Dotfiles

Each component is listed below along with what that component is, what is it used for and how it is used.

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.xprofile

what: This file gets executed at the beginning of the X session)

how: Softlinked ln -s ~/dotfiles/xprofile/.xprofile ~/.xprofile

why:

• to make touchpad tap work in bspwm
• to increase pointer acceleration to max

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.bashrc

what: This file gets executed at the starting of an interactive bash session.

how: Sourced from within the default .bashrc file source ~/dotfiles/bashrc/.bashrc

why:

• aliases
• appending directories to $PATH environment variable

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startup.sh

what: This script runs everytime the user log in

how: Softlinked ln -s ~/dotfiles/startup/startup.sh /etc/profile.d/startup.sh

why:

• set background using feh awesomewm theme does this now
• start compton
• start redshift
• start safeeyes
• keyboard modifications
  • start ksuperkey to use modkey(independantly) to get system notification not using this anymore
  • space mods disabled for now. interferes with touch typing
  • replace windows key with the alt key
  • replace caps lock key with escape key and control key (xcape)
  • removing alt+shift shortcut used by default to change the keyboard layout. I cannot recall why I have disabled it.
• start wifi indicator in system tray (nm-applet)
• start clipster (clipboard manager)
• replace windows key with the alt key
• set dark theme on nautilus and any other gtk app

Note: Might require chmod +x

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rc.local

what: similar to startup.sh (runs upon logging in) but has root priviledges

how: Softlinked sudo ln -s ~/dotfiles/startup/rc.local /etc/rc.local

why:

• turn on thinkpad backlight on startup

Note: Might require chmod +x

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compton.conf

what: Compositor

how: Softlinked ln -s ~/dotfiles/compton/compton.conf .config/compton.conf

why:

• to din inactive windows diabled. causes problems while presenting

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crontab -e

what: run any periodic scheduled task

how: copy commands from README into crontab config accessed from crontab -e

why:

• play sound every hour 0 * * * * paplay /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/service-login.ogg

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sudo crontab -e

what: run any periodic scheduled task with root access

how: copy commands from README into crontab config accessed from sudo crontab -e

why:

• modify /etc/hosts/ remove "#" (comment) from any line that contains 127.0.0.1 (local DNS) awk '{if ($0 ~ /127.0.1.1/) gsub("#", "", $0); print > "/etc/hosts";}' /etc/hosts discontinued. moved this to an alias to be triggered on demand.

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.vimrc

what: vim config

how: Softlinked ln -s ~/dotfiles/vim/.vimrc ./.vimrc

why:

• set number lines
• enable vim clipboard syncing with ubuntu clipboard
• many other vim editor configs (see config file for comments)

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Other modifications

• changed key press delay to improve vim usability using the below commands

  gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.keyboard repeat-interval 1
  gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.keyboard delay 1
  

  should be ideally

  gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.keyboard repeat-interval 30
  gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.keyboard delay 250
  

• Removed all options in setxkbmap to be able to use alt + shift shortcut in sublime for splitting view

  It can be restored using the following command setxkbmap -option "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"

  For a list of other options run man xkeyboard-config It can be restored using the following command setxkbmap -option "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" For a list of other options run man xkeyboard-config

• added kernel.sysrq=0 to /etc/sysctl.conf.

  This disables system_req commands initated using ALT+Print+ command. The system_req key combinations are used to issue direct commands to the linux kernel. It was interfering with Alt+Shift+Print shortcut for Clipping from the screen.

• create a profile named 'float' in gnome-terminal with zero transparency to be used as floating terminal.

• gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences recursive-search 'never' - disables recursive search in gnome

• sudo apt-get install yaru-theme-gtk install dark theme for the environment variable in startup.sh to work

• uncomment or add HandleLidSwitch=ignore in /etc/systemd/logind.conf to make sure nothing happens when the lid is closed

• wallpapers set by awesome are based on a function that reads the screens resolution and picks a random file from $HOME/Pictures/wallpapers/<screen_resolution>

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Firefox modifications

misc/userChrome.css

• remove tabs bar in firefox

misc/userContent.css

• make background of new window page black
• make the splitter betwen page and sidebar black
• remove dropdown menu from the top of the sidebar

about:config changes

• pixel scaling for better readability on high res screens layout.css.devPixelsPerPx=1.2
• remove popup for notification permissions (in settings)
• remove fullscreen warning notification full-screen-api.warning.timeout=0
• enable ctrl-q quit firefox warning - to prevent accidental presses browser.sessionstore.warnOnQuit=true,browser.warnOnQuit=true
• prevent cookies from being used by anyone except the domain that set it privacy.firstparty.isolate=true
• enable ESNI and DoH from Cloudflare to prevent tracking
• Resist fingerprinting privacy.resistfingerprinting = true disabled. it started randomizing the timezone.

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REQUIREMENTS

• i3lock
• pqiv
• rofi
• clipster
• scrot
• mpv
• blueman

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NOTES

• • When setting up a new machine create a Screenshots folder in the Pictures folder for scrot keybinding to work. mkdir ~/Pictures/Screenshots
  • Pin the folder for ease
  • mkdir ~/Pictures/wallpapers/3440x1440 replace the folder name with the screen's resolution. All randomized wallpapers will be picked from this folder
  • Install vim-gtk3 for it to work with ubuntu clipbaord register

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TODO:

Write about :

• xmodmap config
• firefox extension config
• clipster and roficlip

Include gnome-terminal config to dotfiles