myconfig

Configuration files for terminals.

This repository was created to simplify the process of configuring various machines.

Heavily tested with kernels Darwin and Linux (flavors Ubuntu, Arch, and CentOS).

Note that your old configuration files will be backed up to $HOME/.local/var under the relevant date. Further, the .bashrc should be used to source custom functions and files that you may have, and will always source all the .sh files in $HOME/.local/etc/profile.d/. Thus, if you had functions in your old configuration that you liked, place them in $HOME/.local/etc/profile.d/ with extension .sh, and your new .bashrc will properly source them. For instance, use $HOME/.local/etc/profile.d/login.sh for setting local configuration changes.

Installing

Simply run

bash install.bash

from the cloned directory. This will backup any files that would be replaced and install the configuration files.

Current Conf Files/Directories

• .bash_profile
• .bashrc
• .dircolors
• .gvimrc
• .htoprc
• .inputrc
• .toprc
• .tmux.conf
• .vim -- Is a directory, containing colors, syntax, and plugins.
• .vimrc
• .local/etc/profile.d -- Is a directory containing custom aliases and functions.
• .local/etc/template -- Is a directory containing templates

Vim Plugins and Fun

• SnipMate ( A lot of LaTeX goodies )
• Multiple Cursors
• Temp, undo, and info files configured to go into hidden directories within .vim, with permissions such that only creator and root can view contents.
• Mouse support so long as terminal software supports it ( i.e. gnome shell or iterm2 will work with the mouse).
• Special comment highlighting for words such as NOTE, ISSUE, FIXME, and so on, with room for customizability.
• Color columns and color scheme optimized for terminals with a dark background.

More on Vim Colors

The default colorscheme, mymoss.vim, is configured to handle 256 color terminals. It has most of the relevant keywords for configuring any new/old colorscheme. So even if you don't like it, it can serve as a template for a new terminal colorscheme.

Configuration of tmux

The major change that the tmux.conf files introduces is changing the default prefix from C-b to C-Space, where C implies use of the control key. The reason for this is that with the EMACS readline, C-b is a useful and common shortcut that is used relatively repetitively to move the cursor to the left, whereas C-Space has no definition in readline. There are other custom optimizations that are in the conf file, the most obvious of which are the styling of statusbar and prompt. These have been made to fit a dark terminal, but they have been fine in light terminals as well.

The other things to note are that v and y begin-selection and copy after hitting the prefix, as they would in ViM (still need to enter copy mode with C-Space [), and h, l, k, j will move the cursor to the relative left, right, upper, or lower pane after hitting the prefix. Also, hitting C-Space / will display pane numbers briefly over the panes and allow for integer input which will cause the cursor to jump to that pane. If the numbers are already known, C-Space ; will also accept an integer for cursor pane tunneling. These shortcuts make for a highly productive, window manager like terminal experience, allowing one to be mouse independent if need be, albeit the conf file has it so that the mouse is actually able to select panes and scroll.

Configures the Following

• Bash 3.0 or greater
• Readline
• tmux ( optimized for 1.9, but should be fine on 1.8 )
• vim 7.0 or greater
• gvim
• gnuplot
• htop
• top
• dircolors
• quick-cd

2014 - October - 13