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https://github.com/ad-si/dotfiles

My precious dotfiles
https://github.com/ad-si/dotfiles

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# Dotfiles



All configuration files and scripts

for setting up a new macOS or Linux machine.



Check out [phone.md](./phone.md) for setup instructions on a new phone.



## Structure



* `bin` — custom scripts

* `home` — files that are symlinked to `$HOME` directory

* `terminal` — terminal config



## Installation



1. Install XCode via the macOS App Store

1. Accept XCode license agreement

1. `cd ~ && git clone https://github.com/ad-si/dotfiles.git`

1. `cd dotfiles && ./install.sh` \

    **Attention:** The user must have sudo rights to install dependencies



## Manual Steps



Copy all relevant files from backup to new Machine.

(Check out [bin/backup](./bin/backup) for a list of all files.)



### MacOS



#### System Preferences



- General

  - Date & Time: Change date and time preferences

    - Deactivate automatic setting of time zone by location

    - Change time zone to UTC:

        `sudo ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime`

        or

        `sudo systemsetup -settimezone GMT` (will error, but still work)

    - Display the time with seconds

    - Use a 24-hour clock

    - Show the day of the week

    - Show date



  - Language & Region

    - Preferred languages: English (US)

    - First day of the week: Monday

    - Calendar: ISO 8601

    - Temperature: Celsius

    - Advanced:

      - General:

        - Grouping: Space

        - Decimal: .

        - Measurement: Metric

      - Dates:

        - Short: y-MM-dd

        - Medium: y-MM-dd

        - Long: y-MM-dd

        - Full: y-MM-dd, D', W'w, EEEE

      - Times:

        - Short: HH:mmZZZZZ

        - Medium: HH:mm:ssZZZZZ

        - Long: HH:mm:ssZZZZZ

        - Full: HH:mm:ss.SSSZZZZZ



- Appearance

  - Light Mode (Use Nightfall to switch between light and dark mode)

  - Show scroll bars: When scrolling

  - Click in the scroll bar to: Jump to the spot that's clicked



- Control Center

  - Battery: Show Percentage

  - Keyboard Brightness: Show in Control Center

  - Spotlight: Don't show in menu bar



- Desktop & Dock

  - Show suggested and recent apps in Dock: Off



  - Widgets

    - Default web browser: Brave



  - Windows

    - Tiled windows have margins: Off



  - Mission Control

    - Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use: Off

    - Hot Corners

      - Top Left: Put Display to Sleep Launchpad

      - Top Right: -

      - Bottom Left: Desktop

      - Bottom Right: Mission Control



- Displays:

  - Change primary display

  - Set resolution to "More Space"

  - Night Shift: Off



- Keyboard

  - Keyboard

    - Key Repeat: Fast

    - Delay Until Repeat: Short

    - Press 🌐 key to Start Dictation

    - Keyboard navigation ☑️

    - Keyboard Shortcuts

      - Launchpad & Dock

        - Turn Dock hiding on/off: Off

      - Display

        - Disable all

      - Input Sources

        - Select the previous input source: Off

      - Presenter Overlay

        - Disable all

      - Spotlight

        - Show Spotlight search "^ Space"

      - App shortcuts

          ![](./images/overwrite_shortcut.png)

      - Modifier Keys

        - Remap Caps Lock key to `^ Control`

  - Text Input

    - Input Sources

      - Use "ABC - Extended" keyboard layout

          to have correct direct output of "\~" and "\`"

      - Delete all other input sources

      - Disable

        - Correct spelling automatically

        - Capitalize words automatically

        - Add period with double-space

        - Use smart quotes and dashes



- Open at Login

  - Brave

  - Calendar

  - Dropbox

  - Google Drive

  - Hammerspoon

  - iTerm

  - Slack

  - Spotify

  - Thunderbird

  - WhatsApp



#### Apps



##### Calendar



- General:

  - Scroll in week view by: Week, Stop on Today

- Accounts: Add all accounts, but disable Mail for them

- Advanced:

  - Turn on time zone support

  - Show week numbers

- Enable notifications



##### Finder



- Preferences

  - Show nothing on the Desktop

  - New Finder windows show \

  - Sync Desktop & Documents folders

  - Sidebar:

      - Applications

      - Downloads

      - \

      - iCloud Drive

      - Desktop

      - Locations: All

      - Tags

  - Advanced:

    - Show all filename extensions

    - Show warning before removing from iCloud Drive

    - Show warning before emptying the Trash

    - Remove items from the Trash after 30 days

    - When performing a search: Search the Current Folder

- Sidebar:

  - Sort directories in "Favorites" section



##### iTerm



General > Settings:



