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Hey, you greybeard. I couldn't find a manual either on first glance but, hey, we know about Github stars and see many colorful emoji and symbols on the frontpag

Hey, you greybeard. I couldn't find a manual either on first glance but, hey, we know about Github stars and see many colorful emoji and symbols on the frontpage. No, irony left aside. I also miss the clean, boring but highly useful landing pages of old-school utility programs. A short description and a well written man page was all we needed, plus some screenshots for TUI/GUI programs. My feeling is that especially Rust enthusiasts like emoji, colors and banners a lot. But maybe I am also just getting old...

pdimitar 3y ago
I am not a fan of overusing emoji myself, but how did you manage to involve Rust enthusiasts will forever remain a mystery...
kunwon1 3y ago
I learned Perl as a first programming language, and to this day I maintain that their documentation is better than that of any other language I've tried. Putting a synopsis with example syntax at the very beginning is, IMO, the ideal. Example at [1]. I can take this and run with it, after reading for less than 15 seconds I know enough to start working. [1] https://metacpan.org/release/TIMB/DBI-1.616/view/DBI.pm https://metacpan.org/release/TIMB/DBI-1.616/view/DBI.pm
- innocentoldguy 3y ago
  Larry’s background probably had a lot to do with the quality of his documentation.
skinner927 3y ago
Any time I see an emoji, I just want to turn away. I don’t know why I’m so resistant to them. Possibly because I feel I can’t take anyone seriously who would bother to pull up an on-screen keyboard just to add a little rocket ship to a line for almost no reason.
- xk_id 3y ago
  I have a hotkey that launches a bash script that pipes all emojis & their descriptors into fzf (terminal fuzzy search utility), which pipes out the selection into the clipboard :)
  - pdimitar 3y ago
    Oh? Do share, please? I need this every now and then. Granted probably 3 times a week but still.
    - xk_id 3y ago
      start from this https://github.com/gotbletu/shownotes/blob/master/fzf_speed/_emoji%2C--.copy.from.list.of.emojis https://github.com/gotbletu/shownotes/blob/master/fzf_speed/...
      - pdimitar 3y ago
        Took a quick look: VERY impressive, thank you? Have you tried finding a way to get your OS to supply you with the total list of emojis? That's the only thing I'd try to improve after I took a quick look.
        xk_id 3y ago
        personally, I'm on Mojave, so my OS doesn't even have the latest Unicode table. however, the full tables are available from various sources. including Unicode's official site: https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-list.html https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-list.html
- IggleSniggle 3y ago
  A couple years ago I had them always at the ready, right there on my Touch Bar! I mean, what's the point of having a Touch Bar if you can't even type a :Rocket: on it? Edit: HN did not like my emoji.
- 3y ago
jck 3y ago
Not affiliated with the project, but just took a look at their readme. It literally lists how to install it on every single platform, how to launch it, what features it has, keyboard shotcuts and troubleshooting steps. I thought it was a great readme. It is weird how you guys dismissed the whole thing just because the readme has emojis.

pdimitar 3y ago

I am not a fan of overusing emoji myself, but how did you manage to involve Rust enthusiasts will forever remain a mystery...

kunwon1 3y ago

I learned Perl as a first programming language, and to this day I maintain that their documentation is better than that of any other language I've tried. Putting a synopsis with example syntax at the very beginning is, IMO, the ideal. Example at [1]. I can take this and run with it, after reading for less than 15 seconds I know enough to start working. [1] https://metacpan.org/release/TIMB/DBI-1.616/view/DBI.pm https://metacpan.org/release/TIMB/DBI-1.616/view/DBI.pm

innocentoldguy 3y ago
Larry’s background probably had a lot to do with the quality of his documentation.

skinner927 3y ago

Any time I see an emoji, I just want to turn away. I don’t know why I’m so resistant to them. Possibly because I feel I can’t take anyone seriously who would bother to pull up an on-screen keyboard just to add a little rocket ship to a line for almost no reason.

xk_id 3y ago
I have a hotkey that launches a bash script that pipes all emojis & their descriptors into fzf (terminal fuzzy search utility), which pipes out the selection into the clipboard :)
- pdimitar 3y ago
  Oh? Do share, please? I need this every now and then. Granted probably 3 times a week but still.
  - xk_id 3y ago
    start from this https://github.com/gotbletu/shownotes/blob/master/fzf_speed/_emoji%2C--.copy.from.list.of.emojis https://github.com/gotbletu/shownotes/blob/master/fzf_speed/...
    - pdimitar 3y ago
      Took a quick look: VERY impressive, thank you? Have you tried finding a way to get your OS to supply you with the total list of emojis? That's the only thing I'd try to improve after I took a quick look.
      - xk_id 3y ago
        personally, I'm on Mojave, so my OS doesn't even have the latest Unicode table. however, the full tables are available from various sources. including Unicode's official site: https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-list.html https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-list.html
IggleSniggle 3y ago
A couple years ago I had them always at the ready, right there on my Touch Bar! I mean, what's the point of having a Touch Bar if you can't even type a :Rocket: on it? Edit: HN did not like my emoji.
3y ago

jck 3y ago

Not affiliated with the project, but just took a look at their readme. It literally lists how to install it on every single platform, how to launch it, what features it has, keyboard shotcuts and troubleshooting steps. I thought it was a great readme. It is weird how you guys dismissed the whole thing just because the readme has emojis.