Welcome! Here is my rather unpolished .dotfile configuration. Below are some setup notes to my future self, for when I inevitably completely forget what I did or how I did it.
Follow instructions here for configuring git repo at your base path: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles
Or see local copy here, if that link no longer works: DOTFILES.
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Install Alacritty (cross platform terminal emulator): https://alacritty.org/
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Install zsh (shell): https://ohmyz.sh/
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Install zsh-autosuggestions: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions/blob/master/INSTALL.md
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Install neovim (editor): https://neovim.io/
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(optional) Install NvChad: https://nvchad.com/docs/quickstart/install
To install (modified the install location to not overwrite default Neovim location)
git clone https://github.com/NvChad/starter ~/.config/nvchadTo start (custom alias in ~/.zshrc)
nvc .-
Install fzf (command-line fuzzy finder, used by neovim): https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
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Install ripgrep (faster grep alternative written in Rust, used by neovim): https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
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Install zoxide for
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Install tmux (terminal multiplexer): https://github.com/tmux/tmux
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Clone tpm (tmux plugin manager) (yes, this is to a different directory than the tmux config directory)
git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm- Source the tmux config file within a tmux session
tmux source ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf- Install tpm plugins from within tmux session
prefix + I (this is usually Ctrl+b and then capital I)
- Source ~/.zshrc to ensure everything is working (and also maybe
~/.zshrc-macor~/.zshrc-linuxetc. to ensure everything is working correctly)
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Install Volta (cross-platform alternative to nvm): https://volta.sh/
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Use Volta to install latest Node version
- Install via rustup (do NOT use brew for this on mac!): https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
- Install Amethyst for window tiling on MacOS: https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst