So you've installed `fzf` – now what? • Hacker News Board

Post by elAhmo » Tue, Mar 28, 2023, 2:57 PM UTC

noloblo wrote: post #31

rocketbop wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m exactly in the same boat, after using both programs for years. Now I wonder if I can or should unlearn my j muscle memory.

how does it work, where do you use it does not do anything useful on my mac m1 j '' '' '' '' ''

I just type in a fuzzy match for some of the directories I have visited.

For example, if I know I frequently visit `/users/elahmo/developer/project`, if I type `j pro` I know it will jump there most of the time. If I type `j project`, it will jump 99% of the time. So it is quite good to cycle between things you often open, but of course you can reach things that are in the history it builds.

Post by elAhmo » Tue, Mar 28, 2023, 3:01 PM UTC

noloblo wrote: post #29

elAhmo wrote: post #21

jump ( https://github.com/gsamokovarov/jump ) is something I use as I didn’t know about Alt-C. Highly recommended

Jump's database is empty. This could mean: 1. You are running jump for the first time. Have you integrated jump with your shell? Run the following command for help: $ jump shell If you have run the integration, enter a few directories in a new shell to populate the database. Are you coming from autojump or z? You can import their existing scoring databases into jump with: $ jump import Doesn't work afaik / Tried all…

I didn't have to do any manual setup, I used it on ~three machines so far. Maybe something is odd with your shell? Which one do you use?

I have seen other people suggesting https://github.com/wting/autojump too, so it might be worth giving that tool a look, it seems supported a bit better and more actively developed.

So you've installed `fzf` – now what?

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