!How I gopher
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agk's diary 
06 April 2023 @ 18:19 UTC
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written on GPD Win 1
while coughing daughter and Evy sleep
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tmux # to know UTC date/time, look stuff up in
       other window, edit gophermaps in split panes
cp gopher/template gopher/2023-04-06-goph.txt
     # my template has a line of equals signs on it
       to use as page size:
===================================================
       & headings for consistent style
vi gopher/2023-04-06-goph.txt
     # I used nano until enough vi became muscle
       memory to make it better for most writing
       & editing tasks:
       i (insert text), I (insert text at home)
       a (append text), A (append text to end)
       o (open a new line, insert text)
       r (replace character), R (characters)
       ~ (toggle case), J (join line to next one)
       dd (delete line), P (put deleted text here)
       w (move forward a word), b (back a word)
       d5w (delete forward 5 words), x (delete)
       0 (go home), $ (go to the end of the line)
       GG (go to the end of the document), u (undo)
[esc]:wq
     # write changes & quit vi
mkgopher -p
     # fix file permissions (sdf utility) so you
       see what I wrote
vi gopher/gophermap
     # edit gophermap to link to diary entry
[ctrl]b [ctrl]"
     # tmux command splits screen into top & new
       bottom pane
[ctrl]b [downarrow]
     # move cursor to bottom pane
head -1 gopher/2023-04-06-goph.txt
     # "!How I gopher"
       helps me type the right title & link in vi,
       after [ctrl]b [uparrow] to top pane
i 0April 6: How I gopher[tab]2023-04-06-goph.txt
[ctrl]b [downarrow]
     # to bottom pane
mv gopher/2023-03-14-5q.txt gopher/phlog
     # move oldest entry to diary archive
vi gopher/phlog/gophermap
     # edit archive gophermap
i 0March 14: Christina's 5 questions[tab]2023-03-14-5q.txt
     # looking at this line in the top pane stops
       me from messing it up in archive gophermap
[esc]:wq
[ctrl]d
     # Write (save) my changes, close vi session
       editing archive gophermap, close bottom pane
dd   # Delete link to moved entry from gophermap
[esc]:wq
gopher
     # Check I didn't mess anything up. Edit after
       posting to decrease words, increase clarity
       ---I added a Rainer Maria Rilke poem to 
       "Doing and being in books" and modified my
       argument hoping to make it coherent
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Unix makes automating things pretty easy. I don't
want to automate much about writing and publishing.
Justifying by hand, updating gophermaps by hand,
checking for broken links manually all bring me
close to words, where I can make them more polished
or jagged, clearer or more opaque, & especially
more concise.