.dotfiles backup for Arch setup

Requirements listed in pkglist.txt

Interesting features

• Some of wm's binds improved by Lua script. Lua has more flexibility than i3config syntax. I like to switch automatically to the appropriate workspace after opening programs using a keyboard shortcut.

• Alt + f open a file manager in that directory what was found in clipboard. For example, if you copied a file from some program, you can open its directory just by pressing this shortcut.

• Super + ` open ssh servers menu to connect.

• Super + \ open fuzzy finder to search for local text files in the home directory to edit in Neovim.

• Automatic tiling via autotiling script. Split direction depends on the currently focused window dimensions.

• Neovim opens popular image formats in external viewer (pix) instead of binary view.

• Automatic tiling freed up Super + H shortcut. So I'm using HJKL to navigate inside WM.

• UI scale options depends on current display setup and autorandr profile name.

• Mouse side buttons bound to copy and paste in graphics applications. Although I try to use the mouse less, it's useful for (web)apps with mouse-centric UI.

• CapsLock is changed to Backspace.

• Nice aliases: i to install package, 'md2pdf' to convert markdown file to pdf, v to open Neovim.

• Not using Display Managers.

• Ctrl + m bind simplifies sequence Ctrl + l, Ctrl + v, Return to interact with file-picker dialog by selecting file from clipboard blazing fast.

Restore backup:

Please don't do this without understanding all files and commands!

Note: before proceed you need to create or restore ssh keys and install git

Download config files and install packages from AUR

git clone --depth=1 git@github.com:coffebar/dotfiles.git dotfiles_tmp
rsync -rv --exclude '.git' --exclude 'README.MD' --exclude '.gitignore' ./dotfiles_tmp/ ./ 

rm -rf ./dotfiles_tmp/

# install yay
pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si
cd .. && rm -rf yay
yay -Y --gendb

# install packages
yay -S --needed - < pkglist.txt

# enable services
sudo systemctl enable --now input-remapper docker tlp ufw

# install ohmyzsh
sh -c "$(wget -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

# copy ksnip config
cp -f ~/.config/ksnip/ksnip.example.conf ~/.config/ksnip/ksnip.conf

Neovim plugins and dependencies

Run this script to sync Neovim config from this repo. It can be used separately on Arch systems.

sh -c "$(wget -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coffebar/dotfiles/master/fetch-nvim-conf.sh)"

Optionally, add a cronjob to keep Neovim plugins updated

(crontab -l; echo "0 13 * * * nvim --headless -c 'autocmd User PackerComplete quitall' -c 'PackerSync'" ) | crontab -

This neovim setup supports syntax highlighting and code completion for following languages:

Bash CSS Go HTML JavaScript Lua PHP Python Rust Typescript

Telegram desktop theme:

arcdarkgrey

GTK options

Next options will tell GTK-based apps to prefer Dark theme and open file chooser by default in the home directory.

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme prefer-dark
gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser startup-mode cwd
gsettings set org.gtk.gtk4.Settings.FileChooser startup-mode cwd