# repo containing configs and scripts to set up a box

### prerequisites
- when running on a fresh system, ensure package manager is configured
    - i.e. source repos, mirrors, etc. are configured
- zsh is installed (scripts are written for zsh)
- ensure sudo access is configured for the current user (2025-01-27, not needed on macos)
- export the env var `BOX_SETUP_OS` to indicate the operating system
    - options defined in `set_script_env_vars` file

##### prereqs, os specific, linux-placeholder
- (currently none)

##### prereqs, os specific, macos
- have to first install the package manager, [homebrew](https://brew.sh/)
- for yabai window manager (at least for now, so as to not mess with SIP settings)
    - create 9 spaces/desktops
    - in system settings, manually set keyboard shortcuts to switch between spaces
    - in system settings, for desktop/dock/mission-ctrl:
        - `click wallpaper to reveal desktop`: set to "only in stage manager"
        - all `drag windows to corner/edge/place` types of options: disabled
        - `rearrange spaces based on recent use`: disabled
        - `when switch to app... switch to space with open windows of app`: disabled
        - `displays have separate spaces`: enabled
        - `show files on desktop`: enabled

### script run
- git clone this repo (TODO: consider adding logic to handle automatically)
- from the repo's root directory, run `./box_setup`

### todo items
- config for nvim
- config for mpd, mpc, ncmpcpp
- config for ghostty
- config for mpv
    - also, on macos, get it to open within terminal or just don't install it
- config for gimp, `src_files/.config/GIMP` (dir)
    - set things in gtkrc only? still need to nest that within a sub dir?
    - or maybe just configure in gimp's gui, copy the whole resulting dir into
      `src_files/.config/GIMP` (edit out and delete what i don't need) and call it a day
- for whatever is causing it, editor/terminal/other, git rid of ligatures/name?
    - for example, `>=` is two chars (`>` then `=`), not one char/symbol
- decide on window manager for linux, then do config
- look into xquartz for macos (x/xorg emulation or something?)
- build in flags/logic for skipping certain installs/builds (and maybe configs?) on a
    given system (i.e. don't install on a company box, on a server, etc.)
- decide on and implement approach for languages and versioning
    - docker? or alternatives like podman? any license concerns?
    - asdf, or language-specific version managers?
    - hybrid of the above?