⚡ dotfiles

"Efficiency is not about doing more things; it is about removing the friction of doing the things that matter."

This repository hosts my personal configuration files for a high-performance, keyboard-driven development environment on Arch Linux. The goal is maximum velocity with zero system bloat.

(A snapshot of my current clean i3 + Alacritty environment)

🛠 The Stack

My workflow relies heavily on GPU acceleration and Rust-based tools to ensure instant response times.

Domain	Tool	Why?
OS	Arch Linux	Minimalist, rolling release, total control.
Window Manager	i3-wm	Tiling WM. Windows are managed via keyboard, not mouse.
Terminal	Alacritty	The fastest terminal emulator available (GPU-accelerated).
Shell	Zsh	Interactive shell configured with syntax highlighting & autosuggestions.
Prompt	Starship	Blazing fast, Rust-based, minimal prompt.
Navigation	Zoxide	Smarter cd. Jumps to directories based on usage frequency.
File Manager	Yazi	Vim-like file manager that lives in the terminal.

⚠️ Known Issues

Persian Text Rendering (RTL Support)

Status: ❌ Unresolved

I use a bilingual setup (English/Persian). However, Alacritty currently does not support "Advanced Text Shaping" or BiDi (Bidirectional) text rendering.

• The Issue: Persian/Farsi characters appear separated and in Left-to-Right order (e.g., "سلام" renders as "م ا ل س").
• Current State: I have decided to stick with Alacritty for its raw performance despite this limitation.
• Workaround: None active in the terminal. I use GUI text editors (VS Code/Gedit) when extensive Persian writing is required.

🚀 Installation

1. Dependencies

Install the core packages from the Arch official repositories:

# Core System & GUI
sudo pacman -S i3-wm i3status dmenu alacritty xorg-xinit xorg-server

# Shell & Productivity
sudo pacman -S zsh starship zoxide yazi fzf ripgrep

# Zsh Plugins (Arch Native Way)
sudo pacman -S zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting

# Fonts (Critical for icons/ligatures)
sudo pacman -S ttf-jetbrains-mono ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols

2. Deployment Clone the repository and link the configuration files to your home directory.

Method A: Manual Linking (Simple)

git clone https://github.com/alimoradi296/dotfiles.git cd dotfiles

Back up existing configs

mv ~/.zshrc ~/.zshrc.backup mv ~/.config/i3 ~/.config/i3.backup

Copy new configs

cp .zshrc ~/ cp -r .config/i3 ~/.config/ cp -r .config/alacritty ~/.config/ cp -r .local/bin ~/.local/ 📂 Repository Structure

dotfiles/ ├── .config/ │ ├── alacritty/ │ │ └── alacritty.toml # Visual settings, opacity (0.95), font size │ └── i3/ │ └── config # Window rules, startup apps, keybindings ├── .local/ │ └── bin/ │ └── env # PATH configurations ├── .zshrc # Plugin loading, aliases, Zoxide/Starship init └── README.md ⌨️ Workflow & Keybindings My i3 config is set up for speed. Here are the essentials:

Key Combination Action Mod + Enter Spawn Terminal (Alacritty) Mod + d Application Launcher (dmenu) Mod + Shift + q Kill Focused Window Mod + f Toggle Fullscreen Mod + Shift + Space Toggle Floating/Tiling Mode Mod + Shift + r Restart i3 (Reload Config) Alt + Shift Toggle Language Layout (US <-> IR)

🤝 Contributing If you know a performant way to render RTL text in Alacritty without switching to a slower terminal (like Kitty or WezTerm), please open an issue or PR!

📜 License MIT

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