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+# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
+# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc)
+# for examples
+
+########################################################################
+
+# More or less permanent file aliases:
+alias Proximate='cd ~/Cloud/Notes/ && emacs Proximate.md'
+
+# More or less permanent directory aliases:
+alias Desktop='cd ~/Desktop'
+alias Current='cd ~/Current'
+alias Cloud='cd ~/Cloud'
+alias Notes='cd ~/Cloud/Notes'
+
+# More or less permanent app aliases
+alias pcloud='~/Apps/pcloud'
+
+# More or less permanent scripts
+alias pandout='~/.scripts/pandout.sh'
+alias pandorm='rm -rf output'
+alias cv='~/.scripts/cv.sh'
+
+# Hopefully temporary utility aliases:
+alias paren='xmodmap -e "keycode 81=9 parenleft"'
+
+# More or less permanent utility aliases:
+alias rm='rm -i'
+alias emacs='emacs -nw'
+alias editalias='emacs ~/.bashrc'
+alias open='xdg-open'
+alias articleupload='~/.scripts/articleupload' # requires one filename as argument
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