setup-files

Maintain setup files across work environments.

Software

• git
• vim
• AutoHotKey

Setup

Follow these steps to set up a work environment.

git

Credentials

Store GitHub credentials in the home directory.

git config --global credential.helper store

tmux

Windowed terminal

1. Install msys2 from https://www.msys2.org/.
2. In msys2 install tmux: pacman -S tmux
3. Navigate to msys2 folder: C:\msys64/usr/bin.
4. Copy these files to C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin:

• msys-event-_-_-_.dll
• msys-event_core-_-_-_.dll
• tmux.exe

vim

Define settings.

Establish vim settings by creating a symlink in C:/Users/$USERNAME to the _vimrc file in this repo and initializing all plugins.

cd ~
git clone http://github.com/samussiah/setup-files.git ~/vimfiles
ln -s ~/vimfiles/_vimrc ~/_vimrc
cd ~/vimfiles

Then in vim run :PlugInstall.

Update environment variable PATH with location of gvim.exe.

1. > Control Panel
2. > System
3. > Advanced System Settings
4. > Environment Variables
5. Under User Variables > Path
6. > Edit
7. > New
8. > Browse
9. Browse to folder that contains executable.

Editing the _vimrc

1. Open ~/_vimrc or in vim type ,ev.
2. Edit the file.
3. Copy the file into ~/vimfiles.
4. In ~/vimfiles run these commands from the command line:
5. git add -A
6. git commit -a -m 'description of the update'
7. git push

Plugins

• adding
  1. Open ~/_vimrc.
  2. Add a line under the " declare plugins comment like so: Plug 'user/repo.
  3. Save the updated _vimrc file.
  4. Reload the updated _vimrc file or restart vim.
  5. In vim run :PlugInstall.
• updating
  1. In vim run :PlugUpdate.
• removing
  1. Open ~/_vimrc.
  2. Remove the line of the plugin to be removed.
  3. Reload the updated _vimrc file or restart vim.
  4. In vim run :PlugClean.

local server

Start up a local local server.

1. Install http-sever: npm i -G http-server.
2. In top-level development folder, create package.json: touch package.json.
3. Add command to package.json: echo '{ "scripts": { "local": "http-server ." } }' > package.json.
4. Start local server: npm run local.

AutoHotKey

Add a batch file that starts AutoHotKey, a keyboard macro program, to the Windows desktop.

cd C:/Users/$USERNAME/vimfiles
cp autoHotKey.bat ../Desktop

• Run AutoHotKey initially by double clicking the batch file on the Windows desktop.
• Edit AutoHotKey: CTRL + ALT + [
• Run AutoHotKey after editing: CTRL + ALT + ]

Be sure to commit and push changes to setup files.