dotfiles

dotfiles

Configuration files for:

• Vim (7.4+) or NeoVim
• Vimperator (3.8+)
• Tmux (1.8+)
• Zsh (4.3.17+)
• Other bits and pieces

Heavy preference for vim-like bindings.

Installation

Clone to a home folder. Run make install or ./install. Restart the terminal session.

Recommended

• Colour palette: Solarized.
• Font: Meslo for Powerline (works well with Rainbarf).
• NeoVim or Vim+Python/Ruby support - for Vim-Plug parallel downloads.
• The Silver Searcher - fast code search (Ack included as fallback).
• Pandoc - Vim creates documents from .pandoc files (Pandoc Markdown).
• pandoc-citeproc - bibliographical assistance when using Pandoc.

Usage

Below is a non-exhaustive list of dotfiles usage.

Zsh

• z folder jumping enabled, i.e. z regex = cd /path/with/regex.
• Shell prompt displays Git repository info and work tree status.
• Mostly-Mnemonic Git shortcuts, e.g. gs is git status, gd is git diff.
• SSH agent use is encouraged. ssh-add is run at shell start if an identity is not already loaded.
• A .zshlocal file can contain machine-specific settings.

Vim

Space is the <Leader>.

• <Leader>w saves.
• <Leader>q closes files.
• <Leader>l lists loaded buffers and lets you jump to them by number.
• <Leader>p fuzzy-finds files.
• <Leader>f fuzzy-finds functions in the current file.
• <Leader>t opens a function/variable list for the current file.
• <Leader>n toggles line numbers.
• <Leader>c finds VCS conflict markers.
• Additional text objects exist (see 'Text Objects' in plugins.vim).
• Saving .pandoc files also outputs .docx versions.
• :Goyo for distraction-free writing.
• :Dark, :Light and :Neon colour schemes available.

Tmux

<C-a> = Ctrl-a = the tmux prefix.

• <C-a> + [vi motion] moves around panes.
• <C-a> + <C-[vi motion]> moves around windows.
• Alt/Meta + number moves to window number (1-10).
• <C-a> + - cuts a pane horizontally,
• <C-a> + \ cuts a pane vertically (think |).
• <C-a> + s starts synchronized panes.
• <C-a><C-s> swaps between sessions.
• Mouse support works for selecting and resizing panes/windows.

Vimperator

Apart from the default Vimperator goodness e.g.

• / searches like vim.
• f and F follow links on this tab/in a new tab.
• et cetera...

These dotfiles provide the following:

• h and l - move left and right between tabs.
• j and k - scroll the page down and up.
• H, J, K, L - scroll the page slowly (left, down, up, right).
• <C-h> and <C-l> - relocate a tab left and right.