Here are my system configurations. There are many like them but these are mine.
Installation
Clone this repo to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, which in profile/profile I’ve set to $HOME/etc. See that file for other XDG directories I’ve set to non-standard places. (Just in case something hard-codes $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, I also symlink them in bootstrap.sh, which see below.)
Instead of GNU Stow or a Makefile, I use a short bootstrap.sh script that reads bootstrap.manifest, a tab-separated file mapping repo paths to paths in $HOME. It only contains files for programs that aren’t XDG-compliant, so it should stay short.
Anyway, run bootstrap.sh in this directory and you should be set.
Programs to install
Required
- bash + readline: I prefer this shell over others, since I don’t do anything super wild in the terminal nowadays anyway
- git: Kind of required to do anything with this repo
- keychain: Manages
ssh-agent
Extra
- mbsync: For mail.
Notes
- My emacs configuration is elsewhere, but it goes in
$XDG_CONFIG_HOMEas well.
License
Everyone is permitted to do whatever with this software, without limitation. This software comes without any warranty whatsoever, but with two pieces of advice:
- Don’t hurt yourself.
- Make good choices.