Distraction-Free Writing with the Micro Journal Rev.2 (and Neovim)

Summary

I finally got my baby, a Distract-Free Typewriter. I chose the Micro Journal Rev.2. Thank you, Un Kyu Lee. As a writer and author, this thing is a beauty and just what I didn’t know I wanted. # Images Split Screen: Writing my next article while looking up: Micro Journal Rev.2 is out in the open: Excursion to the local coffee house: The spell checker on and off. Chill session writing about my favorite topics, Business Intelligence: Or in combination with an actual typewriter, My Typewriter (Hermes 2000), and the Kinesis Advantage 2 (find my Kinesis Advantages 2 Lubing and Dampering mods too 😀): Which one is your favorite? 😉 View from the back, setting up and plugging in the power bank: More Links to images and posts # Modifications and Configurations I spent all day yesterday modding and updating the SW to make it my perfect writer tool. As a data engineer and author, I use Vim Motions all day long. On my laptop, I use Obsidian for writing and Neovim for programming. As the Micro Journal has limited memory and CPU, I decided to set up Neovim as a word processor. # Features Vim Motions as navigation and writing! extensibility with multiple plugins. E.g., I can switch to different themes (light if I’m outside). I can split screens and open multiple files, jump back and forth, fuzzy find other files, link to my second brain with [[]], Markdown rendering (see headers ## are highlighted with colors, bold and links, lists, code blocks (!!), callouts are highlighted, and many more) # What I Have Updated so far yazi as a file navigator (a faster, Rust-based file navigator, the same as Ranger). It is opening much faster than Ranger. Installed Neovim I installed git to sync my writing, e.g., my book is written in Markdown. This way, I can simply continue on my Laptop when I finish with the Micro Journal. I will definitely continue to tinker with it. Some of the Neovim configs are here - it’s not the latest, I will update soon. But be aware that installing the latest version of...