So if you want to use ctrl-r, but you’re using the up key, use the down key to navigate back to a clear line, then use ctrl-r. Do it enough times and your brain will work overtime to find a shortcut (aka just doing it the new way).
It's not even that bad of a habit with zsh either where it will only scroll through history matching a substring in your history, for instance if I type "rg -i" and then start pressing up arrow, it will only cycle through history entries starting with "rg -i".
though one function that i recently added will narrow your history down based on a space separated set of filters which i found useful
function hgrep
set -l cmd history
for pattern in $argv
set cmd "$cmd | grep -- "(string escape "$pattern")
end
eval $cmd | cat
end
bind '"\e[A": history-search-backward'
bind '"\e[B": history-search-forward'
type eg "rg" then up or down arrow, and the history shown is filtered by that rg prefix.
bindkey '^[[A' history-search-backward
bindkey '^[[B' history-search-forward
Seems like overkill until it saves my ass. It continues to do so almost half a decade into all the LLM hype. It hits the sweet spot between simplicity, convenience, reliability, and precision.
People strongly underestimate how good the git life can be, especially with all the blogspam on here trying to dethrone it lately.
Don't let IT hear that unless you work on FOSS.
I think for a digital solution to come close you need it permanently present on a nth monitor
what a time to be alive.
yes, it's improved a lot in the last couple of years! what in particular bothered you?
Make sure you’re using the daemon (the install script will handle this) and you should be good to go
Very happy to help if you have any problems. Ellie at Atuin dot sh
People had this same problem last century. They would use templates that fit over their keyboards with all the common shortcuts and commands printed on them. Sometimes they were for a specific program, but you could buy blank ones to write your own notes.
Today, "keyboard templates" have an entirely different meaning, so the best thing for this is paper. Print your shortcuts out on a piece of paper and put it near your monitor. You could even categorize them by writing them on different-colored Post-Its.