hughyguo / dots

personal configurations for i3wm, vim and so on

vim

Build vim

Clone vim Repo

git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git
cd vim

Install Dependencies

# tools to build vim
sudo apt install git
sudo apt install make
sudo apt install clang
sudo apt install libtool-bin

Clean and test

cd src
# if you build Vim before
make distclean  

# run tests to check there are no problems
make test

Configure and build

# add X windows clipboard support [Optional]
sudo apt install libxt-dev

# add Python 3 support [Optional]
sudo apt install libpython3-dev
# Uncomment the following line in Makefile
# "CONF_OPT_PYTHON = --enable-python3interp"

# apply configurations
make reconfig

# build
make

Check the newly built vim

# see if the built vim has the features you want
./vim --version

# mess around with it see if it works
./vim

Install to /usr/local/bin

sudo make install

Set vim as the default editor

# add vim to the editor list
# run the following command in a new terminal, otherwise which vim would be resolved as the old vim
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/editor editor $(which vim) 50

# select vim as the default
selecct-editor

vim related

fzf

https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git ~/.fzf
~/.fzf/install

rg

https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep#installation

CLI tools

• zathura: pdf reader
• ncdu: disk usage analyzer
• ranger: file system broweser
• lazygit: git client
• aptitude

i3

Build & Installation

mkdir -p build && cd build

# configure build
meson ..
# install suggested dependecies carefully

# build
ninja

# check the i3 version after build
./i3 --version

# install to /usr/local/bin/i3
sudo ninja install

Runtime Dependencies

• xrandr
  • change the layout in i3 setting bash rito-dots/.config/xrandr/2vertical
• picom
• xss-lock
• blueman
• terminator

Inject Configurations

./setup.sh

sudo reboot

Fonts

https://medium.com/source-words/how-to-manually-install-update-and-uninstall-fonts-on-linux-a8d09a3853b0

Install Fonts

mkdir ~/.local/share/fonts

# ..
# move your .ttf font files to fonts

# clear and regenerate font cache
fc-cache -f -v

Peripheral related

bluetooth-autoconnect

dependency

python3 -m pip install python-prctl dbus-python
sudo apt install bluez

set up

• run blueman-applet in daemon
• blueman-manager and connect keyboard

select auto connect profile 

Apps

apt apps

sudo apt install sxiv arandr

flathub apps

https://flathub.org/setup

alias flatpak softwares

https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/mm74qb/assign_flatpak_run_orgchromiumchromium_to_an_alias/

Syncthingy

flatpak install flathub com.github.zocker_160.SyncThingy

chrome

flatpak install flathub com.google.Chrome

chrome-setting

• font size very large
• page zoom 200%

chrome-extensions

Custom New Tab URL

• https://chatgpt4google.com/
• https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys

obsidian

flatpak install flathub md.obsidian.Obsidian

flameshot

flatpak install flathub org.flameshot.Flameshot

peek

flatpak install flathub com.uploadedlobster.peek

gimp

flatpak install flathub org.gimp.GIMP

copyq

flatpak install flathub com.github.hluk.copyq

vidcutter

flatpak install flathub com.ozmartians.VidCutter

Home-made-scripts

ocr

dependency

• tesseract
• flameshot

#!/bin/bash
flameshot gui --raw -s | tesseract - - | xclip -in -selection clipboard

SAO color schema

• normal background #fbfbfb
• normal foreground #4d4d4d
• selected background #eba601
• selected foreground #fbfbfb