Dotfiles

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the Command Line Tools (CLT) installed, which are needed for cloning this repository with Git and for Homebrew.

xcode-select --install

Cloning

This repository contains submodules. You can initialize them when cloning by running:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/AndreasNasman/.config.git

Alternatively, you can clone the repository normally and initialize the submodules by running the setup/init script described below.

Setup

To initialize the setup, run the following script:

setup/init

This script installs Homebrew packages (dependencies) and initializes as many programs as possible from the repository. It uses Bash since macOS does not include fish out of the box.

Update

To update relevant files when the setup changes, run the following script:

setup/update

Manual setup

The following section serves as a reminder of what to set up manually.

Firefox

1. Navigate to about:config.
2. Set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true.
3. Restart Firefox.

Git

We need to set up SSH commit signing manually since we should exclude signing keys from version control. git/config contains an include-reference to a config.local file that contains the signing key. Follow these steps to add the signing key:

1. Open the desktop version 1Password.
2. Find the signing key item.
3. Click the "More options" menu (three dots) and choose "Configure Commit Signing...".
4. Copy the user.signingkey part and add it to the git/config.local file.

Surfingkeys

1. Open Surfingkeys settings.
2. Tick the Advanced mode checkbox.
3. Paste the content below in the Load settings from: text field.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndreasNasman/.config/refs/heads/main/surfingkeys/theme.js

Nix

Troubleshooting

system.keyboard configurations not working

After a macOS system update, your Nix keyboard configurations might stop working.

To remedy this, run this command (source) and make note of the path:

nix-store --query --tree /run/current-system  | grep --only-matching --extended-regexp '/nix/store/.+-activate-system-start' | xargs nix-store --query --requisites | grep bash

Then, open Input Monitoring in System Settings and add the Bash command to the allowed applications.

If you run darwin-rebuild and restart your system, keyboard changes will take effect! 🎉

Neovim

I have based my Neovim configuration on kickstart.nvim, hash 3338d39.

Inspiration

• https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim
• https://www.lazyvim.org/
• https://www.youtube.com/@benfrainuk
• https://www.youtube.com/@devopstoolbox
• https://www.youtube.com/@dreamsofcode
• https://www.youtube.com/@joseanmartinez
• https://www.youtube.com/@vhyrro