My Configuration

Hello there! These are my dotfiles, which are text-based configuration files for most of the programs I use on Linux. I have dabbled in a few different window managers, but my current daily driver - and hence the only one that is in any sort of working order - is XMonad. See my XMonad config README.md for more XMonad-specific information!

Setup on fresh install

1. Dependencies:

   • Required: aur/nerd-fonts-ubuntu-mono
   • Optional: exa neofetch nvim I also use autorandr to automatically manage my monitors.

2. Clone

   alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles-git/ --work-tree=$HOME'
   echo .dotfiles-git >> .gitignore
   git clone --bare https://github.com/quarkQuark/dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles-git
   dotfiles checkout
   dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

3. Vim-plug must be installed for the vim configuration to work properly Vim also needs:

   nnn
   fzy
   ripgrep

4. Xmonad is installed via stack-static from the aur:

   cd ~/.config/xmonad
   stack install
   cd ~/.config/taffybar
   stack install
   stack install xmobar
   stack install status-notifier-item  # For taffybar's system tray

   My xmonad configuration also depends on the following packages:

   • System: network-manager nitrogen aur/picom-ibhagwan-git
   • Default programs: alacritty nvim qutebrowser redshift rofi spectacle
   • Bar applets: network-manager-applet udiskie pasystray
   • For xmobar: stalonetray xfce4-power-manager
   • For taffybar: lxqt-power-management
   • Other:

     dzen2  # For the keybinding cheatsheet
     xcape  # For rebinding C-Esc to super

Usage

• Push local changes:

  dotfiles add <filepath>
  dotfiles commit -m "<message>"
  dotfiles push

• Pull upstream changes:

  dotfiles pull

How this repository was set up

1. Initialise local bare git repository .dotfiles-git

   mkdir $HOME/.dotfiles-git
   git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles-git
   alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles-git/ --work-tree=$HOME'
   dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

2. Add some config files to back up (.bashrc used as example)

   git add .bashrc
   git commit -m "Add .bashrc"

3. Create new GitHub repository dotfiles

4. Link the two

   dotfiles remote add origin https://github.com/quarkQuark/dotfiles.git
   dotfiles push -u origin master