README.md

   1 # My Dotfiles
   2
   3 This is the collection of dotfiles that I use on my laptop for ricing pourposes
   4
   5 ## Getting Started
   6
   7 All of these files will go in your home directory. See [Installing](#installing) for a brief description of where to put each file in this repository.
   8
   9 ### Prerequisites
  10
  11 You should know how linux works at least a little bit, but you can use this setup as your starting point, so Bash is a must.
  12 I work on [Slackware](http://www.slackware.com/) since 2006, so you'll have to adapt everything if you're using another distro. As for the software used here you have it:
  13
  14 * [i3-gaps](https://github.com/Airblader/i3) - My window manager of choice.
  15 * [feh](https://feh.finalrewind.org/) - wallpaper setter. Fast and lightweight.
  16 * [conky](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky) - system monitor, I use it for my desk clock, but it can do so so much more.
  17 * [rofi](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi) - Extremely customizable dmenu replacement, I use the git version.
  18 * [tint2](https://gitlab.com/o9000/tint2) - Great lightweight bar that can run custom scripts.
  19 * [compton](https://github.com/chjj/compton) - Lightweight compositor.
  20
  21 ### Installing
  22
  23 The **bin** directory is where we'll store all executables, so you may want to add it to your path, otherwhise you could use something like `/usr/local/bin`, but make sure to fix every reference to your executables in the other files.
  24
  25 **i3**, **conky**, **rofi** and **tint2** directories must go inside your `~/.config` directory, this is standard and you shouldn't have any problems with it.
  26
  27 **Xresources**, **bash_profile**, **bashrc** and **xinitrc** are all hidden files and you should place them in your home prepending a dot to their names, so everything should look like this:
  28 ```
  29 $> ls /home/danix
  30 .Xresources
  31 .bash_profile
  32 .bashrc
  33 .xinitrc
  34 [...]
  35 ```
  36 Here's how it looks for me on a fresh install:
  37 ```
  38 $> tree /home/danix
  39 ├── .Xresources
  40 ├── .bash_profile
  41 ├── .bashrc
  42 ├── bin/
  43 │   ├── blackpearl-appsmenu.sh
  44 │   ├── blackpearl-powermenu.sh
  45 │   ├── blackpearl-runner.sh
  46 │   ├── blackpearl-scrotmenu.sh
  47 │   ├── blackpearl-sshmenu.sh
  48 │   ├── blackpearl-utilsmenu.sh
  49 │   ├── blackpearl-window.sh
  50 │   └── executors/
  51 │       ├── caps
  52 │       ├── inet
  53 │       ├── mail-check
  54 │       ├── psuinfo.py
  55 │       └── wifi-name
  56 ├── .config/
  57 │   ├── compton.conf
  58 │   ├── i3/
  59 │   |   └── config
  60 │   ├── conky/
  61 │   |   └── qlocktwo.conkyrc
  62 │   ├── rofi/
  63 │   |   └── blackpearl/
  64 │   |       ├── appmenu.rasi
  65 │   |       ├── i3exit.rasi
  66 │   |       ├── powermenu.rasi
  67 │   |       ├── runner.rasi
  68 │   |       ├── scrotmenu.rasi
  69 │   |       ├── shared/
  70 │   |       │   ├── reset.rasi
  71 │   |       │   └── settings.rasi
  72 │   |       └── utilsmenu.rasi
  73 │   └── tint2/
  74 │       ├── i3status.tint2rc
  75 │       └── minima.tint2rc
  76 └── .xinitrc
  77 ```
  78
  79 ## Authors
  80
  81 * **danix** - [danix.xyz](https://danix.xyz)
  82
  83 ## License and Acknowledgments
  84
  85 This project is free to use as it is, if you need help you can contact me on my site and I'll try and help you, but you maybe luckier asking your questions on the [unixporn thread on reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/), which is where I found the inspiration and most of the links to make all this work.