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Git refined diff output

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 07:29:17 +0000

Package Link to heading

Find the location of your diff-highlight package:

Manjaro/Arch

pacman -Ql git | grep diff-highlight

Debian/Ubuntu

dpkg -L git | grep diff-highlight

Fedora

rpm -ql git | grep diff-highlight

Configure Link to heading

Edit your ~/.gitconfig to contain this section:

Tmux natural smooth scroll

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:17:53 +0000

Tmux is not capable of picking up natural scroll, you need to configure it:

# Mouse support.
set -g mouse on

# Natural scroll, line by line.
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi WheelUpPane   send-keys -X scroll-down-and-cancel
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi WheelDownPane send-keys -X scroll-up

# Don't overwrite scroll for tools that already know about it.
bind-key -n WheelDownPane if-shell -F "#{||:#{pane_in_mode},#{mouse_any_flag}}" "send -M" "copy-mode -e"

How to Use: tree

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:55:31 +0000

Install Link to heading

sudo pacman -S tree

Usage Link to heading

Basic usage is like this:

tree

But that is incomplete, lacking hidden files and colors…

Proper Usage Link to heading

tree -aCI '.git'

And it looks like this:

.
├── Dockerfile
├── .dockerignore -> .gitignore
├── .editorconfig
├── .gitignore
├── README.md
└── src
    └── main.sh

You won’t see it in this snippet, but -C gives it nice easy to read colors!

Terminal 24-bit color and italics

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:17:01 +0000

Create a xterm-24bit.terminfo file in your home directory containing:

xterm-24bit|xterm with 24-bit direct color mode and italic text,
    use=xterm-256color,
    sitm=\E[3m,
    ritm=\E[23m,
    setb24=\E[48;2;%p1%{65536}%/%d;%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d;%p1%{255}%&%dm,
    setf24=\E[38;2;%p1%{65536}%/%d;%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d;%p1%{255}%&%dm,

Note: make sure to have a newline (LF) at the end of file otherwise it will error!

Run the following command to compile it:

tic -x ~/xterm-24bit.terminfo

Start using it by enabling it in your ~/.bash_profile:

export TERM=xterm-24bit

Fix your ssh issues with:

alias ssh="TERM=xterm ssh"

Generally speaking, it’s a good idea to set your language env variables to .UTF-8, so all characters display correctly:

export LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8
export LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
export LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8

To use with tmux, configure it via:

set -g default-terminal "xterm-24bit"
set -g terminal-overrides ',xterm-24bit:Tc'

Now, if only this was available by default… that would be great!

How to Use: inxi

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 18:11:59 +0000

Want to show somebody your hardware/OS specs? execute:

inxi -Fxxxz --no-host

And paste the output somehere they can see it.