Dotfiles

This project contains configuration files for command-line tools.

Requirements

This installation provides defaults for:

• zsh + oh-my-zsh
• vim + MacVim + Janus
• tcsh
• bash

You might want to install Homebrew, and then issue the following commands:

• brew tap homebrew/binary
• brew install jsl (required by the javaScriptLint.vim plugin)
• brew install ctags (required by the Tagbar vim plugin)
• brew install reattach-to-user-namespace (required to be able to copy text from tmux to the OS X pasteboard)

For maximum compatibility with the vim-airline plugin, you might want to install the patched version of DejaVu Sans Mono.

Installation

• Install requirements as described in the next section.
• Clone the repo from Github into a hidden folder named .dotfiles:
  • cd ~
  • git clone git@github.com:akosma/dotfiles.git .dotfiles
  • cd .dotfiles
• Run the install.sh folder to create symlinks and clone plugins in the ~/.janus folder:
  • ./install.sh

Features

These configuration files provide the following features, among many others:

• In zsh:
  • Custom prompt with more information and with visual contrast.
  • The ascstats command shows statistics about number of words in the current Asciidoc files.
  • The updateall command updates of Homebrew, janus, and these dotfiles to the latest versions.
  • The gitsvnpush command synchronises a local Git repo with a remote Subversion repository.
  • Custom output for the git log command.
  • The fixopenwith command solves a common problem in OS X.
• In tmux:
  • [SHIFT + left arrow] and [SHIFT + right arrow] switch windows to the next (or previous.)
  • [SHIFT + down arrow] creates new windows in the current session.
  • Battery level displayed in the status line.
  • Possible to copy text back and forth using the standard OS X pasteboard (thanks to reattach-to-user-namespace.)
• In Vim / MacVim:
  • [F5] opens Gundo at the left.
  • [F8] opens Tagbar at the right.
  • [F6] removes whitespace from the current buffer.
  • [CTRL + N] toggles the NERDTree at the left.
  • [CTRL + T] and also [CMD + T] in MacVim open the CtrlP plugin window.
  • zz centers the current line in the middle of the screen in normal mode.
  • <Leader>+json formats the current JSON on the editor for readability.
  • <Leader>+PR toggles MacVim in a "presentation mode" with bigger fonts, for demos and teaching.
  • ctags syntax definitions for Asciidoc, Makefiles, Markdown and Objective-C.

Custom configuration

If you want to add your own configuration to zsh and tmux, add it to the files named .local_bash_profile and .local_tmux.conf in the .dotfiles folder; the contents of these two files will be loaded automatically at the end of the respective configuration files.