Linux configs

My unix rc and emacs config files.

Download

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ddysher/.unixrc.git
# or
git clone git@github.com:ddysher/.unixrc.git

Initialize submodules:

git submodule init
git submodule update

Then install required symlinks:

ln -sf ~/.unixrc/.emacs.d ~/.emacs.d
ln -sf ~/.unixrc/.zshrc ~/.zshrc
ln -sf ~/.unixrc/.config/ohmyzsh/deyuan.zsh-theme ~/.unixrc/ohmyzsh/custom/themes/deyuan.zsh-theme

Optional symlinks:

mkdir -p ~/.config
ln -sf ~/.unixrc/.config/terminator ~/.config/terminator
ln -sf ~/.unixrc/.config/gtk-3.0 ~/.config/gtk-3.0
ln -sf ~/.unixrc/.config/.fonts.conf ~/.fonts.conf
# 'Xmodmap' change Caps to Ctrl in X11.
ln -sf ~/.unixrc/.config/.Xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
# 'xprofile' set environment variables required by fcitx.
ln -sf ~/.unixrc/.config/.xprofile ~/.xprofile
ln -sf ~/.unixrc/.config/.npmrc ~/.npmrc

Install packages

Emacs

There are certain packages required by emacs configs:

• w3m [required]: used as browser in emacs, install via distro’s package manager.
• make, cmake, libtool [required]: used to build vterm in emacs, install via distro’s package manager.
• live markdown [optional]: used to view markdown file in browser while editing.
• doctoc [optional]: used to generate markdown table of content.

List of commands:

sudo apt-get install w3m
# sudo pacman -S w3m
# brew install w3m
sudo npm install -g livedown
sudo npm install -g doctoc

iTerm2

Install iTerm2 and add related profiles in “~/.unixrc/.config/iterm2”, then change the keyboard binding of “option” and “command”.

Z

z is a productivity tool to navigate most used directories.

Create a file ~/.z which saves z’s indexes.

touch ~/.z

Misc

Update Git Submodule

To update git submodules, enter the submodule directory and pull the new changes, e.g.

cd tools/z
git checkout master
git pull
cd -

Then commit the changes and push to origin:

git commit -m "update git submodule z"
git push

In aother environment, we can pull the commit and update the submodule via:

git pull
git submodule update

Keyboard delay/rate in X11

Keyboard delay/rate can be set in desktop environment’s ‘System Settings’ option;
or in command line:

xset q
xset r rate 200 33