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# My Dotfiles
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[🖥️ Upstream][upstream] • [🐙 GitHub Mirror][github]
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![Desktop Screenshot][desktop-screenshot]
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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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## Setup
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* Clone the repo into `~/.config/dotfiles`
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* Run `~/.config/dotfiles/setup.bash`
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* Read the warning, obey it, backup your files, *then* agree
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* **Optional**: Reboot once the script finishes
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**NOTE**: I'm in the middle of migrating from urxvt+bash to kitty+fish (and
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a less anything-dependent system in general). Lots of things are broken. The
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setup script probably no longer sets up *absolutely everything*.
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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 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) though
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this is obviously very difficult since I only run one OS.
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* Setup should be very quick (downloading and installing packages aside).
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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:
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* **Terminal Emulator**: Kitty
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* **Text Editor**: Neovim
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* **Terminal Multiplexers**: tmux
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* **Web Browser**: Firefox
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* **Music**: Google Play Music
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* **Email**: Google Inbox, mutt
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* **Image Editing**: GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Aseprite
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* **Documents**: Neovim + Markdown, sc-im, LibreOffice
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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:
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* **Text Editing**: I use `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
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have a very flexible IDE-like development environment. More on that in other
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bullet points. I keep a `tmux` session for each project or group of
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terminals concerning a similar mind-space.
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* **Version Control**: I use `git` in the terminal and commit often. I work in
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feature branches that go to a `dev` branch as sort of a staging area for
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testing until it's time to go live, then I merge into master.
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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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Language servers, linters, and simple file watches to trigger your tests are
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amazing tools to take care of the cruft of writing code and integrating them
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heavily into Neovim is my current top need/priority.
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## To Do and Improvements
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+ Wayland stuff
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+ Sway hotkey parity (as much as is possible) with sxhkd/bspwm
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+ Clean out all the X11 cruft?
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* Add vim in the terminal as the handler for many MIME types (xdg-open and such)
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for the rare time I'm in a file manager or for opening easily from
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the browser.
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* Unify all the common variables... somehow? (and use templates and `envsubst`?)
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* Makefile instead of setup script
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* [Vimux](https://github.com/benmills/vimux)?
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* Custom Iosevka font with kitty-compatible ligatures
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* Setup network file sharing directory
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+ Investigate some systemd services (homed,
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[upstream]: https://git.faceless.lytedev.io/lytedev/dotfiles
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[github]: https://github.com/lytedev/dotfiles
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[desktop-screenshot]: https://lyte.dev/unix/desktop-screenshot.png
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