A few productivity hacks that windows users should know.

inspired by @syntaxfm

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▶ I use the Vortex Pok3r and have mapped my CAPS key as its FN key and have a vimish layer as default

- h 👈
- j 👇
- k 👆
- l 👉

- d pgdn
- u pgup

- a end
- i home

- b back one word

▶ Like them I never used pgup, pgdn, end, home before, now I use it all the time.
▶ ScreenToGif is an amazing gif recorder to send quick videos in chat or leave in docs.

Sometimes a quick gif speaks more than words https://www.screentogif.com/ 
▶ Know your WIN+ hotkeys

- WIN+E 📁 Files
- WIN+P 💻 Show Desktop
- WIN+, 💻 Peek Desktop
- WIN+P 💻 setup external display
- WIN+K 🔌 Connect to things
- WIN+; 😜 Emoji picker
- WIN+. 🤣 Emoji picker
- WIN+i ⚙ Opens Settings
- WIN+L 🔐 Lock Screen
▶ WIN+V is a 📋clipboard history manager similar to what Scott talked about.

I never loose anything in the clipboard anymore!
▶ WIN+R runs terminal commands, an easy way to do things without the mouse or memorizing a hotkey.

- calc
- notepad
- explorer
▶ Push windows around

- WIN+up
- WIN+down
- WIN+left
- WIN+right
▶ Terminal make development on windows significantly better.

Better copy/paste, font rendering, and mouse support than any other option

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winget install http://Microsoft.Windows .Terminal https://github.com/microsoft/terminal
▶ @code is an amazing GUI editor that works well for every language.

Before Terminal was released it had the best terminal on windows, the embedded terminal is still top notch.

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winget install Microsoft.VIsualStudioCode
▶ If you don't want to run wsl, a great alternative is to use 🐳 docker as your shell.

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winget install Docker.DockerDesktop
▶ Docker is also great alongside of wsl, just make sure that you set your DOCKER_HOST env variable.

- echo "export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://localhost:2375" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
▶ Paint dot net is a good cheap alternative to photoshop for quick and simple tasks, much better than paint.

https://www.getpaint.net/ 
▶ Greenshot is a great screenshot utility that allows me to set up exactly what I want to happen on PrintScreen.

- don't capture the mouse
- give be a crosshair to select with
- put the image directly in my clipboard
- also save to my screenshots directory at the same time
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