https://github.com/jdevera/dotfiles

Some of my configuration files for linux tools like bash, vim, screen, git, etc.
https://github.com/jdevera/dotfiles

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Some of my configuration files for linux tools like bash, vim, screen, git, etc.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jdevera/dotfiles
• Owner: jdevera
• Created: 2010-08-26T21:19:12.000Z (about 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-03-06T09:13:21.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-11T06:48:38.179Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Vim Script
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• Size: 718 KB
• Stars: 31
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 5
• Open Issues: 4
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  • Readme: README.mkd

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# Jacobo de Vera's Dot Files

These are the configuration files I want to have in every Linux box I use.

## Installation

Installation instructions come first because it is what I need most of the

time, but if you are not me, please read on :) 

    git clone git://github.com/jdevera/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles

    cd ~/.dotfiles

    bash install

## Contents

Most files handle Bash or Vim configuration, but I also share my settings for

GNU Screen, Tmux, Git, Emacs, the Python interpreter, and others.

My git configuration file is actually a generator (more on this below).

My Vim configuration will install all the plug-ins I have installed.

### Configuration file generators

There are some configuration files, such as _.gitconfig_ that might contain

sensitive data or that have contents that vary across different machines. For

these cases, I don't directly store the configuration file, but a generator

for it.

These generators very are simple bash scripts that contain a template for the

file they generate. The values for variable fields are requested during

execution or they can be provided with environment variables for unattended

installation.

### Bash configuration

My bash configuration files live in the _.bash.d_ directory.

My _.bashrc_ sources configuration files in this order:

 * Every file under _.bash.d/local/before_

 * Every file under _.bash.d_

 * Every file under _.bash.d/local/after_

Contents of _.bash.d/local_ are not tracked by git, so this is the place to

add configuration files that are specific for the current machine.

### Vim configuration

I am using [Junegunn Choi's Vim-Plug](https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug) to

manage my Vim plug-ins and keep them up to date.

With Vim-Plug, I only have to point, in my _.vimrc_ file, to the git

repositories of all the Vim add-ons I want to have installed and it takes care

or the rest. Vim-Plug clones each add-on under its own directory and adds it

to Vim's runtime path.

All add-ons in the official Vim's website are actively mirrored in github by

the [Vim-Scripts.org](http://vim-scripts.org/) project. This means Vim-Plug

can be used to install any add-on published in the official site.

### Emacs configuration

I use [el-get](https://github.com/dimitri/el-get) to manage all the Emacs

packages that I want installed.

With the right configuration, I simply have to open Emacs and the packages

will be installed if they are not already.