23 Dec
2015
23 Dec
'15
10:23 a.m.
On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 00:05:50 -0500 (EST), Karen Lewellen wrote:
After all anyone who has ever made professional radio
in the field
knows that one thing that makes programs like pro tools and Hindenburg
journalist worth the investment is keyboard control.
And what has got keyboard control of those non-Linux GUI apps to do with
Linux command line? Linux GUI audio tools provide keyboard control too.
I value command line work the same. I type over 80
words a minute
and cannot imagine making anything entertainment wise, music or
radio, without solid keyboard usage.
For what exactly do wish to use a "friendly command line"?
Command line usually is considered user-friendly, because you neither
need to type fast, nor to type much.
The tab-key auto-completes paths, the cursor key scroll though the
history of commands, there are shortcuts such as Ctrl+L, Ctrl+D, Ctrl+C,
Bash comes with Brace expansion, replace and add something from/to a
command e.g.
$ sudo some_long_command
$ sudo !!
Results in
sudo some_long_command
$ !! -a -b -c
Results in
sudo some_long_command -a -b -c
$ ^_long^_very_long
Results in
sudo some_very_long_command -a -b -c
The Arch Wikis are valid what ever distro you'll use.
Keyword: readline
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Readline
Keyword: aliases
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bash#Aliases
Beyond that the sensational roxterm provides window functionality non
of the terminal emulations provided by desktop environments provide,
e.g. something banal as re-wrapping text when resizing the window.
However, GUI apps usually provide shortcuts (keyboard control) too and
usually the user can assign shortcuts. I guess it's harder to buy a
special keyboard that fits to a FLOSS Linux app, than to get such a
keyboard for proprietary software, such a keyboard for FLOSS Linux
apps most likely needs to be self-made.
Perhaps keyboard stickers are good enough, something like this,
http://www.ioffer.com/i/blender-keyboard-sticker-164787345.
For my Atari ST's keyboard I used Letraset. For my Linux PC I don't use
special keyboards.