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@@ -7,24 +7,30 @@ ## Structure [.config/init/](.config/init) contains [vars](.config/init/vars), a file -defining shared variables for the desktop which are sourced and used elsewhere, -and a series of "gen/*.sh" files, which create configuration files in /tmp/ so -programs not configurable via shell scripting will automatically match the -current settings as well. i stick symlinks to the /tmp/ version where they -would normally be. also included are folders "funcs" and "funcreqs", which, -respectively, contain executable scripts and their prerequisite commands and -arbitrary check commands. the latter prerequisites are tested from .zprofile at -login and, if passed, the functions are symlinked into /tmp/funcs, which is -included in $PATH. thus, this system allows for configs which automatically -adapt to the host environment, enabling only what functionality is compatible. +defining shared variables for the desktop which are sourced and used elsewhere. +these settings can be overridden by creating a "voverride" file in the same +directory. `.config/init` also contains a series of "gen/*.sh" files, which +create configuration files in /tmp/ so programs not configurable via shell +scripting will automatically match the current settings as well. i stick +symlinks to the /tmp/ version where they would normally be. also included are +folders "funcs" and "funcreqs", which, respectively, contain executable scripts +and their prerequisite commands and arbitrary check commands. the latter +prerequisites are tested from .zprofile at login and, if passed, the functions +are symlinked into /tmp/funcs, which is included in $PATH. thus, this system +allows for configs which automatically adapt to the host environment, enabling +only what functionality is compatible. so far i've been the only user on +systems using this config, but will probably make the dir these are written +into configurable as well if that ever happens. ## Current Utilities -### MATE +### nvim/vim -i'm using mate-session as a backend to handle dconf garbage / themes / etc for -the few things that expect them. all higher-level mate utilities (wm, file -manager, panel, whatever else) are not installed. +using nvim, but no big incompatibilities with base vim yet with the way i use +it, so falling back works fine. have a few fun things, including auto-loaded, +filetype-specific settings and basic [templates](.vim/skel), a few fancy +mappings, and a simple 16-colour [colourscheme](.vim/colors/shmibs.vim). take a +look at muh [.vimrc](.vimrc) for details and things. ### herbstluftwm @@ -39,8 +45,8 @@ with lots of slightly annoying things to get rid of. ### urxvt -check out -[urxvt-perls](https://github.com/muennich/urxvt-perls). +has some quirks, but still nothing else out there with the same functionality. +check out [urxvt-perls](https://github.com/muennich/urxvt-perls). ### ranger/sxiv @@ -48,22 +54,21 @@ both are fantastic for keyboard-driven file management, but still've got to figure out how to write a ranger extension that can receive selections from sxiv, because squinting at filenames is just bleh. python is my bane, though... -### pentadactyl +### pass -keyboard-driven browsing ^_^. try -[setting your hint keys](http://5digits.org/pentadactyl/faq#faq-hintkeys). - -kind of scared of it disappearing forever, though, which will probably happen -after this firefox version is dropped from lts... X_X - -EDIT: well, it finally happened. currently trying to get vimperator to work and -not be ugly... +a nice password manager-a-ma-bob, gpg locked and easy to sync with git. there's +a firefox addon, but it doesn't really work, and there's an existing dmenu +frontend, but it's not very featureful, so [i wrote my +own](.config/herbstluftwm/pass.sh). ### dunst/dmenu/compton/lemonbar/nitrogen useful things all around. i forked dunst to make SIGUSR1 clear all notifications, which is used by -[mpc-status.sh](.config/herbstluftwm/mpc-status.sh) -and probably any other similar things i add in the future. not sure what the -default behaviour (pause / unpause notification display) was supposed to be -used for ┐(¯-¯)┌. +[mpc-status.sh](.config/herbstluftwm/mpc-status.sh) and +[pvol.sh](.config/herbstluftwm/pvol.sh). + +### fcitx + +input is messy, but fcitx seems like the most functional out there at the +moment. fcitx-mozc a nice. |