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Using alias of path in commands?
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Thanks, but the problem with this is that I’ll type /media/docs/whatever much faster than hunt the ~ from my keyboard because I have to move my whole hand to do so.
It's altGr + ^ on my keyboard.
Highly recommend remapping common characters to easy-to-access hand movements. The keyboard is a tool to make things easier. I never use caps-lock, but I use esc all the time, so I regularly swap them (or just have a second esc bind).
That sounds inconvenient. I use ~ all the time. $HOME should point to the same dir in most cases though
Unfortunately $ also requires pressing the damned AltGr.
have you looked at remapping a couple keys?
I bound ~/ to one of my keyboards G-keys. Still not optimal placement wise but way better than the AltGr-route.
I'd have to buy a new keyboard at that point