dotfiles

My Arch configuration files.

Important! This project is discontinued. Instead of creating dotfiles folder and symlink files to home directory - use bare git repository. Here is my new approach of maintain dotfiles.

For reference to learn about bare git repo dotfiles see this article.

TOC

• installation
  • core
  • from sources
  • AUR
• i3
  • shortcuts
• i3 blocks
  • battery
  • cpu
  • date
  • keyindicator
  • memory
  • network
  • packages
  • time
  • title
  • volume
  • weather
• dots
  • .aliases
  • .bash_profile
  • .bashrc
  • .vimrc
  • .xintrc
  • .Xresources
• dunst
• ranger

installation

To get i3 looking like in pictures you have to install some programs. install.sh installs below applications and does some configuration. But use it on your own risk.

core

• acpi (for getting battery info)
• compton (for nice transitions)
• dunst for display notifications
• exa for colored ls output
• feh (for setting wallpaper; put wallpaper to ~/Pictures/wallpaper.jpg)
• i3blocks (for bar with custom informations)
• lxappearance (for changing system font and theme; change font in ~/.gtkrc-2.0 and in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini)
• nodejs
• numlockx (for turning on numlock on start)
• playerctl (for audio control)
• pulseaudio (for audio control)
• ranger w3m (console based file manager)
• rofi (for searching and launching apps)
• ruby (for travis CLI gem install travis -v 1.8.9 --no-rdoc --no-ri)
• scrot (for making screenshots; also create directory ~/Pictures/screenshots)
• sysstat (to get CPU load)
• vivaldi (To use Netflix install from AUR vivaldi-widevine and vivaldi-ffmpeg-codecs)
• xclip (to manage clipboard)
• youtube-dl best YT downloader

from sources

• st (simple terminal - installation instructions)
• yay (installation instructions; for installing AUR packages)

AUR

• code (AUR; nice editor for programmers)
• i3-gaps fork of i3 (AUR) (installation instructions)
• i3lock-color-git (AUR) (for locking screen)
• icons-in-terminal (AUR) (nice glyphicons to use in st terminal)
• imagemagick (AUR; for converting images to set them as lock screen)
• paper-gtk-theme-git, paper-icon-theme-git (AUR; Paper System Theme - nice theme)
• spotify (AUR), before installing add following gpg keys:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu D9C4D26D0E604491
gpg --recv-keys 5CC908FDB71E12C2

• system-san-francisco-font-git, ttf-ms-fonts (AUR; system font)
• ttf-font-awesome-4 (AUR; font with nice icons - use v4 - v5 breaks compatibility)
• xss-lock-git (AUR; for locking screen after suspend. To suspend after closing lid, go to /etc/systemd/logind.conf, uncomment HandleLidSwitch=suspend)

i3

It is worth to make symlink from repo to i3 config folder (assuming that i3 config is in ~/.config/i3):

rm -rf ~/.config/i3
ln -s $DOTS/i3 ~/.config

shortcuts

• super - win key

• h|j|k|l - directions (left, down, up, right)

• super + 0...9 - jump to specify workspace

• super + tab - move to next workspace

• super + shift + tab - move to prev workspace

• super + shift + 0...9 - move active window to desired workspace

• super + r - enter resize mode (allows to resize windows by directions keys)

• super + shift + c - reload i3 configuration file

• super + shift + r - restart i3 inplace, reloads profile files

• super + p - open modal window that allows to lock, restart, shutdown, reboot system or restarts i3

  

• super + enter - open terminal

• super + d - open list of apps

  

• super + q - kill active window

• super + h|j|k|l - change focus to next window

• super + shift + h|j|k|l - move focused window

• super + v - split vertically

• super + shift + v - split horizontally

• super + f - enter fullscreen mode for the focused container

• super + s|w|e - change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split)

• super + shift + space - toggle tiling / floating view

• super + space - change focus between tiling / floating windows

• super + a - focus parent container

• super + shift + a - focus child container

• super + u - check and run updates

• super + n - run network applet

• super + i - search for icons. Selected icon is copied to clipboard

  

• super + m - mount / unmount usb drive

  

• super + PrintScreen - make screenshot and save to ~/Pictures/screenshots/

i3 blocks

Block definitions are located in ./i3/i3blocks/blocks

battery

Shows actual state of battery. Changes color accordingly to battery level. Also notifies (via dunst) when is fully charged or when battery level is low.

cpu

Shows cpu load for every core. When clicked - shows notification with ten most consuming processes.

date

Shows actual date. When clicked - shows calendar.

keyindicator

Shows info if numlock, capslock or scrolllock is enabled.

memory

Shows memory load. When clicked - shows notification with ten most memory consuming programs.

network

Designed for wifi. Shows signal strength. When clicked - runs network manager applet.

packages

Runs every 5 minutes. If detects any apps updates, shows small icon with number of updates. When clicked - runs terminal with update command.

time

Shows actual time

title

Shows title of actual focused window, Displays it in the center of the status bar.

volume

Shows volume level. Right click mutes. Scrolling on it increases/decreases volume. Also there is possiblity to control volume from keyboard using dedicated multimedia buttons.

weather

First make account on openweathermap.org and obtain API key. Then rename weather.cfg.example to weather.cfg and update this file with your API key.

This block shows actual temperature in desired location with small icon about weather conditions. After left click it shows detailed notification.

dots

Dots are files that reside in your home directory and their filenames start from . (dot).

Symlink all files from dots/ to ~/

ln -s $DOTS/dots/.* ~/

Then reload .Xresources:

source ~/.Xresources

.aliases

Contains useful shortcuts.

.bash_profile

Runs once on logon.

.bashrc

Runs every time when bash starts (new terminal window is spawn). Loads aliases and creates custom prompt line:

.vimrc

Config file for Vim.

Install below addons:

• dracula theme
• pathogen for plugins management.
• CtrlP (for fuzzy search)
• NERDTree (for file tree)

.xintrc

Runs when X session starts. Loads theme from .Xresources and opens i3.

.Xresources

Defines theme for system. Loads params from .xres folder.

To get to work .xres create symlink:

ln -s $DOTS/.xres ~/

dunst

Create symlink:

rm -rf ~/.config/dunst
ln -s $DOTS/dunst ~/.config

ranger

Create symlink:

rm -rf ~/.config/ranger
ln -s $DOTS/ranger ~/.config