Dotfiles

A compilation of dotfiles for the most important software I use in my Linux distro of choice.

Software

Zsh

Zsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although is also a powerful scripting language.

Nvim

My currrent configuration uses Neovim 8.3, Packer as the plugin manager and Mason to manage LSP server/utility installation, such as linters, formatters and debuggers. For more information go to Nvim readme page.

Alacritty

Alacritty is my current terminal emulator. It is written in Rust and UX is quite flawless. It requires minimal configuration since first installation. My dotfiles for Alacritty are stored in .config/alacritty/alacritty.yml. Every possible configuration is commented in the yaml file, so that is good starting point whenever you need to specify some custom setting.

Tmux

Tmux is a terminal multiplexer which is highly customizable and full of features. In my particular use case Tmux is used as a window manager, allowing the creation of sessions, windows (tabs) and panes (instances of terminals inside windows). The keymap is defined in its customization file .tmux.conf, which is located in the user directory.

Usage

This repo is designed to be imported with the user folder as the root folder (e.g., /home/user). Folders inside .config for zsh and nvim are expected to be empty or without any file name conflicting with the ones defined in this repo. The usual procedure to put the dotfiles to use is as follows:

Nvim

Installing Neovim and opening for the first time should suffice for it to load The dot files and start to import every plugin component defined in its configuration files.

Zsh

git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/juandarr/dotfiles
git pull origin main

Don't forget to clone the Zsh plugins using the bash script in .config/zsh/plugins. If needed, give execution permissions to such file with sudo chmod +x get_plugins.sh. The names of the main plugin files (extension .zsh) should match the ones defined inside .zshrc.

Alacritty

After cloning the repo to the user folder and installing Alacritty you will be able to use the terminal with most of the defined custom settings. To get the custom theme (catpuccin is my current choice), run the bash file in .config/alacritty/get_addons.sh. If needed, give execution to such file with sudo chmod +x file_path.

Tmux

Install Tmux for your particular distro. As of 02/19/2023 I am using Fedora, so installing Tmux is as easy as sudo dnf install tmux. Once Tmux has been installed, the configuration file imported from this repo (located at the user root) will define keymaps, status lines, themes and more.