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# dotfiles, plus scripts for box setup
### instructions
- fulfill prerequisites (see below)
- script run options:
- if repo present on system, run from the repo's root:
```
./box_setup.sh <OS-name>
```
- if repo not present, run:
```
curl -LO https://git.drinkingtea.net/david/box-setup/raw/branch/master/box_setup.sh
sh box_setup.sh <OS-name>
```
- then delete the script file afterwards (repo should have been copied to dev dir)
### prerequisites
- zsh is installed (scripts are written for zsh)
- system-specific items below are fulfilled
##### prereqs, os specific, linux distros
- sudo access is configured for current user
##### prereqs, os specific, macos
- install the package manager, [homebrew](https://brew.sh/)
- for yabai window manager (so as to not mess with SIP settings)
- create 9 spaces/desktops
- system settings > keyboard shortcuts: set keys to switch between spaces/desktops
- system settings > desktop/dock/mission-control:
- `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
### todo items
- config for window manager for linux (first, decide which wm to use)
- config for terminal emulator (currently ghostty)
- config for mpd, mpc, ncmpcpp
- config for mpv
- config for gimp, `src_files/.config/GIMP` (dir)
- set things in gtkrc only? still need to nest that within a sub dir?
- or configure in gimp, copy resulting dir to `src_files/.config/GIMP`, call it a day
- decide on and implement approach for languages and versioning
- asdf, or language-specific version managers?
- docker? or alternatives like podman? any license concerns?
- hybrid of the above?