dotfiles: A Shell repository from alxndr

Nothin' to see here but some invisible files.

prereqs

Set up SSH... generate new keypair add GitHub stuff to ~/.ssh/config if it's not there already ssh-add the privkey... finally let GitHub know about the pubkey

Clone the repo

setup

zsh

Install oh-my-zsh to configure zsh.

Homebrew

Install Homebrew and then:

brew install \
  asdf \
  lua luarocks \
  neovim \
  ripgrep fzf fd \
  chafa \
  entr \
  difftastic \
  dos2unix

install these dotfiles

ln -s .zshrc   ~
ln -s .zshenv  ~
ln -s alxndr.zsh-theme  ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes
mkdir -p ~/.config
ln -s nvim        ~/.config/
ln -s .gitconfig  ~/.config/

asdf setup

asdf plugin add nodejs https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-nodejs.git \
  && asdf install nodejs latest
asdf plugin add ruby https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-ruby.git \
  && asdf install ruby latest

neovim setup

It'll start off saying "module 'paq' not found" because you gotta install it separately first...

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/savq/paq-nvim.git \
    "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/pack/paqs/start/paq-nvim

Then install the other modules...

nvim -c 'PaqInstall|TSUpdate'

Might then complain about "Node JS not found: node is not executable!" if you haven't done something like asdf install nodejs latest...

...or Vim(lua):E5108: Error executing lua .../start/nvim-treesitter/lua/nvim-treesitter/highlight.lua:14: attempt to index local 'hlmap' (a nil value)

[Unison] backup tool

other things

Inconsolata for Powerline or other patched fonts
iTerm 2
- Settings > General
  - in Window tab, uncheck "Native full screen windows"
    - in earlier versions, this was labeled "Use Lion-style fullscreen windows"
- Settings > Profile
  - newer versions have "Use built-in Powerline glyphs": Prefs > Profiles > Text > Text Rendering
    - older: use Inconsolata for Powerline as the font
  - /bin/zsh as the login shell
  - blinking cursor
  - unlimited scrollback
LittleSnitch
SizeUp

OS/version-specific notes

macOS 14 (Sonoma)

Oooh shiny... upgraded the 2021 MBP and it kept the settings...

macOS 13 (Ventura)

2021 MBP

Prefs...
- Keyboard
  - Dvorak layout inder Input Sources
  - turn on "Keyboard navigation" (tab / shift-tab)
  - "Press 🌐 key to": "Show Emoji & Symbols" 🎉
  - "Keyboard Shortcuts…" button opens a panel, "Modifier Keys" tab lets you map Caps Lock to Control
- Mouse / Trackpad
  - tap-to-click
  - double-tap-to-right-click
- Accessibility
  - "three-finger drag" is in Accessibility > Pointer Control > Trackpad Options button, "Enable dragging": "with three finger drag" (make sure there's no 'normal' 3-finger gesture which conflicts)
  - "Reduce motion" option in Display
Auto-Hide Dock (right-click the dock, "Turn Hiding On")
iTerm 2
Karabiner
Bartender

macOS 12 (Monterey)

2020 MBP

Prefs...
- "three-finger drag" is in Accessibility > Pointer Control > Trackpad Options button, "Enable dragging": "with three finger drag" (make sure there's no 'normal' 3-finger gesture which conflicts)
- "Reduce motion" option 🎉 🍾 Accessibility > Display
- use Tab to skip through buttons: Keyboard > Shortcuts tab > checkbox at the bottom "Use keyboard navigation to move focus forward..."
  - not the one in Accessibility > Keyboard > Navigation tab > "Enable Full Keyboard Access"
Apps...
- iTerm2 (of course)
- Karabiner (to turn Enter into Control when held)
  - Complex Modifications > "Change return to control if pressed with other keys..."
  - installing Karabiner seems to moot the built-in CL-to-Ctrl mapping, so have to set it up in Karabiner as well
- Markdown Editor

OS X 10.13 (High Sierra)

dvorak keyboard
karabiner needs permissions
restore from Time Machine works pretty pretty pretty well

OS X 10.12

Dvorak keyboard
Karabiner
Chrome: Warn Before Quitting

OS X 10.10.5

Dvorak keyboard:
- System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources, + button, English > Dvorak
restore F-number keys:
- System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard, check "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys"
rip out the spell checker:
- System Preferences > Keyboard > Text, uncheck "Correct spelling automatically"
rip out a bunch of keyboard shortcuts:
- System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts, uncheck pretty much everything except for the Screen Shots
turn off hold-letter-for-accent-marks:
- defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
enable using Tab to move keyboard focus between all sorts of GUI controls
- System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts, under "Full Keyboard Access […]" select the "All controls" radio button
turn Caps Lock into Control
- System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys button > set Caps Lock to Control
make the trackpad make sense:
- System Preferences > Trackpad > Point & Click > check only "Tap to click", "Secondary click", "Three finger drag"
- System Preferences > Trackpad > Scroll & Zoom > check only "Scroll direction: natural"
- System Preferences > Trackpad > Scroll & Zoom > check only "Notification Center", "Mission Control", "Show Desktop"
only show one OS X Menu Bar when using multiple monitors:
- System Preferences > Mission Control > uncheck "Displays have separate Spaces", then re-login

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