- Load preferences from a custom folder or URL: `~/dotfiles/terminal`

- Save changes to folder when iTerm2 quits

- Set Fish as the default shell:

    ```sh

    echo /opt/homebrew/bin/fish | sudo tee -a /etc/shells

    chsh -s /opt/homebrew/bin/fish

    ```

    More details: https://fishshell.com/docs/current/#default-shell



##### Hammerspoon



- Deactivate all settings except:

  - Launch Hammerspoon at login

  - Show Menu Icon

- Enable Accessibility



##### Logic Pro X



- Download all additional content



#### Scripts



Jxa macOS automation scripts are symlinked from

`~/dotfiles/scripts` to `~/Library/Scripts`

and are displayed in the scripts editor submenu in the menu bar.

(Enable via

`Script Editor.app > Preferences > General > Show Script menu in menu bar`)

Add subdirectories with app names for app specific scripts.



The `symlink-dotfiles` script must be run after adding new scripts.



#### Script Libraries



Script libraries are symlinked from

`~/dotfiles/script-libraries` to `~/Library/Script Libraries/dotfiles`

and can be imported like this:



```js

const tools = Library('dotfiles/tools')

```



#### General



With descending priority:



- Set GitHub API token for Homebrew

- Install TaskLite

- Run `npm install` in the dotfiles directory

- Add Hunspell dictionaries after installation

    (e.g. https://github.com/titoBouzout/Dictionaries to

    `~/dotfiles/dictionaries`)

- Install languages for Tesseract

    (e.g. https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tessdata_best/blob/master/deu.traineddata?raw=true)

    to `/usr/local/Cellar/tesseract/4.0.0/share/tessdata`

- Printer driver software

  - Install and setup Brother QL-810W label printer



### Git



```sh

gh auth login

```



### OpenJDK



Is installed by Homebrew,

but for the system Java wrappers to find `openjdk`, symlink it with:



```sh

sudo ln -sfn \

  /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk/libexec/openjdk.jdk \

  /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk.jdk

```



### Brave



1. Set Brave as default browser

    (Should pop up when opening Brave for the first time)

1. Go to [Brave Sync](brave://settings/braveSync/setup)

1. Join Sync Chain

1. Disable swipe history navigation:

    `defaults write com.brave.Browser AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool FALSE`

1. Set "Page zoom" to 90%



Installed extensions should then include

Midnight Lizard, Automatric Metric Conversion, …



### Firefox



- Login to Firefox Sync

- Do not print headers, footers, and margins.



### Dropbox



Sign in and enable sync for important directories.

Especially `Settings`, which is needed for Sublime Text/Merge sync.



### GPG



1. `brew install pinentry-mac`

1. Then add to gpg-agent config (skip if `.gnupg` was copied from backup):

    ```sh

    echo "pinentry-program /opt/homebrew/bin/pinentry-mac" \

      >> ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf

    ```

1. `killall gpg-agent`

1. Restart shell



### Gopass



1. Make sure GPG is set up correctly.

1. Clone https://github.com/ad-si/password-store with GitHub CLI:

    `gh repo clone ad-si/password-store` and move to `~/.password-store`.

1. `gopass fsck`



### Sublime Text



- Activate installation

  - Get license key with `gopass sublimetext.com/license-key`

  - Apply under Help > Enter License

- Install Package Control

    (will then automatically install all packages from the synced list)

- Sync via Dropbox as described in https://packagecontrol.io/docs/syncing

- Set up GitHub Copilot: https://packagecontrol.io/packages/LSP-copilot#Setup

- Install additional dictionaries for spell checking:

    ```sh

    cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text/Packages/

    git clone https://github.com/titoBouzout/Dictionaries

    ```



### Sublime Merge



- Activate installation

  - Get license key from Passwords app

  - Apply under Help > Enter License

- Sync via Dropbox as described in https://packagecontrol.io/docs/syncing



### Visual Studio Code



Sign in via GitHub to sync preferences.



### Modern CSV



Open app and enter license key from Passwords app.



### Thunderbird



Follow following instructions to migrate the data folder to the new computer:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer



### Element



Log in to home server `synapse.feram.io`.



### Telegram



Log in



### WhatsApp



Log in



### Discord



Log in



### Logitech



- Log into Logitech Options account to sync mouse settings

  - Scroll direction Natural

- Logitech Options config

- Activate the Logitech Options Daemon at

    `System Preferences → Security & Privacy → Accessibility`



### Spotify



- Stream quality: Very High

- Download: Very High



### Slack



- Add all accounts



## TODO



- iterm settings

- Setup git (via `gh`?)

- Use https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-bundle

- Backup fish history

- Backup ngrok config

- Install Stack and HLS with ghcup