dotfiles-and-setup/README.md

dotfiles, plus scripts for box setup

prereqs

• zsh and git installed
• git clone this repo

specific prereqs, linux distros

• sudo access is configured for current user

specific prereqs, macos

• install the package manager, homebrew
• for aerospace window manager, have only 1 workspace/desktop
• manual settings, refer to ref/macos-system-settings

script run

• (run these commands from repo's root dir)
• to do the full setup, run: ./box_setup.sh <OS-name>
• to copy dotfiles only, run: ./copy_dotfiles.sh
  • NOTE: the copy_dotfiles.sh script may not work if ENV vars are not set as expected

after script run

• complete manual actions specified in ref/post-run-manual

todo items

• choose window manager for linux, then configure
• config for: terminal (ghostty); shell; mpd, mpc, ncmpcpp; 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
  • language-specific? asdf? no, not asdf, mise seems better from what i hear so far
  • docker? or alternatives like podman? any license concerns?