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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # Peniblec's Memory Leaks -## still reachable: 4091 words in 7 pages +## still reachable: 4630 words in 11 pages Hi! I am a software engineer interested in [a bunch of things]. @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ that makes them… gestating? [blogging bandwagon]: technical/blog-roll.md [list of itches]: personal/itches.md [trying to keep up with my industry]: technical/reviews/ -[screwing around with my computers]: personal/setups.md +[screwing around with my computers]: personal/setup/ [lots of silly things]: personal/entertainment.md [fuckload]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131729/quotes/qt0536137 diff --git a/personal/itches.md b/personal/itches.md index 821f7e4..b64a2a5 100644 --- a/personal/itches.md +++ b/personal/itches.md @@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ Full disclosure ### markdown-mode - support [shortcut reference links] -- disable auto-filling for titles - move point past header after C-c C-t !/@ - update sub-superscript regex to allow L~i+1~ - make justification work with indented blockquotes +- add "ini ↦ conf-mode" to markdown-code-lang-modes [shortcut reference links]: http://spec.commonmark.org/0.27/#shortcut-reference-link diff --git a/personal/setup/bunsenlabs.md b/personal/setup/bunsenlabs.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7ba8c67 --- /dev/null +++ b/personal/setup/bunsenlabs.md @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +Things I always tweak after installing a Bunsenlabs system. + +# Keyboard + +Cf. keyboard(5): + +- add `ctrl:nocaps` in /etc/default/keyboard +- run `udevadm trigger --subsystem-match=input --action=change` +- run `setupcon` in a TTY + +# Desktop + +## Conky + +- changed window type to "desktop" so that W-d does not hide Conky +- see dotfiles + +## ClipIt + +- disable hotkeys + +## Openbox + +### `rc.xml` + +- comment A-m and A-r out +- undecorate all windows: + + ``` xml + <application class="*"> + <decor>no</decor> + </application> +``` + +### WM preferences + +- appearance: uncheck "windows retain a border when undecorated" +- desktops: 4 + +## tint2 + +- remove launcher +- add date (time2) + +## Calendar + +Make weeks begin on Monday by using the British locale: + +- uncomment `en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8` in /etc/locale.gen +- `sudo locale-gen` +- `force_lang = en_GB.utf8` in `~/.config/gsimplecal/config` + diff --git a/personal/setup/dotfiles.md b/personal/setup/dotfiles.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c51f4cb --- /dev/null +++ b/personal/setup/dotfiles.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Some day all of these will live in my dotfiles repository. + +Until then… + +# `~/.bash_aliases` + +``` bash +# Make Bash expand aliases before running sudo. +alias sudo='sudo ' +``` + +# `.gitconfig` + +``` ini +[user] + name = … + email = … +[alias] + root = rev-parse --show-toplevel + forget = update-index --assume-unchanged + remember = update-index --no-assume-unchanged +``` diff --git a/personal/setup/fonts.md b/personal/setup/fonts.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..30e7739 --- /dev/null +++ b/personal/setup/fonts.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +Fonts I find useful, plus messy configuration details. + +# Symbola + +Symbola seems to cover most characters I care about (although it does +not handle fancy emoji ligatures), and new versions are released +fairly soon after each revision of the Unicode standard. + +Since distributions may not include the latest version, I often get it +directly from [the author's website](http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/). + +# Installing fonts with Fontconfig + +Gee, it sure is convenient to be able to install new fonts simply by +dropping them in `~/.fonts` and running `fc-cache`! + +`/etc/fonts/fonts.conf`: + + <!-- the following element will be removed in the future --> + <dir>~/.fonts</dir> + +😨 + +Bunsenlabs symlinks `~/.fonts` to `~/.local/share/fonts`, but this +path is not mentioned anywhere in `/etc/fonts`. What's the deal? + +`/etc/fonts/fonts.conf`: + + <dir prefix="xdg">fonts</dir> + +fonts-conf(5): + +> ## `<DIR PREFIX="DEFAULT">` +> +> This element contains a directory name which will be scanned for +> font files to include in the set of available fonts. If 'prefix' is +> set to "xdg", the value in the `XDG_DATA_HOME` environment variable +> will be added as the path prefix. please see XDG Base Directory +> Specification for more details. + +[XDG Base Directory Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html): + +> `$XDG_DATA_HOME` defines the base directory relative to which user +> specific data files should be stored. If `$XDG_DATA_HOME` is either +> not set or empty, a default equal to `$HOME`/.local/share should be +> used. + +Seems legit then. + diff --git a/personal/setup/package-management.md b/personal/setup/package-management.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e6afc7a --- /dev/null +++ b/personal/setup/package-management.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +Here are some things that I do often enough that I want to remember +how to do them properly, yet rarely enough that I will probably forget +this stuff if I do not write it down. + +# Package managers + +## APT + +Add deb-src repositories to get: + +- `changelog` +- `build-dep` +- `source` + +# Installing stuff under `$HOME` + +E.g. pandoc (compiled from source tarball with stack because there is +no 32-bit release) and ripgrep: + +- programs: + - install in `~/.local/bin` + - add this folder to `$PATH` (in `.profile` and `.xsessionrc`) + +- manpages: + - install in `~/.local/share/man/man1` + - in `~/.manpath`: + + MANPATH_MAP ~/.local/bin ~/.local/share/man + + - run `mandb --user-db` + +- bash completion scripts: + - install in `~/.local/share/bash-completion` + - in `~/.bash_completion` (sourced by + `/usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion`): + + ``` bash + for f in ~/.local/share/bash-completion/* + do + [ -f "$f" ] && . "$f" + done + ``` |