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Ensuring that Bash uses vi mode wherever I go.

Description

I use multiple workstations, virtual machines, remote servers, etc. and like for them all to have the same feel. I finally started this repo after I'd repeatedly:

• Use a new workstation and have no idea where any of my windows are
• SSH into a VPS and hit the Escape key expecting Readline to put me in vi's normal mode, as on my laptop—but nothing would happen
• Edit a file with Vim on a remote server, but none of my shortcuts would work, breaking my workflow

Features

• All of the various Bash config files (e.g., .bash_profile, .bashrc, etc.) redirect to .bashrc, which in turn sources:
  • Scripts in .bashrc.d/, which breaks out aliases, functions, etc. into categorically named files
  • A single .bashrc.extra file containing machine-specific items that I don't want to publicize or track in version control
• Potentially conflicting OS-specific commands, configurations, etc. are broken out with Bash case statements
• A linking script, link.sh, symbolically links config files throughout their standard locations, making new installs easy
• Remote terminal windows have a different prompt style than local ones
• Does not include a .gitconfig file, so this doesn't happen to you
• No support for Windows
• and much, much more!

Built with

Utility	Agnostic	macOS	Linux
Browser	Chrome w/Vimium
Shell	Bash
Status Bar		Übersicht	i3blocks
Terminal Emulator		kitty	urxvt
Text Editor	Neovim
VPN Client		Tunnelblick	OpenVPN
Window Manager		yabai	i3

Getting started

Install

git -C "$HOME" clone https://github.com/noperator/dotfiles.git && cd "$HOME/dotfiles"
./link.sh

Configure

Create a file at blocks/.env containing the names of the Wi-Fi and Ethernet interfaces that you'd like to be displayed in the status bar. For example, on macOS this might look like:

WIFI_IFACE='en0'
ETH_IFACE='en4'

Note that the name of the VPN interface is determined automatically.

Back matter

See also

My related guides for manual tasks and configurations that aren't automatically covered by this dotfiles repo.