✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

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  • …weird. I don’t understand why drop-down terminals are a thing? I can bring up Konsole with a hotkey too, only it just opens a window instead fo doing a fancy animation. That’s such a tiny part of its functionality that I can’t imagine how ‘drop-down’ became a descriptor for a terminal instead of just a bullet point on a feature list somewhere, much less a whole-ass category of terminals, lol.

    But, fair enough.

    Totally agree that objectively it’s a tiny part. However, for one, I’𝗆 simply used to it because that how terminals behave in games, and two, because terminals with drop-down as a feature were the only ones that introduced me to a one-button hotkey, just like in a game.



  • AutoKey automation / word expander tool.

    • I reconfigure ALT + i/j/k/l to ↑←↓→ globally, and more similar shortcuts.
    • It expands abbreviations of one’s choice like “gCo” to git commit -m '
    • One can assign scripts to abbreviations and hotkeys. E.g., when I press CTRL + Shift + [ it surrounds the selected text with a tag:
    text_selected = clipboard.get_selection()
    text_input = dialog.input_dialog(title="Wrap with a tag.", message="E.g., type cite to get <cite>x</cite>.", default="")
    keyboard.send_key("<delete>")
    clipboard.fill_clipboard(f"<{text_input[1]}>{text_selected}</{text_input[1]}>")
    keyboard.send_keys("<ctrl>+v")
    

    I’m likely not even harnessing AutoKey’s full capabilities and it’s already absolutely indispensable for being a huge time-saver and annoyance reducer.

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  • “Can you use dd to create multiboot USB drives?”

    No. But in my case that’s just a minor inconvenience considering the infrequency of having to use a live USB. And at work I just use separate USBs for wiping drives and OS installs. I much prefer the peace of mind that comes with knowing there’s no Ventoy blob that could potentially infect all its installed operating systems with malware.

    In any case, it seems it is possible to manually make a multiboot USB drive manually. Haven’t tried it yet though.

    “Even the link you shared lists Ventoy as an option.”

    I know. I simply linked that website because it’s where I learned dd from and because for novices it might be less overwhelming than the Arch Wiki.