Topher's dotfiles repo

managed by GNU stow

Installation instructions

sudo apt-get install git make vim
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C topher200@gmail.com
cat <file>
git clone git@github.com:topher200/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
cd dotfiles
make install-all-packages
make

Optional

• Set up pre-commit: $ pre-commit install --hook-type pre-commit --hook-type commit-msg
• Install Alacritty from the Ubuntu App Center
• Start tmux and install tmux plugins: Prefix + I (ctrl-a I)
• $ scripts/install-chrome.sh
• $ scripts/install-kitty.sh
• run $ syncthing and add the remote device. choose 'auto accept' and 'sync default folder'
  • This includes secretsrc
• Install SaveDesktop (use Ubuntu App Center), import saved archive from a different computer
• Install Gnome extensions: sudo apt install gnome-browser-connector; https://extensions.gnome.org/local/
• Install vim plugin: open Vim and run :Copilot setup (requires conda first, as of now)
• Install VSCode: $ sudo snap install code --classic
• sudo apt install gnome-tweaks (although the tweaks themselves get migrated already with SaveDesktop)
• add to /etc/sysctl.conf:

fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 1048576
fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 1048576

• install zoom. https://zoom.us/download?os=linux, download, $ sudo apt install ~/Downloads/zoom...
• disable annoying zoom window setting:

$ vim ~/snap/zoom-client/current/.config/zoomus.conf
$ ... OR ...
$ vim .config/zoomus.conf
enableMiniWindow=false

• grab graphite user config

$ mkdir -p ~/.config/graphite
$ cp ~/Sync/.config/graphite/user_config ~/.config/graphite

How to create a new user

This isn't quite related to dotfiles but could be helpful.

NEWUSER=topher
sudo useradd --create-home -G sudo -s /usr/bin/zsh $NEWUSER
sudo passwd $NEWUSER
sudo su - $NEWUSER
# 'q' to not create .zshrc file
# install https://github.com/topher200/dotfiles

Updates

Automated updates

./update_external_dependencies.sh

zsh-custom git repo clones

• Pure prompt

  • I have local modifications which need to be re-applied after update.

  rm -r files/zsh-custom/pure && git clone https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure files/zsh-custom/pure --depth 1 && rm -rf files/zsh-custom/pure/.git

Install Alacritty theme

$ mkdir -p ~/.config/alacritty/themes
$ git clone https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty-theme ~/.config/alacritty/themes