dotfiles

the way I likes it *

Some inspiration for my dotfiles approach came from:

1. JulianGindi
2. akrawchyk
3. josephabrahams
4. nsmoot
5. holman
6. RCM

Installation (fresh macOS laptop)

1. Install iTerm2. After cloning the dotfiles below, import ~/.dotfiles/colors/base16-tomorrow.dark.256.itermcolors via iTerm2 → Settings → Profiles → Colors → Color Presets → Import.

2. Install Homebrew.

3. Install CLI dependencies:

   brew install tmux pipx ag
   

   (ag is used by vim's CtrlP/grep; pipx is used to install pylama below.)

4. Install pylama (used by vim Syntastic):

   pipx install pylama
   pipx ensurepath
   

5. Open a new terminal window so the pipx ensurepath changes are picked up.

6. Set up SSH keys for GitHub: follow https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent

7. Make sure zsh is the default shell:

   echo $SHELL
   # if not /bin/zsh:
   chsh -s $(which zsh)
   

8. Clone the dotfiles and supporting repos from your home directory:

   cd $HOME
   git clone git@github.com:oudeismetis/dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles
   git clone https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git $HOME/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
   git clone https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell.git $HOME/.config/base16-shell
   

9. Symlink the configs into $HOME:

   cd $HOME
   ln -s $HOME/.dotfiles/.gitconfig .gitconfig
   ln -s $HOME/.dotfiles/.vimrc .vimrc
   ln -s $HOME/.dotfiles/.zshrc .zshrc
   ln -s $HOME/.dotfiles/.tmux.conf .tmux.conf
   

10. Install vim plugins:

    vim +PluginInstall +qall
    

11. Load the shell config:

    source $HOME/.zshrc
    

    If tmux is already running, reload its config too:

    tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf
    

12. Manual step — not applied automatically on a fresh install. Open a new terminal window and run:

    base16_tomorrow-night