Dot files

A collection of dotfiles I used or once used.

Neovim

Maintained in a separate repo.

macOS

This README also kind of documents my macOS "setup".

Essential macOS software

Package management: Homebrew
Mouseless navigation: Shortcat
OpenVPN: Tunnelblick
Terminal: Alacritty
Terminal: cool-retro-term
Clipboard manager: Maccy
Calendar/task sync: Nextcloud
Fonts with glyphs: Nerd Fonts
Screen arrangement: displayplacer
Note-taking: heynote
Tiling window manager: yabai
Custom hotkeys: skhd

Docker

brew installed packages

List is stored in brew.txt. Compile list with brew list -1 > brew.txt, then on a new machine, install it with xargs brew install < brew.txt (not recommended).

CLI settings

defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 12
defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 1
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/screenshots/
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool true
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteUSBStores -bool true
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.coreservices.useractivityd.plist ClipboardSharingEnabled 1
# Allow to drag windows with <ctrl>+<cmd>
defaults write -g NSWindowShouldDragOnGesture -bool true
defaults write -g NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false

# Then reload the GUI
killall SystemUIServer

Reduce menubar whitespace so more symbols go besides the notch

Allows values between 0-6. Needs a logout afterwards

defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSelectionPadding -int 6
defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSpacing -int 6

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