hunt-and-peck VS windows-terminal-quake

A source-available alternative for Windows: https://github.com/zsims/hunt-and-peck

For Windows, there is Fluent Search and hunt-n-peck.

2. Hunt and Peck: https://github.com/zsims/hunt-and-peck has been my favorite, a simple version of shortcat for windows. But, it's not maintained and not as slick as some of these newer tools.

I use https://github.com/zsims/hunt-and-peck which enables Vimium/EasyMotion style mousejumping. Windows only.

I want to emphasize the other comment:

> The other thing that's absolutely essential for using these larger format monitors is window management software and in general a more keyboard/macros focused workflow.

My 4k 39" screen really, really drove me to use keyboard shortcuts. By default on Windows, hitting Windows+Number will take you to the 1st/2nd/3rd/etc program in your taskbar. I use AutoHotKey to take this further, CapsLock+Number and CapsLock+F1-F12 also take me to predetermined programs. I install websites as Chrome apps (chrome://apps/) in order to make going to Gmail/Calendar/Github faster. I also use this script: https://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/79338-simple-window-p... which makes window management (resizing, centering, moving, etc) much easier. I also use Vimium and this program https://github.com/zsims/hunt-and-peck - now my hands almost never leave the keyboard.

I encourage you to spend some time optimizing your setup. It really, really pays off.

Grab yourself some hunt & peck: https://github.com/zsims/hunt-and-peck

I guess it's similar to https://github.com/zsims/hunt-and-peck/issues which I use now, did you know about it? differences etc?

I would mention Total commander and Quick Access Popup as two well known ones, but two gems that I see are undiscovered are:

- TouchCursor https://martin-stone.github.io/touchcursor/ the only one I found that allows you to use Space as modifier key, and works flawlesly (with other ahk scripts handling hotkeys running simultaneously). Praying it does not stop working with some Win10 update, as it is not being worked one, it seems

- https://github.com/zsims/hunt-and-peck for more mouse free operation of any program.

I use the third-party https://github.com/flyingpie/windows-terminal-quake (from before an official quake mode was added to Windows Terminal, and this one works better anyway) and it opens a window for an instant on startup before minimizing to the system tray.

Im also a big fan of Quake-style console (using ddterm on Linux) and I am happy to tell you that Windows Terminal has a Quake companion app that is worth a try :)

I know it's not ideal because separate binary and all but https://github.com/flyingpie/windows-terminal-quake has been good to me :)

I've been using https://github.com/flyingpie/windows-terminal-quake for a while now. If its implemented anywhere near it, please be aware of z-index issues especially if i've got "always on top" apps.

It seems nice but using WSL(2) Windows Terminal is noticeably faster for me, same compared to most other alternatives including Cmder/ConEmu.

While Windows Terminal doesn't have a settings UI (yet[0]) it does allow for theming, this page[1] features a range of color schemes that you can define and set in your settings.json.

There's also a wrapper that allows for quake style drop down [2] until it's implemented by Windows Terminal itself[0].

[0] https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/doc/terminal...

[1] https://windowsterminalthemes.dev/

[2] https://github.com/flyingpie/windows-terminal-quake