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 - complete manual actions specified in [ref/post-run](ref/post-run.md)
 
-## todo items
-
-- config for: terminal (kitty? havoc?); shell; mpd, mpc, ncmpcpp; mpv
-- hyprland config and install on linux
-- web browsers config and install
-- get find, xargs, awk (use nawk) as unified as i can across system types
-- decide on docker? or alternatives like podman? any license concerns?
-- pick rss reader; newsboat? others? option with inbox and separate queues?
-- decide if i even want a filemanager; if yes, pick one and configure
-- decide what i'm doing for music streaming; spotify official? web? tui option?
-- switch installation approach, use csv file with programs to install, install types,
-  any extra flags/opts, comments
-    - regarding the system-types idea i'd started to build in already, maybe have a
-      column for filtering in the csv file, or just have multiple csv files corresponding
-      to a base/core install, a music-studio install, a employer/work machine, etc.
-    - alternate idea: columns for "include_in_systems" and/or "excluded_from_systems"
-        - if both, likely apply the include column first, then the exclude (priority)
-- add command in tmux to perform cd to a given dir in all windows of the current session
-- in pina theme, cursor (cursorline) and comments (rendered in neovim) are same color, fix
-
 ## attribution
 
 ### Original pattern/approach and some key config logic
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+# todo items
+
+- config for: terminal (kitty? havoc?); shell; mpd, mpc, ncmpcpp; mpv
+- hyprland config and install on linux
+- web browsers config and install
+- get find, xargs, awk (use nawk) as unified as i can across system types
+- decide on docker? or alternatives like podman? any license concerns?
+- pick rss reader; newsboat? others? option with inbox and separate queues?
+- decide if i even want a filemanager; if yes, pick one and configure
+- decide what i'm doing for music streaming; spotify official? web? tui option?
+- switch installation approach, use csv file with programs to install, install types,
+  any extra flags/opts, comments
+    - regarding the system-types idea i'd started to build in already, maybe have a
+      column for filtering in the csv file, or just have multiple csv files corresponding
+      to a base/core install, a music-studio install, a employer/work machine, etc.
+    - alternate idea: columns for "include_in_systems" and/or "excluded_from_systems"
+        - if both, likely apply the include column first, then the exclude (priority)
+- add command in tmux to perform cd to a given dir in all windows of the current session
+- in pina theme, cursor (cursorline) and comments (rendered in neovim) are same color, fix
+