dotfiles

I use the Solarized color scheme for everything—it's wonderful.

ThinkPad 13 (2017): Arch Linux, zsh, nvim, dwm, st

MacBook Air (2020): macOS, zsh, nvim, Amethyst, iTerm2

Goals

My setup is carefully chosen.

• It's lightweight, digitally, since I tend to keep my devices for a long time, and physically, since I travel often.
• It maximizes workflow without getting in the way.
• It doesn't change often, because I value high impact work over tinkering all day.
• It uses screen space efficiently since I have small laptops and don't usually use a monitor, instead keeping the laptop on a stand with keyboard and mouse.

Tools should be ambient. It disappears and flows through your actions. You should never need it because it's always at your hands. You should never ignore it because it's never in your way. —Hunor Karamán

dwm

For my Linux machine, I use a tiling window manager called dwm. It's mostly stock except for the following patches:

• fullgaps - I added a shortcut to reset the gaps.
• solarized - This is my own patch that changes a few colors, including dmenu colors, to match Solarized Light.
• Font is set to Source Code Pro (though I could probably do this with fontconfig)
• The tag numbers are in CJK characters
• Firefox doesn't stick to the 9th tag
• The default window split is 50/50 instead of 55/45
• Monocle layout is second instead of third
• Keyboard shortcuts for changing brightness ("Windows" key + up/down) and audio (alt + up/down) without having to reach for the multimedia keys
• Keyboard shortcut for locking the screen with slock ("Windows" key + l)

Screenshots

Linux

The typeface in the terminal, status bar, and code editor is Source Code Pro.

I don't typically use gaps if not using an external monitor. I just did it for the screenshots.

Mac