Linux Essentials

This repository contains everything essential to getting a running Linux installation going with xmonad, tmux, lemonbar, and many other configurations. The current flavor of the month for me is Nix OS. For Nix specific configuration instructions and configuration files, please go to the nix directory and ignore everything else here - which is left for historical Arch Linux install reasons.

The directory structure is as follows:

1. dotfiles/ - This contains any related dotfiles
2. scripts/ - This directory contains most of the important things to get the installation running
3. scripts/sysinstall/ - This directory contains a number of scripts for configuring the system
4. scripts/sysinit/ - This directory contains anything needed for system initialization
5. scripts/solutions/ - This directory contains any fixes that can be run for various packages - SteelSeries Arctis 7 activation script is in here
6. scripts/lemonbar/ - This directory contains any related lemonbar scripts
7. scripts/diagnostics/ - This directory contains scripts for helping to diagnose problems
8. installation_instructions - This file contains a series of command you copy and paste during install of Arch
9. nix/ - This contains all the stuff needed to get up and running with my nix configuration
10. arch_configs - Deprecated Arch Linux configurations
11. iterm2 - Files related to iterm2
12. xfce_themes - Theming for Xfce.
13. t400_color_profile - Color profile for the LEN4033 (and more) WXGA+ 1440x900 screen upgrade for the T400.

Terminal

I am back to zsh after a long time with bash. See the dotfiles/zsh directory. You only need to symlink .zprofile and .zshrc to your home directory. Refer to the README.md in the directory for more information.

My .zshrc installs a lot of nice conveniences. For example, fish-shell-like syntax highlighting and git completion.

Tmux

After symlinking the tmux.conf dotfile properly you will need to run ctrl+a I in order to install any plugins. All themes are centered around the nord color scheme and so you will need a nord themed terminal and a nerd font. If you use my Vim configuration, refer to the section below on Vim to configure it.

Vim

The current Vim configuration has been deprecated in favor of the V2 Neovim Configuration.

Emacs Specific Things

Before programming C, install global and libclang in your distro. After doing that, run M-x irony-install-server to install the server in the emacs directory. Finally, cd to the root of your project and run gtags. You now have functioning irony C completion.

Before programming Java, install eclim, and eclipse.

Ruby

Ruby makes using emacs a challenge.

Flycheck likes to complain about bundle exec even on emacs 27.1+. There are a few things you need to do to make things work nicely:

1. Use lsp-mode instead of robe and launch a ruby server with that. For some reason robe gets in the way of things like .dir-locals.el.
2. On a per-project basis, put a .dir-locals.el file with the following in it:

((ruby-mode . ((eval . (setq flycheck-command-wrapper-function
                             (lambda (command)
                               (append '("bundle" "exec") command)))))))

Which will allow bundle exec to work with flycheck.

Joe Editor

Always build from source to get the latest features. You will need at least version 4.5 for themes.

Copy joe-colors/output to $USER/.joe/colors in order to use themes.

XFCE Themes

In the root there is a themes folder with a nice theme called Nord. Run the provided install.sh.

Swapping Caps Lock and Escape in XFCE

/usr/bin/setxkbmap -option "caps:swapescape"

T400 Stuff

Colors

The default colors for XFCE on Manjaro are pretty washed out on the T400 upgraded WXGA+ screens. To improve this, there is a color profile in the t400_color_profile folder that you can install using Gnome Color Profiles. The improvement is subtle, but the screen definitely looks better.

The particular model I am running is a LEN4033. This color profile works for many other monitors, however if your EDID does not indicate you have a LEN4033 you should confirm this profile works for you monitor. There are many guides on color calibration for the T4xx series of laptops online.