Use Github as the system backup - My dotfiles (在Github中备份系统设置 - 我的dotfile配置)

In less than two weeks, I broke my operating system, twice. As a programmer, we all know it is a extremely painful process to re-install all the dependencies, set up configurations, etc. However, we have to face such disasters now and then. I erroneously remove “libglib*” when I tried to install gimp, the alternative of Photoshop on Linux. Unfortunately, it is notoriously difficult to build from source, which is another long story. However, I am a little bit luckier this time because I started to document part of my working environments since my hard disk broke down two weeks ago (remember I told you that I broke my OS twice in two weeks, sad story…).

This project is still under construction, which basically contains my editor settings, frequently-used softwares and bash files. It will recover my editor settings and install the latest version of cmake (3.5.1), sublime text 3(3103), meshlab, which might be helpful for Graphics/CV guys like me. It may be unwise to directly run install.sh script if you don’t know what it does, since it installs several dependencies for my daily development (c++, science, graphics, computer vision, …). One thing particularly useful is my .vimrc settings (if you also use the vim editor), which is well tested and very easy to configure. Just cd into the editor folder and type:

cp vimrc ~/.vimrc   # copy the vim configuration file
rm -rf ~/.vim       # delete old vim settings if any 
rsync -av vim ~/    # copy the new one
mv ~/vim ~/.vim     # change the folder name

Below are the vim add-ons that it automatically installs:

  • ctrlsf.vim: An ack/ag/pt powered code search and view tool.

  • OmniCppComplete: C/C++ omni-completion with ctags database.

  • indexer: Auto-generate tags for all files of project(s) and keep tags up-to-date.

  • pathogen.vim: It makes it super easy to install plugins and runtime files in their own private directories.

  • vim-signature: vim-signature is a plugin to place, toggle and display marks.

  • vimprj: Plugin for managing options for different projects.

For more instructions, head over to the dotfiles on GitHub.

Written on April 12, 2016