README

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-# dotfiles
-System config stuff
+# devenblake/dotfiles
+Pretty config stuff.
+
+![This is a screenshot of my desktop.](https://web.archive.org/web/20200926155417if_/https://i.redd.it/jwhsmokcfcp51.png)
+
+## applications shown (and some unshown)
+
+### display manager
+I use [ly](https://github.com/nullgemm/ly).
+
+### file manager
+[Bash](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/). My Bash aliases and stuff are all in `.bashrc`. My `PS1` is "> ", which is **bad practice**. I use it like this because I think it looks cool but when pasting in a command you could accidentally `> file` and delete an important file.
+
+### status bar
+[i3status](https://i3wm.org/i3status/). The configuration file is at `.config/i3status/config` in this repo.
+
+A caveat is that the interface names in the i3status configuration (`wlan0` and `enp0s25`) are specific to my system. A kinda ugly hack but I didn't expect to get [300 upvotes on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/izpvwp/i3gaps_basic_but_it_works/) for my desktop!
+
+### wallpaper
+[This 1920x1080 Asuka edit](https://archive.org/details/asuka-98).
+
+### winamp skin
+This [Sailor Moon themed skin](https://archive.org/details/winampskin_Sailor_Moon_Gang) on [Audacious](https://audacious-media-player.org/).
+
+### window manager
+[i3-gaps](https://github.com/Airblader/i3). The configuration file is at `.config/i3/config`.
+
+### xterm
+My xterm config is at .Xresources. I haven't had good luck at getting fonts to work with it but [unscii](http://pelulamu.net/unscii/) works great. The way I "installed" the TTF font is by moving `unscii-16-full.ttf` to `.local/share/fonts` and then running `fc-cache` before checking `fc-list` for unscii (`fc-list | grep unscii`). I use [this terminal color theme](https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/hjzw5f/oc_qualitative_color_palette_for_ansi_terminal/) ([here's a webarchive link just in case](https://web.archive.org/web/20200926160802/https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/hjzw5f/oc_qualitative_color_palette_for_ansi_terminal/fwpludj/?context=3)) because it's pretty to me.
+
+## get the look
+
+This is potentially destructive to your current i3wm, i3status, and xterm configurations. I'm leaving this plug-and-chug sequence of commands *for myself* in the future when I inevitably bork my system and have to reinstall - **this isn't contained in a shell script for a reason**, please make sure you understand any commands before you run them. It requires that you already have `audacious`, `coreutils` (`cd`, `mv`, and stuff like that), `curl`, `git`, `i3-gaps`, `i3status`, and an X server installed. These are also all untested.
+
+`cd $HOME`, `cd `, or `cd ~`
+
+`git clone https://github.com/devenblake/dotfiles.git`
+
+`cp dotfiles/.config ../`
+
+`cp dotfiles/.Xresources ../`
+
+`curl http://pelulamu.net/unscii/unscii-16-full.ttf -o .local/share/fonts/unscii-16-full.ttf`
+
+`fc-cache`
+
+This command installs the Sailor Moon theme for all users: `sudo curl https://archive.org/download/winampskin_Sailor_Moon_Gang/Sailor_Moon_Gang.wsz -o /usr/share/audacious/Skins/Sailor_Moon_Gang.wsz`
+
+`mkdir Pictures/Wallpapers`
+
+`curl https://ia801502.us.archive.org/3/items/asuka-98/Asuka%2098.jpg -o Pictures/Wallpapers/Asuka\ 98.jpg`
+
+After this you should be able to open i3 and have the configs the same way I have them. If xterm doesn't have the font, run `xdrb -load .Xresources` and that should fix it.
+