Anh's dotfiles

Installation

Clone this repo to ~/dotfiles and follow the instructions in macOS/bootstrap.sh and local/bootstrap.sh.

I'm using this lima fedora39 image at the moment.

limactl start --name=fedora39 macOS/lima/fedora39.yaml
limactl shell fedora39
sudo dnf install -y git
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/anhpt379/dotfiles.git
bash dotfiles/local/bootstrap.sh

# If moving to a newer VM, use these commands to transfer the data:
limactl copy -r fedora:~/.local/share/fish/fish_history fedora39:~/.local/share/fish/
limactl copy -r fedora:~/.local/share/z/data fedora39:~/.local/share/z
limactl copy -r fedora:~/.ssh/conf.d/work.conf fedora39:~/.ssh/conf.d/
limactl copy -r fedora:~/.ssh/id_ed25519 fedora39:~/.ssh/
limactl copy -r fedora:~/notes fedora39:~/notes
limactl copy -r fedora:~/data fedora39:~/data

# On the old VM:
tar cf code.tar ~/code

# Then, on macOS:
limactl copy -r fedora:~/code.tar fedora39:~/code.tar

# Then, on the new VM:
cd
tar xf code.tar

# Finally, go back to macOS and create a snapshot for the new VM:
limactl snapshot create fedora39 --tag v1

The setup

Key concepts:

• macOS is in charge of handling clipboard, notifications and GUI-based applications (Chrome, Slack, Kitty, etc.).
• the linux VM is in charge of text-based applications (fish, nvim, git, etc.).
• ssh port forwards (port 2224 → 2227) are being used to make open, noti, pbcopy and pbpaste commands work within the VM.

Why using a VM?

• it's easier to reproduce the setup.
• git & docker are much (10x) faster.

Why not using docker (with Docker Desktop for Mac)?

• slow storage performance (git status on a docker volume was 8x slower than in a VM).

Why not using native macOS?

• git & docker operations are slow (git status on a relatively large repo takes 450ms, vs 50ms in a VM).

Keyboard layout

• caps lock is control on hold, esc on tap.
• return is control on hold.
• right command and right option are backspace and delete.
• : and ; are swapped.

Key mappings

Chromium-based browsers

• <Command>-t new tab
• <Command>-w close tab
• <Command>-n next tab
• <Command>-p previous tab
• <Command>-] move current tab to the right
• <Command>-[ move current tab to the left
• <Command>-o focus on the address bar
• <Command>-u undo close tab
• <Command>-y copy url
• <Command>-f accept suggestion & go
• <Control>-<Space> search tabs

Kitty

• <Command>-t new tab
• <Command>-w close tab
• <Command>-n next tab
• <Command>-p previous tab
• <Command>-] move current tab to the right
• <Command>-[ move current tab to the left
• <Command>-r reload config
• <Command>-s open a split

Tmux

• <Option>-t new tab
• <Option>-w close tab
• <Option>-n next tab
• <Option>-p previous tab
• <Option>-] move current tab to the right
• <Option>-[ move current tab to the left
• <Option>-r reload config
• <Option>-s open a split

Fish

• <C-f> accept suggestion and execute
• <C-v> edit the current command in vim
• <C-r> fzf history
• <Tab> fzf find

Vim

• q close buffer
• Q close all buffers
• <Space>-s startify
• <Space>-f fzf files (MRU)
• <Space>-l lf
  • <Space> select
  • x cut
  • y copy
  • d delete
  • p paste
  • r rename
• <Space>-g ripgrep all files
• <C-n> next buffer
• <C-p> previous buffer
• <Space>-<1-9> jump to buffer #number
• gs git status
  • a/Va stage/unstage
  • x/Vx discard changes
  • d show diff
  • p git push --force-with-lease
  • P git push --force
  • C commit
  • ca commit amend edit
  • ce commit amend no edit
  • ga git absorb
  • gr rebase
  • rr rebase continue
  • ra rebase abort
• gb git branches
• g[ git pull --rebase origin master
• g] git push origin HEAD --force-with-lease
• gl git log
• gL git log current buffer
• m git log current line
• gp open github/gitlab pipelines in browser
• go open link to file on GitLab/GitHub
• gO copy link to file on GitLab/GitHub
• gm create/open MR
• gw write buffer to disk
• M switch to branch master

Vim HJKL everywhere with Karabiner

When pressed together with Command, Option or CapsLock, HJKL will become arrow keys (Left/Down/Up/Right):

• Command + H/J/K/L will perform character-level cursor movements.

  • Hold down an additional Shift key to select text.

• Option + H/J/K/L will perform word-level cursor movements.

  • Hold down an additional Shift key to select text.

• Control + H/J/K/L will perform page-level cursor movements.

  • Hold down an additional Shift key to select text.

• CapsLock + N/P to go down and up.

• Command + <Up>/<Down> to maximize/almost-maximize a window.

• Command + <Left>/<Right> to resize & tile window to the left/right.