Normal initialization:
git clone --recurse-submodules [email protected]:tzhouhc/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfilesIf running on AWS EC2, first set password for the default user:
sudo su -
passwd ubuntuThen proceed with installation (recommend doing so inside of tmux):
~/.dotfiles/install.sh
~/.dotfiles/deploy.shIf cloned without --recurse-submodule:
git submodule update --init --recursiveLatest zsh configurations require Nerd Fonts
support at major version 3. Powerline symbols is also required. Use of fonts
like Cascadia Code NF or JetBrains Nerd Font Mono is recommended.
The main installation script requires sudo access to run the initial
installation of tools; specific installations using cargo or homebrew do
not.
If additional tooling is required, run the install.sh script. It should call
the other installation scripts automatically.
[!NOTE]:
cargo_optional.shis not invoked as part of the standard installation process, as none of the tools within are used in the other scripts in this setup.
Downloaded using bob-nvim which is part of the rust installation.
A number of custom scripts are available in .dotfiles/bin; this is
automatically added to the $PATH env var as part of the zshrc.
A justfile is provided for a couple of frequently used commands.
The templates dir under xdg_configs stores what are essentially project
templates that can be used to quickly replicate a standard setup in a directory
by using the tmpl script.
For each template directory, there are usually a number of files that will be copied over to the new project directory upon invocation of the command. However, there are also a couple of special cases:
- An
infoplaintext file is expected and will be used to provide a short readable summary of the template dir. - A
prepshell script, if provided, will be sourced in the destination directory, and then removed. - A
dot-envrcfile, if provided, will be copied and then renamed to.envrcin order to trigger thedirenvtool. While this behavior follows that of stow, it is not currently done for other typically hidden files.
It's important for most of the scripts used in this repo that the system coreutils is the GNU version, as opposed to the BSD version.
Might be due to oh-my-posh checking for updates. Run
oh-my-posh disable notice to prevent.
The configs directory contains dotfiles and dot config directories that should
be symlinked to $HOME.
The xdg_configs directory contains dotfiles and dot config directories that
should be symlinked to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, which is typically $HOME/.config.
These symlinks are managed with stow.
The zsh/functions.zsh file contains shell tools that can be used in the
command line for convenience -- if something cannot be remembered or is part of
some other frequently used command, then it probably don't belong.
The bin directory is on the PATH env var and should include portable scripts
that are slightly more involved than a typical shell function, or are needed to
run in contexts beyond the commandline or zshrc -- e.g. as part of other
scripts.
lib/navi contains recipes that typically involve some params, but are not
worth creating special shell functions to run, or one-off commands that don't
need dedicated scripts.
The justfile contains commands that could potentially involve some kind of
dependency, or are otherwise more context-aware -- associated with specific
repos, for example.
Given the amount of keyboard interactions needed and involved, there needs to some kind of principle with respect to the keyboard shortcuts set in various contexts.
Tmux options should primarily be restricted to either using the tmux prefix
c-b, or in rare occasions, using the META modifier, and avoid CTRL modifiers.
The reasoning is that it should let almost all other modifier keys go through.
The commandline is almost all commands, as the name would suggest, so shortcuts
should mainly focus on options that facilitate quick insertion of content, and
use the CTRL modifier. The META modifier should be used to basically indicate
alternate modes of the same shortcut -- e.g. searching for files under current
directory with c-o or across current repo with m-o (not implemented).
More sophisticated actions should be handled by lua functions and mapped using
commands.lua. Simple actions should be tied to regular keys in normal mode,
and modifier shortcuts should try to replicate their function in the shell where
possible to ensure uniformity and reduce memory burden.
META modifiers should take care to avoid Tmux ones.
With macOS, system level shortcuts almost always use CMD. Custom, global ones should try not to be modified with solely META or CTRL.
A number of the zsh scripts can be sourced for effect:
$HOME/.zsh/base.zshencapsulates all thePATHand other env variables changed in the regular zsh shell session, as well as a large number of functions that could be useful.- If the full set of functions are not needed, then
$HOME/.zsh/env/path.zshprovides access to regular tools fromhomebrew,rust, etc.
Due to various constraints, not all tooling and systems or configurations are recorded in the dotfiles repo. The external dependencies are noted here:
For working with the custom version of cd, a lolcate database named dirs
that searches and indexes are directories in relevant locations is required.
That is, one should run
lolcate create --db dirsand setup its config.toml with
skip = "Files"and then run
lolcate update --db dirsand possibly add it to crontab:
0 22 * * * /Users/tingzhou/.cargo/bin/lolcate --update --db dirs &>/dev/nullCascadia Code alone is the recommended font to use for this repo -- that is, I haven't really tested it with any other font. Other Nerdfont-enabled fonts should work, but there might be minor display issues?
Also, Nerdfont v3 is required.
To use at to schedule jobs, atrun must first be enabled by running
launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.atrun.plist