dotfiles

This is my OSX environment. Check out the linux branch for the linux version.

Install

1. Run

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/wmayner/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles
rake install

Don't forget to follow the prompts and back everything up!

2. Install the external dependencies:

• spf13-vim
• oh-my-zsh
• Powerline

4. In the .zshrc, set DOTFILES=~/path/to/this/repo>. I just use ~/dotfiles.

Then you should be all set. Some files you'll want to personalize right away:

• zsh/zshrc.symlink and globalenv.symlink: set up your own path variables
• aliases.symlink: create your own aliases
• git/gitconfig.symlink: commit as yourself

Components

All *.symlink files get symlinked into your $HOME when you run rake install. This is so you can keep everything versioned in the repo.

Shell

• I use zsh (rather than bash), with oh-my-zsh.

• Every *.zsh file gets sourced into zsh. The idea is to split zsh configuration into separate files and categories, rather than having a monolithic .zshrc.

• The prompt is supplied by Powerline (I just use the default theme).

• Aliases are defined in aliases.symlink.

• I use iTerm2 rather than the native OSX terminal; it's more customizable:

  • The colorscheme is Solarized, the same one used in Vim by spf13. See the link for details on how to set it up for iTerm2.
  • In order for the zsh prompt to render properly, you need to set up your terminal to use a powerline-enabled font. Install one of the fonts from here and then set it as the font in iTerm2 > Preferences > Profiles > Text. There's a few special files in the hierarchy.

Vim

• spf13: I use spf13, Steve Francia's excellent Vim distribution, as a base. I've tweaked some things in his .vimrc and his .vimrc.bundles though, so they're included here.

• LaTeX editing: I've set things up so that you can use Vim and the pdf viewer Skim to edit LaTeX and see a near-continuous preview of the output (it updates after every insert and on every write).

• Obsessive keymapping optimization: I've got a bunch of key mappings, and they're reasonably well-documented. Check 'em out if you're also obsessed with vim optimization!

Thanks

The structure and content of this repo is inspired by @holman's dotfiles; the Rakefile is entirely his, and so are parts of this README. As mentioned above, spf13-vim, oh-my-zsh, and Powerline form the basis of my vim and shell configuration. Thanks to all the people involved in these excellent projects.