README.md

pivoshenko's dotfiles

• pivoshenko's dotfiles
  • Contents
  • Main principles
  • Installation
  • Apps
  • VSCode
  • Hotkey Daemons
  • Tiling Windows Manager
  • CLI
    • fzf
  • Local configuration

Caution

Currently, my dotfiles are under heavy redesign so this README and configs are a bit outdated. One of the main goals is to move to Nix so stay tuned! ETA ~ a couple of weeks.

Contents

What's in here?

• All my brew dependencies including applications, fonts, LSPs etc. See Brewfile
• All my macOS configuration. See macos
• All my shell configurations. See .shell/ and .zshrc
• All my VSCode configurations and extensions. See vscode/ and extensions
• All my rest .configs/, dotfiles/ and wallpapers/ :3

Main principles

• Minimalism in everything
• Consistency
• Simplicity
• One style - JetBrainsMono font and Catppuccin Macchiato color palette
• Reduced visual noise, only important things should be shown
• "Please, do not touch my code" - minimal auto-formatting or code flow interruptions
• Security - do not share anything with anyone

Installation

I am using dotdrop to manage dotfiles. Steps:

1. Clone this repo with: git clone https://github.com/pivoshenko/dotfiles dotfiles
2. cd dotfiles/
3. Run the following commands to install the necessary tooling:

4. Run the following commands to install configs:

dotdrop -c "dotdrop.yaml" -p base install -f

Note

To change the theme in apps such as Chrome, Spotify, etc please follow the instructions in the official Catppuccin repository as those themes can't be exported/imported easily as config.

My personal go choice is Macchiato with Mauve flavor

Apps

I am using brew to install all free apps for my Mac. I also sync apps from the App Store with brew via mas, so the resulting Brewfile contains everything.

VSCode

Here's a list of extensions I use daily, but I try to keep my VSCode setup as simple as possible.

I also quite heavily use helix for in-terminal editing. You can find my helix and LSPs configuration here.

Hotkey Daemons

Because I am using a primarily external keyboard and in most of my apps I rely on either Vi/Kakoune motions I find it painful to use the mouse as it requires moving my right hand out of the keyboard and distracts my "zen" state :3 In most the dev apps you can enable such modes but in the default MacOS apps or windows manager such functionality is absent To resolve this issue I am using two daemons:

• Karabiner - to enable the Vi motions system-wise and rebind some of the keys for example caps lock -> lctrl

Tiling Windows Manager

CLI

I am using iTerm2 and zellij as my main terminal. As the main shell I am using zsh with oh-my-zsh and starship. To manage shell plugins I am using zplug. I also have some tools/scripts/aliases to make my working experience better. But, I try to keep them minimal: only ones I truly use.

I mainly work with:

• Python

I also have several other languages installed. But I don't use them daily:

• Elixir
• Rust
• Ruby

fzf

I use fzf for several tasks:

• tab to autocomplete probably all the tools using fzf-tab

• ctrl+r to fuzzy search command history

• ctrl+t to fuzzy search files and dirs in the current tree to include paths in commands with instant previews for text files (content) and directories (inner tree)

• ctrl+k to fuzzy search files by name and open/edit them

• ctrl+f to fuzzy search files by content and open/edit them

• z <name> tab to enable fuzzy finder for zoxide

Local configuration

Some of the used tools require local configuration, such as git with username and email.

Here's the full list:

• ~/.gitconfig.local to store any user-specific data
• ~/.shell/.local to store local shell config, like usernames, passwords, tokens, gpg keys etc