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Tips and tricks =============== ## Opening URLs from 9front on your phone/tablet One way to do it is to display a QR code and then scan it: echo http://some.url.here/blah | qr | resample -x 800% | page ## Rio Filename completion is available with CTRL+F. To go from anywhere back to the command prompt, use CTRL+B. More information about shortcuts and keys in general is available in `rio(1)` and `keyboard(6)`. Command `"` prints the last used command. `""` _executes_ the last command. Both accept an optional argument to match a command string, ie: term% touch /tmp/1 term% lc /tmp 1 term% " term% lc /tmp term% "" term% lc /tmp 1 term% "" to term% touch /tmp/1 term% "" l term% lc /tmp 1 Hint: `grep '^term% ' /dev/text`. If there is a command you want to run repeatedly, it's easy to define a rc function and use it instead: fn t { mk && ./6.out some arguments here >log && grep something log } t To change the function without having to search it in the window, run `whatis t`, then redefined it. `ls /env/fn*` will show which functions are defined. To clear the window from any text run `echo >/dev/text`. If you need to snarf an output of some command, instead of outputting into the window and then using mouse, consider doing it directly instead: `command arg arg >/dev/snarf`. Want to do advanced searching on window's text? Run your favorite text editor on it: `sam /dev/text`. Want to take a screenshot of a window, but no idea which id that window has? Try seaching by its label: `grep sam /dev/wsys/*/label`. Replace the `label` in the path to `window` and take the screenshot: `topng </dev/wsys/X/window >/n/mycoolblog.com/www/files/acme.png`. Having screen image filled up with some random messages on top of rio? Run `window -hide -scroll cat /dev/kprint` in your `riostart`. When it gets difficult to work with too many windows on the screen, consider running `winwatch` and using one nested `rio` per virtual "workspace". If you're into keyboard-controlled window managers with virtual desktops, try out [riow](https://git.sr.ht/~ft/riow). ## Random facts `cat input | something >output` or `something <input >output`? Prefer the latter as it requires less resources. It also allows the `something` program to use `input` as a normal file rather than a pipe, ie it has random access, while with pipes all it can do is read the file in strictly sequential order.