This is my collection of dotfiles for my daily GNU/Linux environment, tweaked to my liking. If you wish to get the same setup as mine, follow the instructions below.
For starters, here is the link to all the pages on my website that you might find interesting. I’ll describe them in more details below.
- [[file:installation.org][Arch Linux bootstrap script]]
As you can see, I personally use [[https://fishshell.com/][fish]] as my shell of choice, and [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][Emacs]] 28.0 (using the ~native-comp~ branch) using [[http://spacemacs.org][Spacemacs]] (still with Emacs keybinding in Insert mode but with Evil in Normal mode) as my main text editor.
When it comes to my graphical UI, I do not have any desktop environment. Instead, I have a tiling window manager, [[https://awesomewm.org/][Awesome]]. I used to use [[https://github.com/Airblader/i3][i3-gaps]], an [[https://i3wm.org/][i3]] fork by [[https://github.com/Airblader/i3][Airblader]], with which I used [[https://polybar.github.io/][Polybar]] as well as [[https://github.com/dylanaraps/pywal][pywal]] to define my system’s color scheme. But now, as said above, I prefer to use Awesome. It has a built-in status bar which I use, and I settled on the dark [[https://www.nordtheme.com/][Nord theme]] for pretty much everything I use.
Finally, you can find my configuration for my ErgodoxEZ keyboard [[https://configure.ergodox-ez.com/ergodox-ez/layouts/5WrVw/latest/0][here]]. It is optimized for usage with the Bépo layout set as a software layout. It has also a layer set to emulate a Qwerty layout when using the Bépo software layout due to some games that do not offer to remap keys (I’m looking at you, Among Us).
- Emacs configuration perfectly tailored for my own use
- Beautiful and comfy i3 and polybar configuration
- And enough information below to get basically the same distro install as I have on my main computer and my travel laptop.
Most of the org files you will find in this repos are the actual source code of much of my config files. For instance, the bootstrap found in [[file:installation.org][installation.org]] exports almost all of its code snippets to [[file:.config/yadm/bootstrap][.config/yadm/bootstrap]] thanks to =M-x org-babel-tangle= from within Emacs. Below I will also present and comment some of my short config files which do not deserve to have a full org file dedicated to them.
AwesomeWM is the TWM I use the most on my computer between itself and i3. My configuration for it is documented in detail in its corresponding document, which you can find [[file:awesome.org][here]].
The i3 configuration is detailed in its corresponding README which you can find [[file:i3.org][here]]. Be aware I do not use i3 anymore, and I will not update it until I may someday use it again. This was deprecated on August 22nd, 2020.
My annotated polybar config can be found [[file:polybar.org][here]], if you wish to use it. Be aware I do not use polybar anymore, and I will not update it until I may someday use it again. This was deprecated on August 22nd, 2020.
This file is tangled at ~$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0~. This is an equivalent for the GTK3 configuration file you will see below, and it shares most of its settings. First, let’s select the Nordic theme for GTK2. Let’s also set the icon theme.
#+BEGIN_SRC conf-unix
# -*- mode: unix-config -*-
gtk-theme-name="Nordic"
gtk-icon-theme-name="Flat-Remix-Dark"
#+END_SRC
#+BEGIN_SRC conf-unix
gtk-xft-antialias=1
gtk-xft-hinting=1
gtk-xft-hintstyle="hintslight"
#+END_SRC
This changes the shortcuts in menu, let’s also make the menus snappier.
The following file helps me choosing the aspect of various GTK+ 3 software, including their theme and icons. First, let’s declare the header:
#+BEGIN_SRC conf-unix
[Settings]
#+END_SRC
Now, let’s hint to GTK that I prefer dark themes. This can have an influence also on some websites that can detect this preference and therefore set their own theme to dark by themselves.
#+BEGIN_SRC conf-unix
gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme = true
#+END_SRC
Next, the icon theme is the Flat Remix Dark icon theme:
#+BEGIN_SRC conf-unix
gtk-icon-theme-name = Flat-Remix-Dark
#+END_SRC
Now, the general theme for GTK3 is Nordic.
