Two very useful applicationss with stunning Apple design! Expect some quick review soon.

Thing is: BibDesk insists in transforming your clean BibTeX file into a mess. I already use bibclean to format my database:

if executable("bibclean")
  setlocal formatprg=bibclean\ -align-equals\ -brace-protect\ -delete-empty-values\ -fix-accents\ -quiet
endif

Now, I need to resort to bibtool to remove extra stuff added by BibDesk on the fly:

nnoremap <silent> <buffer> g= :!bibtool -q -s -r ~/Documents/notes/clean-bibdesk.rc % -o %<cr>

In my case, clean-bibdesk.rc actually reads:

delete.field { bdsk-file-1 }
rename.field { bdsk-url-1=url }
key.generation = off
preserve.key.case = on
preserve.keys = on
print.line.length = 9999999

I guess it will evolve over time with the new surprises Bibdesk has in store for me.

An ever-changing collection of command line tools that I find useful on a daily basis or just fun to play with from time to time.

Making ASCII art in Vim: Learn you some effective Vim motions. #vim

Getting started with Scheme by solving an Advent of Code 2018 challenge. #scheme

htop explained. We need more review like that. #unix

That’s what it looks like when you’re transfering a whole Maildir to a new HD. RIP my old Time Capsule (2nd gen, 2 To) which will no longer be supported after upgrading to macOS 27.

/me is listening to “What You Were” by The Cranberries

Thanks to Armin Briegel, it is easy to replace Google translation cli tool with a proper Swift utility that relies on builtin Apple Translate and local language assets.

Bonus: Put this in your Vim Markdown plugin and you can replace a visual selection with its translation to the appropriate language (here, English):

xnoremap <buffer> <silent> grN :!translate --to en<cr>