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Honest Question - How do you guys use these cheat sheets? Take large print outs and keep on desk? Just keep the electronic copy somewhere easily accessible? Printout and hang it on the wall?

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I have cheat sheets hanging on the wall of my cubicle at work. They're printed out on regular letter sized paper; larger sheets are printed on multiple pages and taped together.

I've always felt... awkward about them too. I usually print out a copy on regular 8.5"x11" paper, and keep it next to my computer for a few days. A few days later when it either gets buried or knocked off, I know it all by then. I'll keep an electronic copy, in case I do something else for a while, and come back to it, but then it usually doesn't even warrant a print out.

It usually depends on what it's a cheat sheet about - I always keep an electronic copy, but specific ones get pinned to my cubicle walls.

These are the two big ones that I keep up at all times. I don't always use the VI/VIM one (a lot of the keystrokes become ingrained after repeated use, but when I have to switch environments, the transition back is always smoother with it).

VI/VIM: http://michael.peopleofhonoronly.com/vim/ RegEx: http://www.addedbytes.com/cheat-sheets/regular-expressions-c...

When I use them, I have printout available. Usually stored in file folder (so shrink-to-print if necessary).

I'm interested in what other people say.

I used to have a bunch of these printed out and stapled together.

bookmark them with appropriate title, and when I need one I just type the appropriate tags in the address bar of firefox.

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