nathanielhall / configuration

Configuration - Setup Scripts, dotfiles, and more

Configuration

This repository contains my personal configuration files. This includes setup scripts and dotfiles.

Steps

• Run setup scripts to apply settings and installs.
• Clean $HOME (remove dotfiles such as .zshrc, .vimrc)
• Sync dotfiles from this repo using stow or copy.
• Perform manual steps listed below

Setup Scripts

• ./setup/mac-settings.sh to apply macOS defaults
• ./setup/mac-installs.sh run installs using homebrew
• ./setup/mac-dev.sh to setup development environment
• ./setup/linux.sh to run linux specific installs and settings (*work in progress)

Dotfiles

Use stow to create symlinks in $HOME on dotfiles. Otherwise, just run a copy script.

Stow

• sync.sh create symlinks using stow. This will synchonize the configuration project with home directory.
• sync-remove.sh to remove symlinks previously created for this project.

The 'sync-*.sh' files have dependency on the following environment variables.

• DOTFILES=$HOME/configuration
• ZDOTDIR=$HOME
• STOW_FOLDERS="nvim, tmux, vim, zsh"

Copy

• copy.sh to manually copy dotfiles to $HOME directory

Manual Steps

Install Font

• Dank Mono (This is a paid font, therefore not committed in this repo)
• To build a new patched nerd font: Nerd Fonts: Option 8 - Patch your own font
  • $ docker run -v ~/nerd-fonts/in:/in -v ~/nerd-fonts/out:/out nerdfonts/patcher --fontawesome --octicons

iTerm Settings

• Font: Dank Mono Nerd Font; Regular; 13; 100; 115 (vertical spacing: 120)
• Cobalt Theme by Wes Bos
  • In iTerm2 access the Preferences pane on the Profiles tab. Under the Colors tab import the cobalt2.itermcolors file via the Load Presets drop-down.

Enabling italics in Terminal (optional)

• Enabling italics in Vim and tmux

Mac System Settings

• Create shortcut for each desktop 1-5
  • System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Mission Control > Switch to desktop
• Dvorak Keyboard Input
  • System Settings > Keyboard > Add Dvorak
• Faster desktop transitions?
  • Accessibility > Display > Reduce Motion
• Caps lock to function as escape key
  • System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Modifier Keys > Caps Lock -> Escape

Resources

• macOS defaults list
• mathiasbynens dotfiles
• chris@machine Neovim IDE from Scratch
• Change cursor shape by mode Luke Smith Zshrc
• FZF with tmux-sessionizer

Next Steps (Todo)

• Add more automation (research ansible for this)
• Finish linux.sh setup script
• Create a cleanup script to clean dotfiles in $HOME. Possibly move all dotfiles to backup directory. Afterwards, run sync.sh to create symlinks. Finally, remove backup if possible. Currently, this is a manual step.