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Channel_42's Dotfiles 
These are the dotfiles of my main Arch-Machine. If you have any questions about anything, you can reach out to me on reddit u/Channel_42.
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About me
I'm a first semester automotive comp.sci. and mechatronics student from Germany whose also doing an apprenticeship in the field of automotive mechatronics. I started using Linux in September of 2019 and have been enjoying the amount of flexibilty the platform offers. My main distro of choice is Arch-Linux, which I run on both my laptop and my tower.
General Information
Here's a basic rundown of most of the software I use in my setup:
| Category | Name |
|---|---|
| WM | bspwm (rounded corners fork) |
| Bar | Polybar |
| Terminal | Urxvt |
| Shell | zsh with oh-my-zsh |
| Compositor | compton (tryone fork) |
| Text Editor | Vim (with vundle) |
| File Browser | Ranger |
| Browser | Firexfox |
| Music Player | ncmpcpp |
| PDF-Viewer | Zathura |
| Photo-Development | Darktable |
| Wallpaper setter | feh |
| Launcher | Rofi |
Themes and Colorschemes
I usually modify premade themes and colorschemes to fit my setup/taste.
| Programme | Theme Name | Modified? |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal | cloud | yes |
| Vim | shades of purple | no |
| Rofi | materia | no |
| Firefox | flying fox | yes |
| oh-my-zsh | bubblified | yes |
Vim
Vim is my goto text editor and over time I've added more and more features. Functionally it has all the features I need from an dev IDE, with the main difference being way less bloat than your typical IDE.
To make the most of my "selfmade IDE" I added some bindigs to execute scripts or launch plugins:
| Binding | Funtion |
|---|---|
| Shift+s | compile current file |
| F4 | open compiled file |
| F5 | toggle NerdTree |
| F8 | toggle tagbar |
| Ctrl+f | toggle focus mode |
| Space | toggle fold |
| Ctrl + space | create docstring |
| Shift + c | toggle syntax checking |
Here you see (almost) all of the features of my vim setup in one screenshot. The file browser on the left is NerdTree. It uses vim bindings and can show/hide .files/.directories. The window on the right side is tagbar, which displays usefull information such as class properties and gives a general overview of your file.
This is the focus-mode that can be toggled with Ctrl+f. I recommend using it in fullscreen mode to minimize distraction.If you wish to disable the "block style" syntax highlight, remove all limelight mentions in the ToggleConding functionin the .vimrc.
Firefox
I use Firefox with a custom stylesheet (a pretty neat feature I didn't even know existed a couple of months ago). I modified a premade stylesheet from a fellowe r/unixporn member (see the themes section).
For my start/new-tab-page I use the Nighttab extension.
To setup custom stylesheets the following settings need to be changed;
- set the theme to dark in Firefox's settings
- enable custom stylesheets by setting
toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheetstotruein about:config - move the chrome folder to
~.mozilla/firefox/<user-profile>/ - restart Firefox for the changes to apply