Mac Setup

1. Mac Setting#

• Turn on three finger drag for your Mac trackpad
• Increase the cursor moving speed: System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Increase Key Repeat Rate
• switch the ctrl and caps lock key: https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/mac-help/mchlp1011/mac

2. Shell#

• Install iterm2
  • theme: one dark
  • font: source code pro
• Install Homebrew
• Install ZSH: brew install zsh
• Install oh-my-zsh
• Generating a new SSH key and adding it to the ssh-agent
• After ssh setup and add to the https://github.com/, it’s able to git clone resource for iterm2 now:
  • theme: github-nvim-theme
  • font: source code pro
    • To install new fonts on mac: Open Font Book App -> Open File -> Add Fonts To Current User -> Choose the downlaoded font files
• Init .gitconfig

2.1 Zsh#

• configuration (.zshrc)
• setting:
  • move the cursor by words:

  1. Go to iTerm2 (in the menu bar) > Settings... > Profiles > Keys (not Preferences... > Keys)
  2. On current versions (3.14+) you then switch to the Key Mappings tab
  3. Press Presets... dropdown button.
  4. Select Natural Text Editing
  

• plugins:
  • autojump: brew install autojump
  • zsh-autosuggestions: git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
  • zsh-syntax-highlighting: git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
  • fzf
    • brew install fzf
    • $(brew --prefix)/opt/fzf/install

3. vim#

• vim (.vimrc):
  • install nvim: brew install neovim
  • init nvim: https://neovim.io/doc/user/nvim.html#nvim-from-vim
  • install vim-plug, copy .vimrc and :PlugInstall to install plugins
  • install coc.nvim (brew install node first)

3.1 coc.nvim#

I would say coc.nvim is VS Code in neo vim, as well as the function is also expanded by plugins. Here’s the basic plugins we used in daily development.

• coc-lists
• coc-go (for golang developer)
• coc-pyright (for python developer)

tmux#

• brew install tmux
• install tmux plugin manager: https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm
• copy config to ~/.tmux.conf
• tmux source ~/.tmux.conf (type this in terminal if tmux is already running)
• theme: https://github.com/catppuccin/tmux
  • intall by tpm (included in the config above)
  • patch font via https://github.com/catppuccin/tmux#installation (for font installation refer to shell section 2)

4. Tool#

• fd is a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find: brew install fd
• Personal Script: git clone https://github.com/jinying-che/Geript, add into system path in .zshrc
• Hugo is one of the most popular open-source static site generators.: brew install hugo
• GitHub Readme Instant Preview: brew install grip
• tlrd: collection of community-maintained help pages for command-line tools, that aims to be a simpler, more approachable complement to traditional man pages.

5. Development#

5.1 golang#

• Install golang: https://go.dev/doc/install

5.2 python#

• Install python: brew install python3
• Install ipython: pip install "ipython[all]"