#+BEGIN_SRC conf-unix
gtk-theme-name = Nordic
#+END_SRC
#+BEGIN_SRC conf-unix
gtk-can-change-accels=1
gtk-menu-bar-popup-delay=0
gtk-menu-popdown-delay=0
gtk-menu-popup-delay=0
#+END_SRC
#+BEGIN_SRC conf-unix
gtk-xft-antialias=1
gtk-xft-hinting=1
gtk-xft-hintstyle=hintslight
# gtk-xft-rgba=rgb
#+END_SRC
Since window decorations are handled by my WMs, I will leave this variable empty.
Picom is a standalone compositor for Xorg, and the successor to Compton, itself successor to xcompmgr-dana, itself a fork of xcompmgr. You can find my Picom configuration [[file:picom.org][here]].
My Xresources file is very short. Indeed, it only contains two lines which are dedicated to my =st= terminal to set its font and shell. The font is set as follows.
#+BEGIN_SRC conf
st.font: Fantasque Sans Mono:size=10:antialias=true
#+END_SRC
I can also set the transparency of st (my terminal emulator) like so:
#+BEGIN_SRC conf
st.alpha: 0.85
#+END_SRC
Next is the declaration of my color theme. It is based on the [[https://www.nordtheme.com/][Nord]] theme, from their [[https://github.com/arcticicestudio/nord-xresources/][Git repository]].
You can find my Emacs config, based on Spacemacs, in my [[https://labs.phundrak.com/phundrak/dotfiles/src/branch/master/.spacemacs][.spacemacs]] file, and my user configuration in my [[file:emacs.org][emacs.org]] file.
Although it is a very simple piece of software, nano does offer some customization. Mine can be found in my [[file:~/org/config-website/nano.org][nano.org]] file. Be aware I do not use nano anymore, and I will not update it until I may someday use it again. This was deprecated on August 28th, 2020.
I have written some scripts that help me daily accomplish some simple tasks, like mounting and unmounting a drive or Android device, an emoji picker, a utility to set up my Wacom tablet, and so on. You can find them stored in my [[file:bin.org][bin.org]] file along with their detailed explanation in the README placed in the same folder —which is actually their source code once the org-mode file gets tangled.
Sometimes, there are some lines that always reappear in gitignores. So, instead of always adding them, let git now that some elements are to be ignored by default, hence the [[file:.gitignore_global][~/.gitignore_global]] file. First, we don’t want nano’s backup files.
#+BEGIN_SRC text
~*
#+END_SRC
And object files and output binaries generated by =gcc= and the likes aren’t welcome either.
You can find my tmux configuration in [[file:tmux.org][tmux.org]]. It depends on the submodule [[https://github.com/gpakosz/.tmux.git][.tmux]] by [[https://pempek.net/][Gregory Pakosz]].
- [[https://www.rust-lang.org/][Rust]] (stable and nightly)
- [[https://www.latex-project.org/][LaTeX]] and [[http://xetex.sourceforge.net/][XeTeX]] (=texlive= packages on Arch Linux)
- [[https://github.com/tmux/tmux][tmux]], based on [[https://github.com/gpakosz/.tmux][this repo]]’s configuration by [[https://pempek.net/][Grégory Pakosz]].
- And a bunch of other stuff, see below
And some other stuff scattered around in my dotfiles.
For an installation walkthrough of my Arch Linux installation, check out my [[file:installation.org][installation.org]] file where I walk you through the first manual steps and through the bootstrap you can execute to automatically take care of a lot of elements.
All of my dotfiles (and my dotfiles only) are available under the GNU GPLv3 Licence. Please consult [[file:LICENCE.md]] for more information. In short: you are free to access, edit and redistribute all of my dotfiles under the same licence and as allowed by the licence, and if you fuck up something, it’s your own responsibility.
