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Personal configuration files for a terminal-focused development environment on Linux. Features consistent theming across applications, keyboard-driven workflow optimizations, and persistent session management.

Contents

File/Directory	Application	Description
.bashrc	Bash	Shell configuration with git, docker, and editor aliases
.tmux.conf	Tmux	Terminal multiplexer with session persistence
.emacs, .emacs.d/	Emacs	Text editor with daemon support
alacritty.toml	Alacritty	GPU-accelerated terminal emulator
keyd/	keyd	System-wide keyboard remapping
Autostart/	Desktop	XDG autostart entries

Theming

Consistent dark theme across all applications:

• Color scheme: Miasma (dark background with warm earth tones)
• Font: JetBrainsMono Nerd Font, size 22
• Alacritty: Miasma colors, no window decorations
• Emacs: Miasma theme
• Tmux: Gruvbox dark theme

Bash Configuration

Key aliases defined in .bashrc:

Editor:

• e <file> - Open file in emacsclient (terminal)
• es <file> - Open file in emacsclient (GUI frame)

Git:

• gs - git status
• gd - git diff
• gpo - git push origin (current branch)
• gfo - git fetch origin (current branch)
• glp - git log with patch
• gcam - git commit -am
• grba - git rebase --abort

Docker:

• dcu - docker compose up -d
• dcd - docker compose down

Other:

• s - sudo
• cl - claude (Claude CLI)
• clr - claude --resume
• xc - xclip -selection clipboard

Tmux Configuration

Prefix key: Ctrl+z (instead of default Ctrl+b)

Plugins (managed via tpm):

• tmux-sensible - Sensible defaults
• tmux-gruvbox - Dark theme
• tmux-resurrect - Save/restore sessions
• tmux-continuum - Auto-save sessions every 1 minute

Key bindings:

• Prefix + c - Show clock
• Prefix + t - New window (swapped from defaults)
• Windows and panes start at index 1, not 0
• Automatic window renumbering on close

keyd Keyboard Remapping

System-wide keyboard remapping via keyd daemon.

Tmux window switching (Right Alt layer):

• Alt+1 through Alt+8 - Switch to tmux window 1-8
• Alt+s - Open tmux session switcher

Typographic characters (Meta/Compose key layer):

• ` - Left single quote (‘)
• ' - Right single quote (’)
• Shift + [ - Left double quote (“)
• Shift + ] - Right double quote (”)
• - - En-dash (–)
• Shift+- - Em-dash (—)
• n - ñ

Installation

Home directory dotfiles:

Create symbolic links for top-level dotfiles:

ln -s `find $(pwd) -maxdepth 1 -not -type d -name "\.*" -not -name "\.gitignore"` ~

Alacritty:

ln -s $(pwd)/alacritty.toml ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml

keyd:

sudo ln -s $(pwd)/keyd/default.conf /etc/keyd/default.conf
sudo systemctl enable keyd
sudo systemctl start keyd

Autostart (Alacritty with Tmux):

ln -s $(pwd)/Autostart/alacritty.desktop ~/.config/autostart/alacritty.desktop

Systemd (Emacs daemon):

sudo ln -s $(pwd)/systemd/emacs.service /lib/systemd/system/emacs.service
sudo systemctl enable emacs
sudo systemctl start emacs

Emacs Setup

Emacs runs as a daemon via systemd for instant startup.

Usage:

• emacsclient -t <file> - Open in terminal (aliased to e)
• emacsclient -c <file> - Open in GUI frame (aliased to es)

Packages:

• sudo-edit - Edit files with elevated privileges

Configuration:

• Line numbers enabled globally
• Menu bar disabled
• Python mode: PEP 8 compliant (spaces, whitespace cleanup on save)
• XML mode: Whitespace cleanup on save

Tmux Plugins

Install plugins after cloning:

# Clone TPM if not present
git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

# Start tmux and press Prefix + I to install plugins