dotfiles

Less can be configured with a ~/.lesskey file I have a single line in my config[1] which binds s to back-scroll, so that d and s are right next to each other and I can quickly page up/down with one hand. If you’re on macOS, you may not be able to use this unless you install less from Homebrew, or otherwise replace the default less.[2] [1] https://github.com/jez/dotfiles/blob/master/lesskey#L2 [2] https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/27269/is-less1-mis...

I use a tool called rcm[0], which is essentially a set of shell scripts for managing symlinks from $HOME into $HOME/.dotfiles. $HOME/.dotfiles can then be a git repo. Some notes: 1. rcm lets you decide make host-specific or host-agnostic dotfiles. For example, I can declare that I want a different `.ssh/config` file for each host, and rcm will figure out which `.ssh/config` to symlink based on the current machine's hostname. 2. The installation process is very simple. It's just shell scripts, so you don't have to worry about a C/C++ compiler or having any pre-reqs installed. Operating system packages exist for the common platforms, and there's also a convenient way to "build" from source using configure && make && make install. The from source option is particularly convenient if you need to change the installation prefix to a user-writab

I actually aliased :q to clear: https://github.com/jez/dotfiles/blob/master/util/aliases.sh#... I also have clera, lcear, and lcera -> clear, and :tabe -> vim.

One thing that I love about rcm is how well it handles the case of host-specific dotfiles. Between my laptop, school servers, personal servers, etc., I access a lot of servers running different software that need to be configured differently. However, there are a lot of things, like aliases for example, that work regardless of the platform. Rcm lets you specify which files should always be linked, and which should only be linked on a specific host, which means I factor out my dotfiles into "modules" and load exactly the right ones. [1]: https://github.com/jez/dotfiles/tree/master/util [2]: https://github.com/jez/dotfiles/blob/master/zshrc

+1 for rcm I think it works particularly well when you have a dotfiles setup where specific pieces of the setup differ by host but the rest is largely the same. For example, I've broken my zshrc, bashrc, and gitconfig into the common parts and the host specific parts to maximize DRY and maintainablity. It's also on GitHub if anyone's curious about the setup https://github.com/jez/dotfiles/blob/master/bash_profile https://github.com/jez/dotfiles/blob/master/zshrc