Dotfiles

Requirements

Ensure the following are installed:

• GNU Stow
• Git
• zsh
  • Oh My Zsh
• alacritty
  • alacritty-theme
• gdb

Font

• Terminess Nerd Font

Installation

# Clone this repo with:
git clone [email protected]:nextredo/dotfiles.git --recurse-submodules

# Use this repo's dotfiles with:
    # Ensure $STOW_DIR is unset
    # Ensure you're in the repository root
# NOTE: If you're unsure about what changes stow will make,
    # then run it with --simulate --verbose
    # if you'd like to stow anyway, use --adopt
stow .

# *Then follow the exta config steps below*

Updates

# 0. `cd` into the root of this repo

# 1. Check if there are any updates
git fetch --all --recurse-submodules

# 2. Pull this repo and submodules
git pull --all --recurse-submodules

# 3. Update the submodules (first time)
git submodule update --init --recursive

# 3. Update submodules (to checkout latest commit in main / master)
git submodule update --remote

# 4. Update symlinks (see installation section)
stow .

Extra config

• Helpful commands

git submodule sync

Font config

# Ensure your terminal is using the custom fontconfig
# Flush the font cache
fc-cache -f -v

# Test string for the terminal
echo "Syms:♥ \nEmojis: ❤️👍😍🙊🥱🥺✨✅🎊🏄⚠️"

Terminal

C / C++ (clangd)

• Configured per-repo, not globally

VSCode

• Uses vscode settings sync

Oh My zsh

• Only theme I've found plays well with conda

ZSH_THEME="ys"

# Others
# See https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Themes
# ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"
# ZSH_THEME="random"
# ZSH_THEME="tonotdo"
# ZSH_THEME="cypher"
# ZSH_THEME="fino-time"

Keyd

# Symlink setup (likely requires superuser privs)
ln ~/.config/keyd/default.conf /etc/keyd/default.conf -s

sudo systemctl status keyd
sudo systemctl start keyd
sudo keyd reload

Bash

• To use this file put the following in your actual bashrc / fishrc / zshrc
  • (assuming this file is in ~/dotfiles/)

source ~/dotfiles/.spicy.bashrc

References

Dreams of Autonomy - Stow