Various small changes from the last week or so

README.md

@@ -26,9 +26,14 @@
 --------
 
 ### todo items
-- config for: terminal (ghostty? foot? havoc?); shell; mpd, mpc, ncmpcpp; mpv
+- config for: terminal (kitty? havoc?); shell; mpd, mpc, ncmpcpp; mpv
-- hyprland config on linux
+- 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
@@ -37,3 +42,4 @@
     - 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
+

box_setup.sh

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
     exit 0
 }
 
+echo "---- settings vars for system type -----"
+
 # determine OS and, if linux, distro
 [[ "$OSTYPE" = *"darwin"* ]] && setup_os="macos" || {
     [[ "$OSTYPE" = *"linux"* ]] && setup_os="linux" && {

install_programs.sh

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ scripts_from_dir=($(find_scripts_in_dir "./installs_and_builds"))
     scripts_from_dir+=($(find_scripts_in_dir "./installs_and_builds/work_placeholder"))
 }
 
-echo "---- installing programs ---------------------------------------------"
+echo "---- installing programs ---------------"
 echo "-------- for system types: $system_types_list"
 install_scripts_from_list "${scripts_from_dir[@]}"
 

installs_and_builds/s02_utils

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ ${=BOX_SETUP_INSTALL_COMMAND} \
     parallel \
     make \
     cmake \
-    gettext
+    gettext \
-# TODO: add to above a system info monitor like htop, btop, gotop, or something similar
+    htop
 
 utils_package_name_pandoc="pandoc"
 case $BOX_SETUP_DISTRO in

make_dirs.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/zsh
 
+echo "---- making system dirs ----------------"
 source ./src_files/.config/zsh/.zshenv # ensure env vars set for use below
 
 # some standard/common directories, some overlap/use in XDG directories

ref/post-run.md

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
 # Manual steps needed after dotfile copy and/or installs
 
-currently none, wooooo
+## macOS
+
+- skhd
+    - run `skhd --start-service`
+    - grant skhd permission in accessibility settings
+    - run `skhd --restart-service`
+- aerospace
+    - grant aerospace permission in accessibility settings
+    - likely need system reboot before aerospace works
+

ref/workflow-and-workspaces-scheme.md

@@ -4,20 +4,20 @@
 
 idea from the ThePrimeagen: designated workspace/label/desktop per app/purpose
 
-### current layout/plan
+### current layout
 
-| workspace number                                             | wm layout/mode         |
+| key | app/focus |
-|--------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
+|-----|-----------|
-| 1. notes (stack: nvim, obsidian)                             | stack                  |
+| 1.  | notes (nvim, obsidian) |
-| 2. music makeing - misc                                      | stack                  |
+| 2.  | music makeing - misc |
-| 3. music making - daw                                        | floating (workaround)  |
+| 3.  | music making - daw |
-| 4. drawing (currently: gimp)                                 | stack                  |
+| 4.  | drawing (gimp) |
-| 5. music/audio listening                                     | stack                  |
+| 5.  | music/audio listening |
-| 6. comms (stack: emails, chats, av/calls)                    | stack                  |
+| 6.  | comms (emails, chats, av/calls) |
-| 7. web browser                                               | stack                  |
+| 7.  | web browser |
-| 8. terminal (primary; one-offs & tui apps can be anywhere)   | stack                  |
+| 8.  | terminal (primary; one-off terminals & tui apps can be anywhere) |
-| 9. programming - misc (whatever is not in terminal)          | stack                  |
+| 9.  | programming - misc (whatever is not in primary terminal) |
-| 0. general - misc (catch-all)                                | stack                  |
+| 0.  | general - misc (catch-all) |
 
