming is largely solved on Linux and Adobe can eat my ass.

    • thatradomguy@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 个月前

      less configuration needed

      Would say that GNU/Linux is actually *more * customizable than Windows which then requires more config. For a techie like me, not a downside as I can figure it out… but wouldn’t say this is true for all distros even with vanilla Gnome compared to Windows or something like ZorinOS. IMO, GNU/Linux still takes the cake on this one unfortunately.

      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        3 个月前

        Yeah, I understand the mindset behind “if I tell people Linux is easy, they might actually switch.” Getting people to switch means overcoming a lot of social inertia. But the issue is that this makes you an unreliable source when a newbie inevitably runs into issues. They’ll be more likely to go “eh I was told it was easy but this isn’t. I guess it’s just not for me.”

        Providing a realistic outlook may make Linux sound less appealing, but it will mean those who do try it are more likely to stick with it.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    10·
    3 个月前

    Keyboard shortcuts for everything. Mousing to a menu is a waste of time in any app you use daily.

  • mriswith@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    3 个月前

    Far from most used, but very handy: ctrl+win+shift+b

    It restarts the graphic subsystem, which can help recover from situations where game crashes or similar cause visual issues.