Update todo items, update workspaces doc, note bug in tmi

box_setup.sh

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ echo "---- settings vars for system type -----"
         case $setup_distro in
             (arch | artix)
                 install_cmd="sudo pacman -S --noconfirm"
-                update_pkg_manager_and_defs_cmd='' # don't; update system instead?
+                update_pkg_manager_and_defs_cmd='' # don't; update system instead
                 update_pkgs_cmd='sudo pacman -Syu'
         	;;
             (debian)

docs/todo.md

@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
 # TODO items
 
-- config for calcurse (including syncing via caldav, etesync, or similar)
+## pending to call setup work initially done
-- config for mpd, and client(s), (mpd clients to consider: mpc, ncmpcpp, ncmpc, inori)
+
-- finish hyprland config and installation on linux
+- finished dwm config and installation on linux
+    - add dmenu
+    - add st
+    - xresources working? use from/within theme-changing logic?
+- finished artix/dinit setup
+    - include figuring out wiregaurd/vpn stuff
+- switch install approach from csv file to:
+    - checking for custom file for os/distro
+    - then checking custom file for overall
+    - then just installing via package manager
 - web browsers config and install (primary: qutebrowser, alt1: brave, alt2: tor)
+- config for mpd, and client(s), (mpd clients to consider: mpc, ncmpcpp, ncmpc, inori)
 - get find, xargs, and awk (use nawk) as unified as i can across system types
+
+## optional
+
 - pick rss reader; newsboat? others? option with inbox and separate queues?
 - make all these scripts POSIX-compliant (or at least usable in ksh/oksh)
 

docs/workflow-and-workspaces-scheme.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# Notes regarding my workflow and system use
+# notes regarding my workflow and system use
 
 ## workspaces layout
 
-idea from the ThePrimeagen: designated workspace/label/desktop per app/purpose
+idea from the ThePrimeagen: designated workspace/tags/desktop per app/purpose
 
 ### current layout
 
@@ -11,53 +11,33 @@ idea from the ThePrimeagen: designated workspace/label/desktop per app/purpose
 | 1.  | system monitor (htop)
 | 2.  | music makeing - misc
 | 3.  | music making - daw
-| 4.  | stack: drawing (gimp), obsidian
+| 4.  | drawing (gimp), obsidian
 | 5.  | listening/wathcing (any music, audio, or video)
 | 6.  | comms (emails, chats, av/calls)
 | 7.  | web browser
-| 8.  | terminal (primary; one-off terminals & tui apps can be anywhere)
+| 8.  | primary terminal (with tmux)
-| 9.  | programming - misc (whatever is not in primary terminal)
+| 9.  | general - misc (catch-all)
-| 0.  | general - misc (catch-all)
+| 0.  | games
 
-### guiding ideas
+- note: programs which i'm likely to use with peripherals (i.e. trackpad, mouse, stylus,
-- use this consistently accross all machines
+  etc) should be where i can navigate those screens with one hand
-    - if something not applicable for a given machine, just don't have apps or screens
+    - for me, my left hand would still be on the keyboard, so: workspaces 1 through 5
-      present, but maintain absolute position/numbering of each screen
-- structure the above so that programs which i'm likely to use with one hand off of the
-  keyboard (i.e. to use a trackpad, mouse, stylus, etc) are on the screens that allow
-  for one hand (i.e. the one still on the keyboard) to navigate those screens
-    - for me, using peripherals with right hand, so put programs likely to be used with
-      peripherals where my left hand can switch to them single-handedly (screens 1 to 5)
 
 ### usage notes
 
-- related to the layout above, my approach is to run almost every window in fullscreen
+- mental model for navigating windows:
-    - note: on macOS, this is not mac's notion of fullscreen, which basically moves
+    - each window is in a stack
-      windows to new workspaces/desktops when going to fullscreen mode; instead, when i
+        - keybinds: mod + j/k, to move down/up the stack
-      say 'fullscreen', the idea is taking up all of the normal screen (excluding any
+    - each tab is in a circular list (imagine it is horizontal)
-      menu bar at the top of the screen)
+        - keybinds: mod + h/l, to move left/right in this list
-- key bindings are set for moving window focus up/down (vim style: mod + k/j)
+    - note: in primary terminal, i'm running tmux, which has its own navigation approach,
-    - the mental model here is that every fullscreen window is in a stack, so i can move
+      refer to the tmux.conf and tmux-session-init scripts
-      focus up and down the stack (and i try to maintain consistent order in stacks,
+- my default approach is to run windows in fullscreen
-      e.g. in the comms workspace, email is always on the bottom and chat apps are above)
+    - note: on macOS, this is not mac's notion of fullscreen with windows essentially
-- for apps with tabs, pair the above mental model of a stack with a mental model of a
+      moved to a new desktop; instead, i just want the windows taking up all of the
-  circular list being in any position in that stack
+      normal screen space (excluding any menu bar at the top of the screen)
-    - so, keybindings are also set for previous/next tab (vim style: mod + h/l)
+- for the workspaces where i keep multiple apps, i try to maintain consistent order of
-    - specifically, mod+h is mapped to ctrl+shift+tab and mod+l is mapped to ctrl+tab,
+  those apps within the stack of each respective workspace
-      so it should work anywhere ctrl+tab and ctrl+shift+tab work
-- all this said, it is better to keep things simple when possible and avoid having too
-  many windows and/or tabs open at one time; however, with the designated purpose for
-  each workspace and the mental models above, it rarely takes me long to find what i need
-
-### example cases
-
-- if i want a particular browser window, i jump to workspace 9, then move focus
-  up or down until i get to the window i want; if the window is right but i need
-  a different tab, i then just move "right or left" through my tabs
-- if i want a particular music-playing app/tui, i jumpt to workspace 4 and move
-  focus up or down as needed to find it
-- variation case: if i want a particular terminal workspace, i jump to workspace
-  8, but then i'm in tmux land and navigate via the methods i've set up for tmux
 
 ## theme usage
 

src_files/.local/scripts/tmux-session-init

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ fi
 
 [[ -z $tmux_target_name ]] && exit 0
 
+# TODO: bug in the check below, matches even when target name is a subset of an existing
+#       session's name, so a new session is not created in that case even though
+#       example: existing session with name 'dwm-suckless' will match at be opened even
+#       when attempting to open a new session with a target name of only 'dwm'
 ! (echo $tmux_existing_sessions | grep -q "$tmux_target_name") &&
     tmux new-session -d -s $tmux_target_name -c $tmux_target_path &&
     tmux_hydrate $tmux_target_name $tmux_target_path