Fzf – the basics part 1 – layout
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Fzf – the basics part 1 – layout
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Re: Fzf – the basics part 1 – layout
#2fzy[1] is a less bloated alternative, written in C. fzf is neat, but it does too much.
Re: Fzf – the basics part 1 – layout
#3this garbage tool was installed on my mac recently through I think an update and took over my shell by injecting itself into my bashrc.
I learned that the built in history search in bash requires one less key press to use.
Re: Fzf – the basics part 1 – layout
#4fzy[1] is a less bloated alternative, written in C. fzf is neat, but it does too much. [1]: https://github.com/jhawthorn/fzy
But does it really? Can one not simply not use the features one doesn't need?
Also, I fully appreciate not rewriting things that are C and already working just because -- but surely if something is already written in a safer language then C isn't really a step forward either.
Re: Fzf – the basics part 1 – layout
#5fzy[1] is a less bloated alternative, written in C. fzf is neat, but it does too much. [1]: https://github.com/jhawthorn/fzy
Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion...
Re: Fzf – the basics part 1 – layout
#6fzy[1] is a less bloated alternative, written in C. fzf is neat, but it does too much. [1]: https://github.com/jhawthorn/fzy
There's also skim[1], which would be a Rust fzy alternative.
But neither fzy nor skim quite do what fzf does, which is offer an simple feature-filled experience out of the box. The big draw is fzf Just Works™. I don't mind that it feels bloated and slow sometimes, because I don't want to spend a week figuring out how to make the other two do what fzf does without configuration or drama, and all the speed improvements in the world doesn't really matter when the bottleneck is the meatball behind the keyboard.
Re: Fzf – the basics part 1 – layout
#7Fzf might be my most used command line utility. That and autojump (alias to j).
Re: Fzf – the basics part 1 – layout
#8This thing is magical! I use it as a quick scientific paper finder.
Basically have a folder with, probably thousands by now, papers (each file's name contains paper title, authors, year, journal) and by typing a couple words can fuzzy search for stuff by whatever fields.
It also works incredibly nicely with vim as a fuzzy search for either files or phrases within files.
Re: Fzf – the basics part 1 – layout
#9Fzf might be my most used command line utility. That and autojump (alias to j).
I use it everywhere because it basically gives you a list-based UI layer over shell functions. It's endlessly useful and admirably unix-y.
Re: Fzf – the basics part 1 – layout
#10Fzf might be my most used command line utility. That and autojump (alias to j).
I use z[0] in place of autojump. That way I don't need to install Python solely for autojump. This is especially true, when sshing to servers.