Tools and Configurations for Development

2025-12-10 695 words 4 minutes

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Tools and Configurations

These are tools/configurations I use on either a frequent, or regular enough basis to warrant including them on new development machines.

	This is a **live** document which is actively updated.

Terminal

Here are tools and configurations specific to the terminal.

bash

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# ~/.bashrc
set -o vi                                 # Set interactive shell to Vim mode

tmux

Site: Home · tmux/tmux Wiki · GitHub

In the past I used different terminal emulators (e.g. Terminator, kitty) with their own shortcuts, but I’ve circled back to just tmux in whatever emulator is most easily accessible.

CLI

git

Site: Git-scm

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# ~/.gitconfig
[init]
    defaultBranch = main                  # Set default branch to `main`

bat[cat]

Site: GitHub - sharkdp/bat: A cat(1) clone with wings.

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# ~/.bashrc
export PAGER="batcat"                     # Set `batcat` as default pager
export MANPAGER="batcat -l man -p"        # Set `batcat` as default `man` pager

delta

Site: GitHub - dandavison/delta: A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, grep, and blame output

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# ~/.gitconfig
[core]
    pager = delta -w $(( "${COLUMNS}" - 9 ))   # Use `delta` as default pager
                                               # + Fixes width w/ line #'s

[interactive]
    diffFilter = delta --color-only        # Use `delta` as default pager
					                       #   for interactive filters

[delta]
    navigate = true                        # use n and N to move between
                                           #   diff sections
    dark = true                            # or light = true, or omit for
                                           #   auto-detection
    side-by-side = true
    line-numbers-left-format = ""
    line-numbers-right-format = "│ "

vim

Make sure to install version with python3 support if that’s your thing.

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# ~/.bashrc
export EDITOR=vim                          # Set vim as default editor

For plugins I use junegunn/vim-plug.

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# ~/.vimrc

####################
# Plugins go here!

call plug#begin()
  Plug 'tpope/vim-commentary'              # Plugin for easy line commenting
  Plug 'preservim/nerdtree'                # File manager inside Vim
call plug#end()


####################
# Configs go here!

set number                                 # Show line numbers
inoremap jk <Esc>                          # Map <jk> to <ESC>
set et                                     # Set expanded tabs (with spaces)
set sw=2                                   # Set shift width = 2
set ts=2                                   # Set tab stop = 2

nnoremap <C-n> :NERDTreeToggle<CR>         # Map <CTRL-N> to toggle NerdTree pane