dotfiles

Introduction

Most toplevel folders contain configuration that can be installed using GNU stow when cloned to ~/dotfiles.

These dotfiles are not meant to be just cloned and installed, even though it is possible you're probably realize pretty quickly that variables and configuration are made to work for me and my system(s). So use them as a help and guideline, don't blindly copy and paste.

Dependencies

A random list of dependencies, not all are required, just pick what you want.

• KDE/Plasma
• i3(-gaps)
• compton
• nitrogen
• wmctrl
• zsh
• kitty / alacritty
• Hack, Fira Code (Nerd Font patched)
• nvim

Desktop

The desktop currently consists of KDE as DE with i3-gaps as a tiling window manager.

Plasma and i3

To replace KWin with i3 the kde/.config/plasma-workspace/env/wm.sh sets the KDEWM environment variable.

More recent versions of Plasma require you to replace a systemd service:

$ systemctl --user mask plasma-kwin_x11.service
$ systemctl --user add-wants plasma-workspace-x11.target i3.service

Make sure to disable the Plasma Splash-Screen System settings → Workspace Theme → Splash Screen, or remove/rename /usr/bin/ksplashqml. While you're already in the settings I recommend unbinding all Plasma keybinds.

The rest is done within the i3/.config/i3/config configuration. Killing Plasma desktop:

exec --no-startup-id wmctrl -c Plasma
for_window [title="Desktop — Plasma"] kill

And re-enabling compositing (optional):

exec compton -fb --backend glx --vsync opengl

Themes

KDE/Qt and Gnome/GTK themes are all set to either Breeze or Breeze-Dark. The Icon theme is a custom ArchLinux cursor theme.

Wallpapers

Wallpapers are restored using nitrogen --restore and can be manuall configured using nitrogen.

Applications

Launcher

The launcher is rofi with a very simple configuration/theme configured in X/.Xresources. Alternatively you can still use the Plasma application runner using Alt+F2.

Terminal

I am currently using different terminals on different systems, it is split between Alacritty and Kitty, depending on which other features the system has. I use Kitty on systems which do not have a tiling window manager.

The color scheme is a slightely modified molokai scheme.

Zsh

The shell of my choice is zsh with oh-my-zsh as a configuration basis and plugin/theme manager. The configuration is rather straight forward and can be found in zsh/.zshrc.

Neo Vim

The main nvim setup is done through Vundle. Vundle needs to be installed manually.

Color scheme is again molokai, the rest of the configuration lives in nvim/.config/nvim/.

Other

KeepassXC ssh-agent

The environment is being setup to have your ssh keys managed by KeepassXC, which populates the ssh-agent with its keys as long as it is unlocked. This is done in kde/.config/plasma-workspace/env/vars.sh in combination with a systemd service systemd/.config/systemd/user/ssh-agent.service.

ws

bin/.local/bin/ws is a small utility script meant to be started through rofi or a keybind to populate an entire workspace with windows and a predefined layout.

It expects the desired workspace as first argument and optionally a profile as second then looks for the i3 layout file in ~/.config/i3/workspace/workspace-${WORKSPACE}-${PROFILE:-default}.json and applies it to ${WORKSPACE} afterwards it launches the file ~/.config/i3/workspace/workspace-${WORKSPACE}-${PROFILE:-default}.sh which can be used to populate the newly created workspace/layout.