MrBri / dotfiles

The next generation of configuration files

dotfile3

Third generation of dotfiles

high level

• The best terminal for macOS: Therm
  • "it make sense to not over-engineer or make it fully configurable with features that <10% of users use"
• The best color scheme for terminal and editor: gruvbox
• The best unix shell: zsh (thinking I'll go back to fish since zsh plugisn aren't consistent)
• The best package manager for macOS: Homebrew (but not for everything nor version management as mentioned next)
• The best version manager for multiple languages and tools: asdf (blog: https://medium.com/@sidneyliebrand/switching-to-asdf-version-manager-eb6569e4e562)
• The best font: mononoki
  • Specifially Mononoki Nerd Font
• The best documentation viewer: Dash
• The best file search fzf. fzf (In terminal and in Neovim)
• Neovim with maintained init.vim: neovim (Found SpaceVim to be inconsistent, Oni might be worth a try, Oni2 looks promising but just got started)

brews

• brew tap caskroom/fonts

• brew cask install therm font-mononoki-nerd-font dash

• brew install openssl readline sqlite3 xz zlib (pre reqs for asdf plugin-add python)

• brew install coreutils gpg (pre reqs for asdf plugin-add nodejs)

• brew install zsh asdf neovim ripgrep fzf

misc commands and symlinks

• When running Mojave or higher (10.14+) you will also need to install the additional SDK headers (pre reqs for asdf python)

  • sudo installer -pkg /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg -target /

• bash ~/.asdf/plugins/nodejs/bin/import-release-team-keyring (pre req for asdf plugin-add nodejs)

• ln -s ~/dotfiles/.zshrc ~/.zshrc

• asdf plugin-add python and desired version, likely 3.x.x asdf install python 3.7.1, set it asdf global python 3.7.1

• asdf plugin-add nodejs and desired version, likely 10.x.x asdf install nodejs 10.14.2, set it asdf global nodejs 10.14.2

• asdf plugin-add golang and desired version, likely 1.x.x asdf install golang 1.11.4, set it asdf global golang 1.11.4

• asdf reshim python will need to be run each time a python pip binary is installed

• /usr/local/opt/fzf/install install bindings for fzf

• tic -x ~/dotfiles/xterm-256color-italic.terminfo italics in terminal (@dubistkomisch)

manual

• In Therm. In profile and color import the gruvbox color theme from this repo or gruvbox themselves.
  • Also set under profile and text set the font to Mononoki Nerd Font. Your preference of size and boldness

worthwhile "pay for" or "pay to upgrade"

• Dash

High level commands to get used to

• aliases for git
• Vim commands (Neovim) and SpaceVim
• zsh basics? fish shell style?
• How to use fzf

pips

• pip install awscli --upgrade --user then asdf reshim python
• pip install mdv then asdf reshim python (terminal markdown previewer)