.dotfiles

The folder structure follows XDG Base Directory Specification where possible.

Setup

First time setup

1. Clone this repository to $HOME/.dotfiles
2. bash $HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/settler.sh
3. ???
4. Profit

Note: there's a bit chicken/egg situation, because settler assumes you don't have git, and you need git to clone the repo.

dfm - the dotfiles manager

dfm is a shellscript that has some tools that help with dotfiles management.

Configuration

XDG Variables

Var	Default
Executables	$HOME/.local/bin
$XDG_DATA_HOME	$HOME/.local/share
$XDG_STATE_HOME	$HOME/.local/state
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME	$HOME/.config

• $XDG_DATA_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user-specific data files should be stored. If $XDG_DATA_HOME is either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.local/share should be used.
• $XDG_CONFIG_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user-specific configuration files should be stored. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.config should be used.
• $XDG_STATE_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user-specific state files should be stored. If $XDG_STATE_HOME is either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.local/state should be used.
• The $XDG_STATE_HOME contains state data that should persist between (application) restarts, but that is not important or portable enough to the user that it should be stored in $XDG_DATA_HOME. It may contain:
  • actions history (logs, history, recently used files, …)
  • current state of the application that can be reused on a restart (view, layout, open files, undo history, …)
• User-specific executable files may be stored in $HOME/.local/bin. Distributions should ensure this directory shows up in the UNIX $PATH environment variable, at an appropriate place.
• $XDG_DATA_DIRS defines the preference-ordered set of base directories to search for data files in addition to the $XDG_DATA_HOME base directory. The directories in $XDG_DATA_DIRS should be seperated with a colon ':'.