Dotfiles

Dotfiles are custom configuration files used to maintain user preferred settings across the operating system. Thanks to version control systems (like Git) and repository hosting services (like GitHub) dotfiles are now easy to maintain as well as share with others.

Looking at someone else's dotfiles helps to discover new configurations and tweaks of commonly used software to increase productivity and comfort.

The dotfiles repository contains directories with configuration files. Each directory corresponds to a "package" for convenience. For instance, all Neovim related configuration files are stored in neovim "package" (directory).

GNU Stow is used to install the packages.

GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct packages of software and/or data located in separate directories on the file system, and makes them appear to be installed in the same place.

Setup

Install Homebrew:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Clone dotfiles repository:

git clone http://github.com/rkiyanchuk/dotfiles && cd dotfiles

Install dependencies in Brewfile:

brew bundle install

Run stow with dotfiles bundle you want to use:

stow -t ~ {bundle}

where {bundle} is a bundle to install (e.g. bash or vim).

Install dotfiles:

stow --dotfiles -t ~ -Svv fish git neovim gnupg tmux sage

Configure Fish shell:

echo $(which fish) | sudo tee -a /etc/shells
chsh -s $(which fish)

Install fisher plugin manager for Fish:

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jorgebucaran/fisher/main/functions/fisher.fish | source && fisher install jorgebucaran/fisher

Install pynvim for neovim:

pip3 install pynvim

Configure tmux.

Install tmux plugin manager:

git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

Fix tmux terminfo.

curl -LO https://invisible-island.net/datafiles/current/terminfo.src.gz && gunzip terminfo.src.gz
/usr/bin/tic -xe tmux-256color terminfo.src

Enable key repeat:

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

Caveats

• Podman, fix to run x86 images: containers/podman#12899

Additional software

• Rectangle Pro

• Monitor Control

• iState Menus

• Bartender

• CleanShot

• Little Snitch

• TheIne

• Obinskit

• NoteBurner

• LogiOoptions+

• Kindle

• Final Cut Pro

• Affinity Photo

• Affinity Designer

• Affinity Publisher

• Adobe Acrobat

• NoteBurner

• XCode

Setup in container

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -Syu neovim git stow fish starship eza
#sudo apt install git fish neovim stow starship
git clone https://github.com/rkiyanchuk/dotfiles
cd dotfiles
stow -Svv neovim starship git fish bat
sudo chsh <username>
# /usr/bin/fish