This repository contains my dotfiles and other configuration scripts for setting up a development environment, particularly around the command line. Right now, I work almost exclusively on macOS, so these are geared entirely in that direction.
This repository, as dotfiles repositories are apt to be, under constant construction.
- Clone this repository into
~/.df - Install homebrew (
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)")- Note the update to the
.zprofilefile for the path
- Note the update to the
- Install Vundle (
git clone https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git dotfiles/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim) - Install Rust (
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh)
The update.sh script should take care of updating and installing necessary things, along with using stow to manage dotfiles.
There are various other things I like to do to set up my environment.
To use the homebrew version of bash:
echo /opt/homebrew/bin/bash >> /etc/shells
chsh -s /opt/homebrew/bin/bash
I use the theme called "Iridium" in the files folder. This is my tweaked version of Hybrid.
Put files/DefaultKeyBinding.dict in the folder ~/Library/KeyBindings/.
I have a set of custom gestures from BetterTouchTool in the files directory; just import them into the app.
A rundown of how I adjust things in System Settings to my liking. This section exists mostly for documentation purposes.
I always use light mode on my professional machines, and dark mode on my personal machines. Multicolor accent color.
Under "Zoom", I turn on "Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom", with a modifier of "Control", a zoom style of "Full Screen", and under "Advanced", I turn off "Smooth images". This lets me zoom in easily on simulators to check pixel alignment and things like that.
I set "Sound" to "Always Show in Menu Bar".
I set "Spotlight" to "Don't Show in Menu Bar".
I use a defaults write command to keep the Dock from resizing: defaults write com.apple.Dock size-immutable -bool true.
I set "Minimize windows using" to "Scale Effect". I turn on "Minimize windows into application icon". I turn off "Show suggested and recent apps in Dock".
I set "Click wallpaper to reveal desktop" to "Only in Stage Manager".
I turn off "Close windows when quitting an application".
I turn off "Automaticall rearrange Spaces based on most recent use" and turn on "When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application".
I set the lower-right to "Start Screen Saver".
On my professional machines I use one of the colorful non-landscape system wallpapers. I turn off "Show as screen saver".
I use "Shuffle All" under "Shuffle Aerials", and I shuffle "Continuously".
Unless corporate policy is otherwise, I set my "Start Screen Saver when inactive" to "5 minutes", "Turn display off on battery when inactive" to "10 minutes", "Turn display off on power adapter when inactive" to "1 hour", and "Require password after screen saver begins or display is turned off" to "5 seconds".
I use a defaults write command to make key repeat actually work: defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
I set "Key repeat rate" to the fastest and "Delay until repeat" to the second-shortest.
I set "Press 🌐 key to" to "Do nothing".
Under "Mission Control", I turn off the move left/right key combinations, because they interfere with Xcode.
Under "Splotlight", I turn off "Show Finder search window".
Under "Modifier Keys", I set "Caps Lock" to "Escape".
Under "Text Input", I turn off "Correct spelling automatically", "Capitalize words automatically", "Show inline predictive text", and "Add period with double-space".
I set "Look up & data detectors" to "Tap with Three Fingers".
I set "Swipe between full-screen applications" to "Swipe Left or Right with Four Fingers", because I use BetterTouchTool to make a three-finger swipe change tabs.
I set "App Exposé" to "Swipe Down with Three Fingers".
A rundown of how I adjust settings in Finder to my liking. This section exists mostly for documentation purposes.
I set "New Finder windows show" to my home directory.
I don't show any tags in the sidebar.
Items I show in the Sidebar: Applications, Desktop, Downloads, Developer, iCloud Drive, iCloud Shared, Hard Disks, External Disks, CDs, Cloud Storage, Bonjour Computers, Connected Servers.
I set "Show all filename extensions" to true.
I set "When performing a search" to "Search the Current Folder".
I show the Library Folder. In the home directory, under View is "Show View Options", and it's listed there.
Under the View menu, I also enable "Show Path Bar" and "Show Status Bar".