 ### ideas/guidelines:
 - use this consistently accross all machines

src_files/.config/btop/btop.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#? Config file for btop v. 1.4.5
+
+vim_keys = True # shift+h help, shift+k kill
+log_level = "WARNING" #* opt: ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG
+
+update_ms = 4000
+
+show_battery = True
+selected_battery = "Auto"
+show_battery_watts = True
+
+color_theme = "~/.config/btop/themes/theme.theme"
+theme_background = False #* True: show theme background, False: needed for transparency
+truecolor = True
+rounded_corners = False
+force_tty = False
+
+#* graph options: default, block, tty, braille
+graph_symbol = "braille"
+graph_symbol_cpu = "default"
+graph_symbol_mem = "default"
+graph_symbol_net = "default"
+graph_symbol_proc = "default"
+
+#* presets boxname:pos:graph - pos (0, 1), graph (default, block, tty, braille)
+presets = "cpu:1:default,proc:0:default cpu:0:default,mem:0:default,net:0:default cpu:0:block,net:0:tty"
+shown_boxes = "proc mem net cpu" # opt: cpu mem net proc gpu0 gpu1 gpu2 gpu3 gpu4 gpu5
+
+proc_sorting = "cpu lazy"
+proc_reversed = False
+proc_left = True
+proc_tree = False
+proc_colors = True #* cpu graph colors in proc list
+proc_gradient = False
+proc_per_core = False
+proc_mem_bytes = True
+proc_cpu_graphs = False
+proc_info_smaps = False #* /proc/[pid]/smaps for proc memory info, accurate but slow
+proc_filter_kernel = False
+proc_aggregate = False #* aggregate child procs under parent in tree view
+
+cpu_graph_upper = "user" #* opt: Auto, total, idle, system, user (maybe others per system)
+cpu_graph_lower = "total"
+cpu_invert_lower = False
+cpu_single_graph = False
+cpu_bottom = False
+show_uptime = True
+show_cpu_watts = True #* requires `make setcap`, `make setuid`, or sudo
+check_temp = True
+cpu_sensor = "Auto"
+show_coretemp = True
+cpu_core_map = "" #* form x:y x:y, x is core with wrong temp, y is core with correct temp
+temp_scale = "celsius" #* opt: celsius, fahrenheit, kelvin, rankine
+base_10_sizes = False #* False to use KiB = 1024, True to use KB = 1000
+show_cpu_freq = True
+clock_format = "%H /host"
+background_update = True #* set False if menu flicker
+custom_cpu_name = ""
+
+#* disks_filter: mountpoint full paths; can prepend exclude= to show all non-matches
+disks_filter = ""
+
+mem_graphs = True #* True for graphs, False for meters
+mem_below_net = False #* mem box below net box
+zfs_arc_cached = True #* cached and available mem include ZFS ARC
+show_swap = True
+swap_disk = True #* swap as a disk, overrides show_swap setting
+show_disks = True
+only_physical = True #* True for physical disks only, False includes network/RAM/etc
+use_fstab = True #* disks from /etc/fstab, overrides only_physical value
+zfs_hide_datasets = False #* hide datasets and show zfs pools instead
+disk_free_priv = False #* show free space for privileged users
+show_io_stat = True
+io_mode = False #* show big graphs for disk read/write
+io_graph_combined = False #* graph shows combined read/write
+io_graph_speeds = "" #* graph top speed in MiB/s (default 100), format "mountpoint:speed"
+
+net_download = 100 #* network graph fixed values, Mebibits, only used if net_auto False
+net_upload = 100
+net_auto = True #* graph auto rescaling mode, ignores net_download and net_upload values
+net_sync = True #* sync download/upload, auto scale to highest
+net_iface = "" #* start with this interface
+base_10_bitrate = "Auto"

src_files/.config/btop/themes/theme.theme

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+placeholder, will be replaced with symlink during copy_dotfiles.sh

src_files/.config/gimp/gimprc

@@ -47,6 +47,48 @@
     (dash-offset 0)
     (dash-info 0)
     (emulate-brush-dynamics no))
+(default-view
+    (show-menubar yes)
+    (show-statusbar no)
+    (show-rulers no)
+    (show-scrollbars yes)
+    (show-selection yes)
+    (show-layer-boundary no)
+    (show-canvas-boundary yes)
+    (show-guides yes)
+    (show-grid no)
+    (show-sample-points yes)
+    (snap-to-guides yes)
+    (snap-to-grid no)
+    (snap-to-canvas no)
+    (snap-to-path no)
+    (snap-to-bbox no)
+    (snap-to-equidistance no)
+    (padding-mode default)
+    (padding-color
+        (color "R'G'B'A float" 16 "\1\0\200\77\1\0\200\77\1\0\200\77\0\0\200\77" 0))
+    (padding-in-show-all no))
+(default-fullscreen-view
+    (show-menubar yes)
+    (show-statusbar no)
+    (show-rulers no)
+    (show-scrollbars yes)
+    (show-selection yes)
+    (show-layer-boundary no)
+    (show-canvas-boundary yes)
+    (show-guides yes)
+    (show-grid no)
+    (show-sample-points yes)
+    (snap-to-guides yes)
+    (snap-to-grid no)
+    (snap-to-canvas no)
+    (snap-to-path no)
+    (snap-to-bbox no)
+    (snap-to-equidistance no)
+    (padding-mode default)
+    (padding-color
+        (color "R'G'B'A float" 16 "\1\0\200\77\1\0\200\77\1\0\200\77\0\0\200\77" 0))
+    (padding-in-show-all no))
 
