I'd used custom shell-scripts for a while though since I saved them with
the exact same name as the actual program I confused myself. E.g. when I
tried to use rofi to provide me a dialog to choose from some options.
So, I discarded this approach :)
I finally made the switch from the bare-repository method to stow to
manage my dotfiles. This brings some nice benefits, e.g. I can savely
say what file is in my dotfiles and what is missing out. Furthermore the
usage is _way_ simpler the before. Though one downside is the more
complicated removal of files, but I've documented a way which feels nice
to me as well. Finally I removed my old setup-script since I switched to
an ansible-setup anyway. So this config will eventually be applied
ansible and I don't have to care about installed software in this repo
anymore!
Reference: https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/
Reference: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11071754
Reference: https://gitea.nehrke.info/nemoinho/dev-machine/
I struggled to distinguish between a simple key-stroke and a pressed
key, which should lead to repeat inputs. Initially I copied this value
from my macos-settings where I use the same keyboard, but it turns out
that the timing is somehow different.
Remember set this to 200ms on macos and 250ms on X11.
Note, I have no idea which one is more accurate, but since everything on
a mac feels (and is) slow I would guess linux is correct and apple lies.
I use the latest version of the font where the codepoints are still
2-bytes long!!!
The I use the technique described in the source to configure the icons
in my i3 config.
Source: http://kumarcode.com/Adding-your-custom-font-to-i3status/
