Dotfiles

A minimal catppuccin setup. Dotfiles are managed using stow.

Dependencies

1. A terminal supports 256-color such as iTerm2
2. Using zsh
3. A nerd font (I personally use JetBrainsMono Nerd Font)
4. Homebrew and required packages

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
brew install git
brew install stow

Installation

git clone git@github.com:chenxin-yan/dotfiles.git ~/
cd ~/dotfiles
stow .

Setup & configuration

1. install terminal emulation: ghostty
2. install Plugin manager: zinit
3. install prompt theme engine: Oh My Posh
4. install flag completion: carapace
5. install fuzzy finder: fzf
   • install fd to replace find
   • install ripgrep
6. install session manager: zellij
7. install git TUI: lazygit
8. install git diff highlighter: git-delta
9. install docker TUI: lazydocker
10. install karabiner for key motification
11. install editor: neovim
    • download my nvim config and follow setup instructions
    • (optional) download neovide as nvim GUI: neovide
12. install better ls: Eza
13. install better cd: Zoxicde
14. install better cat: Bat
15. Install tiling window manager: aerospace
16. install sketchybar
    • install SF Symbals for macos native symbals
    • install sketchybar-app-font
17. install terminal file explorer: yazi
    • install clipboard CLI: Clipboard
18. install file converter: pandoc
    • template for pdf generation: Eisvogel
    • install BasicTex
    • install Better BibTex for Zotero
    • install wkhtmltopdf
19. Install GitHub CLI: gh
    • install gh-dash
20. install curlie
21. install database management: rainfrog
22. (Optional) Install system info fetcher: macchina

Environmental Variables

• VAULT_PATH: directory for notes
• DEV_DIR: directory for any development projects
• PROJECT_DIR: Directory for any non-development projects
• AREA_DIR: Directory for files/documents