💻 Dotfiles

Dotfiles are configuration files that are used to customize and personalize your system. The dotfiles name comes from the UNIX convention of prefixing config files with a dot. By default, these files are usually hidden in directory listings.

This repo contains my very own dotfiles, please feel free to use anything and everything.

Requirements

Note: the installer script will attempt to install these hard requirements 👇

• gnu stow (symlink manager) - avoid having to manually create sym links
• homebrew - missing package manager (mac only).

Please see the Install section directly below for more information!

Install

To install with Git:

    git clone https://github.com/vinnyA3/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles &&
      source ~/.dotfiles/install.sh

The installer script will attempt to install GNU's Stow & the Homebrew package manager on macOS. Interestingly enough, homebrew works with linux as well; however, I choose to use the distro's package manager for the most part (I'll opt to use Linuxbrew when the default pkg manager does not have the latest pkg version & when I need it). The installer will try to detect your linux distro; specifically, it will try detect your distro's default package manager. Right now, the supported linux package managers are:

• Void Linux's xbps
• PopOS's apt

Feel free to add other package managers to the script!

My System Overview

• os(s): Void Linux, PopOS
• window manager: xmonad
• statusbar(s): polybar - default, xmobar
• theme: dracula
• editor: neovim
• shell: zsh
• terminal emulator: iterm2 - macOS, alacritty/suckless term - linux
• programs & binaries(installed separately): nnn, fzf, rg, ag, node (managed by nvm)
  • many, if not all of these programs are utilized by my Vim setup

The core configuration of my development env (zsh, tmux, vim, helper scripts) try their best to be OS agnostic; however, there are certain instances where you just can't get around configuration for the specific platform that you're working with. For those cases, the lines are commented in/out in the config files.

Additional Resources

• Get started with your own dotfiles

  Lars Kappart has a fantastic article on dotfiles and how to get them set up. I used some of Lar's setup scripts to help with some scaffolding.