what are the demands?

most shells have a CDPATH which works just like PATH but for directories. set it to $HOME/projects/:$HOME/porn/ or whatever, and you’ll get the subdirectories in your cd tab completion, without installing extra stuff

The & is an indicator to most shells to run this command in “the background”. Try and run ( sleep 10; echo hi ) & - you’ll see you get your shell prompt back, where you can run more commands, but 10 second later you’ll see that ‘hi’ come through. ‘blocking’ is the default behavior, if you don’t add the & you’re still going get the hi in ten seconds, but you don’t get a prompt because your shell’s execution is blocked until your command is done.

The doc here is indicating that you havea choice between autostart_blocking.sh and autostart.sh, the latter of which would be run with a &. They could have expressed this better.

As for why your script didn’t work, I’d try executing it in a terminal to see what error message comes up.

both mobile and desktop have the plaintext notes in a sqlite db. they’re “easy enough” to export if you’re bailing on the app, but not to regularly switch between two different apps

don’t forget to install gti

Most REPLs can be closed with Ctrl+D which is the EOF character.

the macos file browser, Finder, lets you set a background for a folder, move file icons around to arbitrary positions, other shenanigans. in order for this to work across systems on removable storage media and network mounts, they have this.

it’s mostly fixed now, after convincing fxtec to send me a new USB board, but in the time it took to do that, I’ve moved on to a flippy razr phone. for now, single handed use beats having the keyboard for me

for what it’s worth, the screens are very easy to replace and readily available on AliExpress ( search for elephone u screen replacement )

I loved mine while it worked and it’s quite tragic that we’re unlikely to see another one. f(x)tec, the company, doesn’t have a great record.

check out Supreme Commander, it’s a game from the erra of good RTSes, and I think has some of the features you’re taking about, e.g. beforehand of multiple bases, automation… you can do things like produce x units, send them to this area, have them start doing this patrol, etc. You can pause the game, to make these orders too. My favorite gimmick though, is that the map is zoomable, from a classic here’s your dudes and tanks view, up into a strategic view with icons representing everything. This also opens up the ability to have units be different sizes. vehicles are appropriately larger than infantry, and you can have giant mechs to which other units are literally ants.

I think you can link a second Whatsapp app, similar to the web client. your primary one needs a webcam to read the QR code though

what android os/rom are you on? I don’t think I’ve used an android phone in the last decade where although yes, that behavior is possible I would have to go out of my way to configure it that way

I’ve used

adb shell pm list packages

to get a list of installed packages and https://github.com/mvdan/fdroidcl to install the ones available of fdroid.

That said, look into Obtanium, too.

… but cd is a built-in

A JavaScript VM in the kernel is inevitable.

not by any means modern, but I used to really like pal

John Oliver take on it https://youtu.be/gYwqpx6lp_s

I highly recommend installing fzf, and its shell integration. Makes your Ctrl + r magnitudes more pleasant to use!