BattleStation

BattleStation is a salt configuration for my Ubuntu workstation.

Installation

One option for installation, is to install salt using a python package manager and then activating that virtual environment before running the commands below.

Running a State

1. Navigate to the location of the checkout out git repo
2. Type in the following command sudo salt-call state.apply --local --retcode-passthrough --file-root=$(pwd)/state --pillar-root=$(pwd)/pillar <state>

States

gnome

• Made it possible to Shift+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab between terminal tabs

nautilus

• Typeahead enabled during search (disabled in later versions of linux)

zsh

• Installed zsh
• Added oh-my-zsh
• Allowed custom zsh config to be added from git
• Added peco history
• Default to agnoster theme (installed needed fonts)
• Added pluging: zsh-syntax-highlighting

tmux

Inspired from: This post

• Mod+1..9: switch windows from 1 to 9
• Mod+, and Mod+.: switch to next/prev windows
• Mod+HJKL or arrows: switch between panes
• Mod+N: create new window
• Mod+F: toggle full-screen
• Mod+V: split vertically
• Mod+B: split horizontally (“bisect”)
• Mod+X: close pane
• Mod+/: enter copy and scroll mode
• Mod+< and Mod+>: move current window to the left/right
• Mod+Shift+HJKL or arrows: move pane to the left/right/up/down
• Mod+Shift+X: close window
• Mod+Shift+R: rename window

TODO: Install tree TODO: Install espanso