• CSV to Markdown in Vim

    3 min read · writing vim csv markdown

    Requirements vim basics Open a CSV table (I made this one with :r!sed 's/:/,/g' /etc/passwd | head). 1root,x,0,0,,/root,/bin/bash 2bin,x,1,1,,/,/usr/bin/nologin 3daemon,x,2,2,,/,/usr/bin/nologin 4mail,x,8,12,,/var/spool/mail,/usr/bin/nologin 5ftp,x,14,11,,/srv/ftp,/usr/bin/nologin …


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  • Ed: The Standard Editor

    4 min read · writing guide sed vim

    Understanding ed will let you understand all that feels strange about the system. It set the standards for sed and vi. ed was designed for real terminals, i.e. a typewriter. You would type a command to the computer, and it would type out any errors. It would not waste paper, ink, and time by typing out COMMAND RUN …


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  • Format Markdown Columns in Vim

    1 min read · writing vim markdown TUI

    Got a wonky markdown table? 1 2| Real Time | Game Time | 3|:--|:-| 4| 1 week | 1 month | 5| 3 weeks | 3 months| 6| 6 months | 2 years| 7| 1 year | 4 years| Vim can fix it without plugins. Just use this snippet (type : to begin inputting a command): 1:vmap <C-t> :!tr -s ' -' |column -ts '|' -o '|'<Enter>j:s/ …


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  • LaTeX Packages

    1 min read · writing

    Warm Up Deep breath. Cup of tea. Remove the old LaTeX junk you've installed. Search for 'texlive' or 'latex' in your package manager's installed files. Find tlmgr in your package manager. tlmgr The LaTeX Package manager is known as tlmgr, and often resides in /opt/texlive/${YEAR}/bin/x86_64-linux/tlmgr. Double-check …


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  • Output a LaTeX Calendar

    1 min read · writing tex fun

    Requirements LaTeX Packages 1yplan $(date +%Y) > ${file}.tex 2pdflatex -output-directory=/tmp/ ${file}.tex 3mv /tmp/${file}.pdf .


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  • Reformat a Markdown Table

    1 min read · writing vim markdown

    Requirements vim basics This markdown table is badly messed up: 1| File | Category | 2|:------|:---------| 3| calendar.md | tex| 4| tex_packages.md | tex| 5| completion.md | vim| 6| csv_to_md.md | vim| 7| format_md.md | vim| Highight from the top with V6j, then run column to fix the output: 1:!column -ts'|' -o '|' It …


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  • Rundown: curl

    1 min read · writing comfy dict curl writing web html2markdown curl

    Request a definition from the terminal. 1word='abderian' 2curl -s dict://dict.org/define:${word}: Convert a web page to markdown 1curl -sL "${url}" | html2markdown > "${file}}".md The html2markdown and html2md programs works better than any other.


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  • Rundown: html2markdown

    1 min read · writing web html2markdown curl

    Convert a web page to markdown 1curl -sL "${url}" | html2markdown > "${file}}".md The html2markdown and html2md programs works better than any other.


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  • Rundown: scp

    1 min read · network documentation writing replace substitution TUI vim scp

    Remotely edit a file with vim 1vim scp://${server}/~/${file}


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  • Rundown: vim

    1 min read · network documentation writing replace substitution TUI vim scp

    Remotely edit a file with vim 1vim scp://${server}/~/${file} Read info files with vim 1info () 2{ 3 [ -n "$1" ] && file="${1}" || file="$(ls /usr/share/info/ | sed 's/.info.gz$//' | fzf )"; 4 file="$(ls /usr/share/info/"$file"* | fzf -1 )" 5 vim "$file" 6} Find and replace across all files open in vim 1:bufdo! …


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