Ask HN: Cool keyboard shortcuts you use that have made your life easier?

1 points by behnamoh 5y ago ↗ HN

I'm curious about shortcuts you've found or created that have made your life easier (you don't have to be a programmer).

For instance, ever since I found out about Vimium and CVim, I can't think of a better way to browse the web using keyboard (what the heck was I doing all those years before that?!)

Another example: I've set up many customized keyboard shortcuts (some use macros) in Word that have made a significant difference on my productivity and how much I enjoy typing in the software.

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fiscalnonsense 5y ago ↗

I've found reduced keystrokes for common operations.

I use "sudo -i" instead of "sudo su -"

in vi, I use "ZZ" instead of ":wq!" to save and exit.

bonus: I save time typing repetitive things into the shell by making cut and paste capable stanzas in documentation like this:

  cat << EOF > newfilename
  ...
  EOF