Table of contents

• Configuration files
• Keybindings
  • Prefix & Modes
  • Allocation
  • Coherence
• Features
  • The classics
  • Vifm
  • Tig
  • Kitty
  • Bspwm
  • I3 wm
• Warning

Configuration files

A coherent set of configuration files for my favorite apps.

Keybindings

The keybindings are essentially vim, less or emacs like, depending on the context. For example :

• Vim
  • Neomutt index
• Less
  • Elinks
  • W3m
  • Neomutt pager
  • Newsboat
• Emacs
  • Zsh
  • Elinks edit mode

Prefix & Modes

Some applications :

• Can use an independant keymap introduced by a prefix key
  • tmux
• Can chain keys
  • sxhkd
• Can use independant keymap modes
  • i3, tmux, emacs, vim

Allocation

Window Manager

The following keys are reserved for Window Manager (i3, bspwm, …) :

• Hyper (Mod3, I bind it to the Menu key) with any key(s)
• Super (Mod4) with
  • Arrows
  • Page Up / Down
  • Home / End
  • Tab, Backspace
  • F1 .. F12
• Super (Mod4) with any modifier(s) and same keys as above
• Super with Control and
  • Any key(s)
• Prefix chosen among the previous keys
• Sub mode entered with one or more of the previous keys

Applications

The following keys are reserved for applications :

• Super with all other keys
  • Letters
  • Digits
  • Insert, Delete, Space, Return
  • & @ ^ $ ! ( ) [ ] { } < > …
• Super with Shift and same keys as above
• Prefix chosen among the previous keys
• Sub mode entered with one or more of the previous keys

Coherence

To be as intuitive as possible, some conventions are applied :

• Move focus between desktops :
  • Super + home / end
• Move focus between X windows :
  • Super + arrows
  • Super + prior (page up) / next (page down)
• Move focus between tmux panes & vim :
  • Shift + arrows
  • Also in emacs, but not in org files (org-shift<arrows>)
• In buffer oriented applications, move focus between buffers :
  • Ctrl + page up / down
• In tab oriented applications, move focus between tabs :
  • Ctrl + page up / down
  • In pager context : ^ and $
    • w3m, elinks, …
  • In (neo)vim : <m-^> and <m-$> in normal mode
• In buffers & tabs oriented applications like vim with wheel or emacs with torus :
  • Next / previous file in group : Ctrl + page up / down
  • Next / previous group : Ctrl + home / end
• Move in history
  • In pager context
    • Backspace = back
    • H = back
    • L = forward
  • In REPL context
    • Up, M-p = back, with typed text as filter
    • Down, M-n = forward, with typed text as filter
• Filters
  • &, é, è
• Most Recently Used
  • ù
• Tree / Structure exploration
  • §

Features

Comments on applications.

The classics

• Vim & family : Neovim, Kakoune
• Emacs with Org mode and torus.el
• Zsh
• Tmux

Vifm

• Deep analogy with Vim keys
• Views
  • Dual-pane, vertical or horizontal
  • Tree view (like the tree command)
  • Grid view (ls view)
  • Miller view with 3 panes, like ranger
  • Preview mode
    • Also of images with Vifmimg & Ueberzug
• Mount
  • Archives with archivemount
    • Handy to quickly edit a file in it
  • Iso images with fuseiso
  • Ssh file systems with sshfs
  • Ftp file systems with curlftpfs
    • And you have a great ftp client
• Can launch background programs
  • You can cancel them in :jobs view
• Cope well with external programs
  • User commands :… and :!…
• Tools to select and modify selection

Tig

• Feature rich git repo browser
• Views
  • Commits
  • Diffs
  • Log
  • Tree
• Cope well with external programs
  • User commands :… and :!…

Kitty

• Fast
• Scriptable, you can also open a Kitty shell to control the term
• Support keyboard shortcuts with super key
• Scrollback in pager
• Insert UTF-8 character with completion
• Good image support
• Quickly select url / file / line
• Plugins (kittens)
• Can be used as dropdown with kitti3 on i3

And much more

Bspwm

• Scriptable via bspc
  • You can litteraly juggle with windows
  • Configurable split ratio
  • Possibility to circulate windows clockwise or counterclockwise
• Modes
  • Tiling and floating
  • Monocle mode : only one window visible
  • Full screen
• Automatic properties of windows : workspace, floating, …
• Multi monitors support
• Keybindings
  • Managed by sxhkd
  • Support of Super and Hyper keys
  • Keybinding chains
• Panels (bars) : polybar
  • Custom scripts
  • IPC, polybar-msg to send commands, hooks
  • Good choice of internal modules
  • Menu
• Dynamic layouts with bsp-layout (in AUR)

I3 wm

• Tiling, tabbed, staking and floating modes
  • Tiling means all screen space is available for apps
  • Good support for floating window, so you can use it as an hybrid WM if you want
• Dynamic workspaces
• Support of Super and Hyper keys in bindings
• You can define keybinding modes
• Automatic properties of windows : workspace, floating, size, …
• Scriptable via i3-msg
• You can add rofi scripts, or any script to the panel (called bar) via i3block ; see also i3status for information
• Multi monitors support

Warning

I try to be mindful when I code, but some bugs might remain, so be careful.