dotfiles

dotfiles

These are configuration files for:

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

The configs reflect a heavy preference for vim-like bindings.

Requirements

• The configs only make sense with at least zsh and vim installed.
• zsh has been used with 4.3.17 and up.
• vim can work with 7.3, but is best with 7.4+ to have all the right patches.

Optional

• The Solarized dark colour palette makes the zsh prompt nicer.
• The Meslo font (Menlo, patched for powerline), makes vim and tmux look better, and has Rainbarf graph glyphs.
• Vim with Python/Ruby support or NeoVim is needed for Vim-Plug to perform parallel downloads.
• The Silver Searcher should be installed where possible. If not available, Ack (part of this repo) will be used as a fallback (requires Perl 5.8.8).
• Install Pandoc for vim to generate documents from .pandoc files (Pandoc Markdown). Install pandoc-citeproc for bibliographical assistance.

Set Up

Clone this repository to the home folder, and run setup.sh:

$ ~/dotfiles/setup.sh

Restart the shell after that.

Useful Things

Below are some examples of how this config is used. The list is not exhaustive. Users are encouraged to actually read the dotfiles. Comments within the configs hopefully help users to understand, modify and improve.

And improve you should. Streamline your work flow. Introspect constantly. See what others do. Enjoy the amount of time wasted on tweaking a setup :D

Zsh

• Git prompt status tries to reflect the actual work tree state, not just hint at existence of change types like others.
• Mostly-Mnemonic Git shortcuts. (Go learn Git.)
• SSH agent forwarding persists through tmux/sudo when remotes also use these dotfiles. (Please use agent forwarding with prudence.)
• A .zshlocal file can contain machine-specific settings.
• z folder jumping enabled, e.g. z regex = cd /path/with/regex.

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. Best in Git repositories.
• <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.
• 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

Ctrl-a is the Prefix. PrefixHold = Hold down Ctrl during that binding.

• Prefix + vi motion moves around panes.
• PrefixHold + vi motion moves around windows.
• Alt/Meta + number moves to window number (1-10).
• Prefix + - cuts a pane horizontally,
• Prefix + \ cuts a pane vertically (think |).
• Prefix + s starts synchronized panes.
• PrefixHold + s swaps between sessions.
• Mouse support works to select/resize panes/windows.

Vimperator

Apart from all the default vimperator goodness e.g.

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

This config provides the following:

• h and l move left and right between tabs.
• j and k half-pages down and up (<C-d>/<C-u> equivalents).
• H, J, K, L are small motions (5 lines or chars) within a page.
• <C-h> and <C-l> relocate a tab left and right.