 
 # end of gimprc

src_files/.config/gimp/shortcutsrc

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 (file-version 1)
-(action "windows-hide-docks" "<Shift><Control>d")
+(action "view-show-rulers" "<Shift><Control>r")
 (action "view-zoom-fit-in" "<Shift><Control>f")
+(action "windows-hide-docks" "<Shift><Control>d")

src_files/.config/htop/htoprc

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Beware! This file is rewritten by htop when settings are changed in the interface.
+# The parser is also very primitive, and not human-friendly.
+htop_version=3.4.1
+config_reader_min_version=3
+fields=0 48 17 18 38 39 2 46 47 49 1
+hide_kernel_threads=1
+hide_userland_threads=0
+hide_running_in_container=0
+shadow_other_users=0
+show_thread_names=0
+show_program_path=1
+highlight_base_name=0
+highlight_deleted_exe=1
+shadow_distribution_path_prefix=0
+highlight_megabytes=1
+highlight_threads=1
+highlight_changes=0
+highlight_changes_delay_secs=5
+find_comm_in_cmdline=1
+strip_exe_from_cmdline=1
+show_merged_command=0
+header_margin=1
+screen_tabs=1
+detailed_cpu_time=0
+cpu_count_from_one=0
+show_cpu_usage=1
+show_cpu_frequency=0
+show_cached_memory=1
+update_process_names=0
+account_guest_in_cpu_meter=0
+color_scheme=1
+enable_mouse=1
+delay=40
+hide_function_bar=0
+header_layout=two_50_50
+column_meters_0=Battery DateTime Hostname System Uptime Blank AllCPUs2 AllCPUs8 Blank
+column_meter_modes_0=1 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2
+column_meters_1=Tasks LoadAverage Blank Memory Swap MemorySwap Blank DiskIO FileDescriptors Blank NetworkIO NetworkIO
+column_meter_modes_1=2 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
+tree_view=0
+sort_key=47
+tree_sort_key=0
+sort_direction=-1
+tree_sort_direction=1
+tree_view_always_by_pid=0
+all_branches_collapsed=0
+screen:Main=PID USER PRIORITY NICE M_VIRT M_RESIDENT STATE PERCENT_CPU PERCENT_MEM TIME Command
+.sort_key=PERCENT_MEM
+.tree_sort_key=PID
+.tree_view_always_by_pid=0
+.tree_view=0
+.sort_direction=-1
+.tree_sort_direction=1
+.all_branches_collapsed=0

src_files/.config/nvim/lua/key_mappings.lua

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ kmgAutocmd('FileType', {
 })
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- quickfix TODO: learn about quickfix (:help quickfix), then maybe use these
+-- quickfix TODO: learn about quickfix (:help quickfix), then set mappings
 
 -- vim.keymap.set("n", "<C-k>", "<cmd>cnext<CR>zz")
 -- vim.keymap.set("n", "<C-j>", "<cmd>cprev<CR>zz")

src_files/.config/obsidian/appearance.json

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 {
   "theme": "obsidian",
   "accentColor": "#2f930e",
-  "baseFontSize": 18
+  "baseFontSize": 18,
+  "enabledCssSnippets": [
+    "theme-transparency"
+  ],
+  "translucency": false
 }

src_files/.config/obsidian/snippets/theme-transparency.css

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+.custom-frames-frame,
+.view-header,
+.view-header-title-container,
+.workspace-leaf,
+.is-focused .workspace-leaf.mod-active .view-header,
+.workspace-split.mod-root,
+.workspace-split.mod-root .view-content,
+.workspace-split.mod-root .view-header,
+.workspace-tab-header-container {
+  background: transparent !important;
+}
+.app-container {
+  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7) !important;
+}
+svg.canvas-background {
+    display: none !important;
+}
+

src_files/.config/zsh/.zshenv

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ export XDG_STATE_HOME="$DIR_LOCAL/state"
 export XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/local/share:/usr/share"
 #export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg" # TODO: does this work on macOS?
 
+# directory for theme/style stuff
+export DIR_THEME_SETTINGS="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/this-box-theme"
+
 # zsh
 export ZDOTDIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zsh" # may already be set, set anyway
 

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

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ tmux_hydrate() {
 
 tmux_existing_sessions=$(tmux list-sessions 2> /dev/null || echo '')
 tmux_search_dirs=(
-    $DIR_HOME_BOX
-    $DIR_DEV
     $DIR_GIT_PROJECTS/*
+    $DIR_DEV
+    $DIR_HOME_BOX
 )
 tmux_target_name=''
 tmux_target_path=''