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| author | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2020-05-12 22:49:01 +1200 |
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| committer | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2020-05-12 22:49:01 +1200 |
| commit | 0f9e22cb629b330dc3e8208b5b350722c3a7fb59 (patch) | |
| tree | 8bb706c93412446ebfac9c7b1d047d881dca002e /README.md | |
| parent | Switch Mutt to XDG basedirs (diff) | |
| download | dotfiles-0f9e22cb629b330dc3e8208b5b350722c3a7fb59.tar.gz dotfiles-0f9e22cb629b330dc3e8208b5b350722c3a7fb59.zip | |
Reformat README and fix a path or two
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@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ For the default `all` target, you'll need a POSIX-fearing userland, including The installation `Makefile` overwrites things standing in the way of its installed files without backing them up, so read the output of `make -n -install` before running `make install` carefully, to make sure you aren't going to lose -anything unexpected. If you're still not sure, install it in a temporary -directory first, so you can explore: +install` before running `make install` carefully, to make sure you aren't going +to lose anything unexpected. If you're still not sure, install it in +a temporary directory first, so you can explore: $ tmpdir=$(mktemp -d) $ make install HOME="$tmpdir" @@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ dependencies: * `install-readline` * `install-vim` -The `install-login-shell` target looks at your `SHELL` environment variable, and tries -to figure out which shell's configuration files to install, falling back on -`install-sh`. +The `install-login-shell` target looks at your `SHELL` environment variable, +and tries to figure out which shell's configuration files to install, falling +back on `install-sh`. The remaining files can be installed with the other `install-*` targets. Try `awk -f bin/mftl.awk Makefile` in the project's root directory to see a list. @@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ The remaining files can be installed with the other `install-*` targets. Try ### Configuration To keep a set of `make` targets useful for a specific user or host, you can -list them in a newline-separated file `~/.local/share/dotfiles.conf`, and -install using that with the special `install-conf` target. This can include -variable settings, too: +list them in a newline-separated file `~/.config/dotfiles/config`, and install +using that with the special `install-conf` target. This can include macro +settings for the `Makefile`, too: $ cd - $ cat .local/share/dotfiles.conf + $ cat .config/dotfiles/config install-bash install-bin EMAIL=you@example.com @@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ off using a stub file installed in `~/.config/bash_completion`. The majority of the time I just want to complete paths anyway, and this makes for a quicker startup without a lot of junk functions in my Bash namespace. -I do make some exceptions with completions defined in `.bash_completion.d` -files, for things I really do get tired of typing repeatedly: +I do make some exceptions with completions defined in files in +`~/.bash_completion.d` for things I really do get tired of typing repeatedly: * Bash builtins: commands, help topics, shell options, variables, etc. * `find(1)`'s more portable options @@ -299,8 +299,8 @@ colored cyan. ### Mutt My mail is kept in individual Maildir-format directories under `~/mail`, with -the system mail spool in e.g. `/var/mail/tejr` being where most unfiltered mail -is sent. I use [Getmail](http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/), +the system mail spool in e.g. `/var/mail/tejr` being where most unfiltered new +mail is spooled. I use [Getmail](http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/), [maildrop](https://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/), and [msmtp](https://marlam.de/msmtp/); the configurations for these are not included here. I sign whenever I have some indication that the recipient might |