Set your machine up for efficiency. Yay speed!

new_student_machine_speedies.md

There are a few things you can do very easily that'll speed up your workflow. Get ready for excellent fun learn time!

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• Edit Settings
  • 'Show Invisibles'
• Install/Enable packages
  • Autosave (Core package)
  • ruby-block
  • zentabs
  • ruby-define-method
• Command-d is d bomb
• Command-control is also pretty awesome

Aliasing with .bash_profile

• Modify your command prompt

  • export PS1="[\033[35m]😇😆😄😀😐😳😒😖😱 [\033[32m]\h [\033[36m](\u) 💩 [\033[36m] \w \n --> "
  • That line does some crazy stuff... When you see "[###[##m]", that's defining a color for all the text following it (until the next color definition).
  • \h -- displays your computer name
  • \u -- displays your user name
  • \w -- displays your current path

• export CLICOLOR=1

• export LSCOLORS=ExFxBxDxCxegedabagacad

• alias ls='ls -GFh'

• alias ..='cd ..'

• alias ga='git add'

• alias gs='git status'

• alias gc='git commit -m'

• alias gp='git push'

• alias gb='git checkout -b'

• alias clone='git clone'

• alias master='git checkout master'

• alias today='open http://today.turing.io'

• function md { mkdir $1; cd $1; }

Terminal Shortcuts

• Bash autocompletion
• Git autocompletion
• iTerm2 Mods to quickly move around large strings
  • Preferences -> Profiles -> Keys
    • Left option key: +Esc
    • Command-left -> Send Hex Codes: 0x01
    • Command-right -> Send Hex Codes: 0x05
    • Option-left -> Send Escape Sequence: b
    • Option-right -> Send Escape Sequence: f
• Multiple tabs (Ctrl-t)
  • U swipe?

Screen Real Estate

• Mock Resolution with Retina
• Screen Splitting
  • Spectacle
  • Divy
  • El Capitan

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