dotfiles

This project is heavily inspired by @holman dotfiles. this project added oh-my-zsh and changed the whole structure

These dotfiles work both on MacOS and Linux (tested on Ubuntu)

What is in this project

I'm a Machine learning engineer that mainly works with MacOS and Linux. I use a lot of different technologies and I want to be able to use them all in the same way. This project is a collection of configuration files that I use to make sure I can be up and running with a new machine in no time. It also contains some useful scripts and aliases that I use on a daily basis.

Feel free to use this project as a starting point for your own dotfiles. If you have any questions, feel free to open an issue.

install

all you have to do is clone the reposetory in ~/.dotfiles the script should do the rest

git clone https://github.com/timmermansjoy/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
~/.dotfiles/scripts/dotfiles-install.sh

afterwards set zsh as the default shell if it isn't already.

chsh -s $(which zsh)

folders

The most notable folders are:

• scripts: scripts that you can run manually, to either install this dotfiles project or install/update the dependencies it specifies
• basic: each subfolder contains configuration for some basic component (like a default text editor or a default shell)
  • bin/: files are added to $PATH and made available everywhere, and are executed in a child process.
  • shell: configurations for my shell (zsh)
• specific: each subfolder contains configuration for some specific technology (like Git, Pyhton, ...):
  • oh-my-zsh: my configuration for oh-my-zsh
• Linux: in packages.txt are programs that will get installed while running the script

special files

• */index.zsh: files called index.zsh get loaded into your environment when a shell is loaded
• */*.symlink: files ending in *.symlink get symlinked (without the *.symlink extension) into your $HOME when you run scripts/dotfiles-install.sh
• */update.sh: files called update.sh will get executed when running the update command

highlights

Here are some of the most useful software included in this dotfiles:

• zsh-syntax-highlighting will highlight your commands to make sure they will work
• zsh-autosuggestions tries to autocomplete commadns you have input previously, you can complete with right-arrow
• utilities:
  • weather [place] shows the weather for that place, default is Hasselt
• commands:
  • e: opens the selected favorite text editor
  • update: runs all */update.sh files
• functions:
  • extract <file>: knows how to unzip several formats
• aliases:
  • dotfiles: opens the favorite editor and this folder. if installed propperly

references

• https://github.com/holman/dotfiles