macbook-setup.md

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Macbook Setup	2017-07-19 18:57:02 -0700	true

Turns out I have a really custom setup ... Here is what I had to do to install everything I need to get started

• Chrome
• Quicksilver - deprecated in favor of Spotlight Search
• Add Russian language for input sources
• Remove all Apple software from doc except preferences
• Git/XCode (type git and mac OS Sierra knows you're a coder and installs tools for you)
• PyCharm
  • Set margin columns to 79
  • Markdown Navigator plugin
    • Enable soft wrapping
  • .ignore plugin
  • Solarized theme: https://github.com/jkaving/intellij-colors-solarized
• oh my zsh: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh
  • Add a few plugins: plugins=(git osx python)
  • Uncomment a few lines:

# Uncomment the following line to enable command auto-correction.
ENABLE_CORRECTION="true"

... more options ...

# Preferred editor for local and remote sessions
# Changed to `emacs`
if [[ -n $SSH_CONNECTION ]]; then
  export EDITOR='vim'
else
  export EDITOR='mvim'
fi

... more options ...

# ssh
export SSH_KEY_PATH="~/.ssh/rsa_id" 

Add alias for Triton Supercomputing Cluster (TSCC):

# Alias to Triton Supercomputing Cluster (TSCC)
alias tscc="ssh [email protected]"

Never use vi/vim:

# >:)
alias vim=emacs
alias vi=emacs

• ssh keys
  • Create a new ssh key
  • Add ssh key to GitHub
  • Log on to TSCC and add ssh key to accepted keys with [one line](http://www.linuxproblem.org/art_9.html]:

cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh [email protected] 'cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys'

• ~/code folder
  • GitHub repos from grad school that I'm still working on
• Terminal settings
  • Mac OS Sierra's high contrast I-beam is on point. I've lost that cursor so many times in El Capitan
  • Solarized scheme
  • Inconsolata font, 14 point
  • Set option as the Meta key for emacs: Preferences > Settings > Keyboard > Use option as meta key
• Anaconda Python
  • Make sure to copy the lines added to ~/.bash_profile to ~/.zshrc since Anaconda doesn't know you use oh-my-zsh
  • Make separate environments for each github repo
    • Add kernels to Jupyter notebooks
    • For each environment, need to do:

source activate kvector-env
conda install ipykernel
python -m ipykernel install --user --name myenv --display-name "Python 3.6 (kvector-env)"

• Homebrew
  • hub
    • brew install hub: mislav/hub#978
    • Add token for command line access so you can do git pull-request on the command line: mislav/hub#978
    • brew install git-lfs for git large file storage
  • tree to view directory trees from the command line
  • watch to rerun commands forever
• Caffeine - Turn off the screen dimming on your mac - keep it "awake" :)
• Toggl for time tracking so I know how long I spend on projects. This was especially useful for seeing how long formatting my dissertation took
• VLC - Watch videos in something other than .mov or .mp4 format
• Flux - Dim the blue light in your screen at night so you sleep better