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by likpok 6158 days ago
Better than win+r for run is just hitting windows which brings up the start menu. With the new start menu, this is similar to Quicksilver and Katapult and all those other things.

If you use zsh (and you really should. It is better than bash in almost every way), you can just ctrl-C to get out of searches.
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tdavis 6158 days ago
zsh is rather amazing. Only so if you are familiar with how it is better than bash (besides the fundamental ways) and how to configure it for maximum ownage! Much like complicated editors like Vim, it helps to try to dedicate effort to imprinting a new command in your mind per-week (or so), such that it becomes second nature to use.

Some good stuff: http://grml.org/zsh/zsh-lovers.html

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likpok 6158 days ago
If you get a good zshrc, it Just Works, without much additional effort.

Admittedly, I mostly use those parts of zsh which are similar to most other shells, but which it does better (argument completions, some directory stack, etc).

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