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# My Dotfiles
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This repository contains the majority of application or OS configuration files
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I use on a daily basis. I keep the here and public in an effort to inform others
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who may not know either how to go about organizing such files or to learn how to
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achieve certain behavior in their software and to have quick and easy access for
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myself when setting up a new machine.
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## Priorities
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I have specific needs and desires (as does any developer) and I will lay those
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out in order of priority here:
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* These files are primarily configured for Linux, (specifically, Arch Linux) but
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I try to keep the OS-specific stuff in the `os-specific` directory.
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* I am also primarily a Web Developer, so my configuration will reflect that.
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* I rely heavily on Google's products and services. I know some are eager to
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avoid that.
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* I also prefer apps in my terminal. If I could, I would do everything that
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makes sense to do so in a terminal using only my keyboard. **So if you know
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about really cool and usable terminal-based software, let me know!**
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* I prefer keeping my dotfiles as portable as possible (within reason).
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* These dotfiles should be very quick to setup and get going.
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* I aim to keep the dotfiles flexible and extendible, as I usually use them on
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multiple machines with specific use-cases. For example, a shared laptop should
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allow for other non-technical users ease-of-access, while my workstation
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should focus on being quick, powerful, and highly usable for me alone.
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## Applications
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There are several types of applications I use every day, some more than others,
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and sometimes different applications that have the same purpose. Here are the
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applications I use (the primary one is *italicized*, the one I would like to
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become my primary or am very interested in using in more depth is in **bold**)
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for various tasks:
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* **Terminal Emulators**: *rxvt-unicode*
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* **Text Editors**: **vim/Neovim**, Sublime Text, Kakoune
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* **Terminal Multiplexers**: *tmux*
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* **Web Browser**: *Google Chrome*, **qutebrowser**, luakit
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* **Music**: *Google Play Music*
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* **Email**: *Google Inbox*, Gmail, **mutt**
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* **Image Editing**: *GIMP*, *Inkscape*, **Krita**
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* **Documents**: *Google Drive*, though Dropbox's Paper looks neat and I've
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heard too many good things about LaTeX.
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* **Gaming**: *Steam*, *various emulators*
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## Workflow
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Here are some bullet points on my workflow as a Web Developer:
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* **Text Editing**: I use `vim`/`Neovim` in my terminal as my primary text
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editor. I usually run it in a `tmux` session alongside a few terminals to have
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a very flexible IDE-like development environment. More on that in other bullet
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points.
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* **Version Control**: I use `git` in the terminal (sometimes I pop into
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GitKraken if I need to do anything crazy) and commit often. I work in a branch
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named "dev" until it's time to go live, then I merge into master. Other
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branches beyond "dev" are used for trying crazy things or during large
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refactors so I can very quickly jump back if needed.
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* **Compiler/Debugging**: I rely heavily on auto-reloading and
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watch-and-test-and-compile features during development to iterate quickly.
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Tools such as `webpack` and `webpack-dev-server` are amazing. If you try to do
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anything to weird or crazy, though, configuring webpack properly can be
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hazardous to the mind. Or I'm just doing things very wrong. Chrome's dev tools
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are also killer in this department.
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* **Testing**: I don't do much testing. This is bad and I'm working on it!
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## To Do and Improvements
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* Add more content to the other sections?
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* Start refactoring old dotfiles and scripts.
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