{
  "id": 18005920,
  "title": "Your terminal manipulation/navigation setups",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/your-terminal-manipulation-navigation-setups",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T18:54:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Lobsters",
    "slug": "lobsters",
    "url": "https://lobste.rs/s/r3gton/your_terminal_manipulation_navigation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dear Lobsters, nearly a year after my prior post on mouse-free setups, your guidance proved invaluable in constructing the technology stack I employ as a person with disabilities. This stack includes the Svalboard, Talon Voice, and numerous extensions for Talon, some of which I have created myself. Despite the overwhelmingly able-bodied nature of my work and personal life, my interaction with terminals has remained a significant challenge. Reading, navigating, and editing the terminal necessitates the use of a keyboard and mouse at every stage. When consuming terminal output, scrolling is essential, but this action is particularly difficult, requiring physical scrolling devices. Writing terminal commands can range from simple to arduous tasks. While Talon provides many built-in terminal commands, composing intricate commands often demands extensive typing. The most exasperating aspect for me is modifying a previous command. This process typically involves either holding an arrow key and waiting for the cursor to reach the desired character, frequently overshooting and then correcting the mistake with the arrow keys, or relying on the mouse to click at the appropriate position. Manipulating the terminal usually boils down to copying and pasting text from the output. This process typically involves fine-grained mouse movements to select and copy the correct text, followed by pasting it back into the same terminal. Unsurprisingly, I frequently find myself combining these two actions, resulting in a significant amount of arrow key or mouse movement to reach the desired position in my command, followed by mouse movements to copy and paste text, and then repeating this process several times. I am quite certain that there is no true voice-first terminal experience, and I am determined to change that. In order to achieve this and perhaps simplify my life, I seek to understand the current landscape of how individuals interact with their terminals in 2026. I feel my approach is inefficient and likely missing something obvious. Surely, given that terminals have existed before the advent of mice, there must be more efficient methods.",
  "summary": "Dear Lobste.rs, over a year after my previous post on mouse free setups , your advice was instrumental to building the tech stack I use today as a disabled person, composed of the Svalboard, Talon Voice, and a fair few extensions for Talon (including ones I've written myself.) One aspect of my work and personal life that has remained stubbornly able-bodied has been, surprisingly, my terminal use.…",
  "key_points": [
    "User seeks efficient terminal navigation methods in 2026",
    "Current setup involves keyboard, mouse, and voice-to-text",
    "Modifying commands is particularly challenging and time-consuming"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}