TristanHessell/dotfiles

Configuration files for my current environment.

This method of tracking configuration comes from many sources, although I have followed along via here.

Environment Setup

Get basic set of executables

  sudo apt install tmux git wget curl

Get this configuration

1. git clone --bare https://github.com/tristanHessell/dotfiles.git $HOME/.cfg
2. git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/ --work-tree=$HOME checkout
3. source .bashrc
4. config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
5. config submodule update --init --recursive

Get vim

Vim from the PPA has been updated regularly

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/vim
sudo apt-get update

Get all the good executables

  sudo apt install bat curl synapse tidy moc libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev 
  xsel cowsay ripgrep jq acpi vifm tree fortunes gimp pmount

• fzf: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
• tpm: https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm#installation
  • make sure to install the tmux plugins too
• yarn: https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install#debian-stable
• nvm: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#installing-and-updating
• yarn-autocompletions: https://github.com/dsifford/yarn-completion#installation
• an sql viewer - currently using https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/

Install snap executables

• code
• slack
• spotify

Increase number of file watchers

  echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | \
  sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p

Setup shortcuts for Ubuntu MATE UI

  loadshortcuts

To update the .conf files

  saveshortcuts

Update the git submodule'd directories

Currently this is only for vim plugins

  git submodule update --recursive --remote

Known issues:

vi

• junegunn/fzf.vim#510 (non fatal)

tmux

• error message on first load of tmux (non fatal)

How To's

Add a new plugin to vi

config submodule add <the url> .vim/pack/start/<the name>