xero, xero harrison, harrison, nu, x-e.ro, whois.x-e.ro, blog.x-e.ro, code.x-e.ro, lab.x-e.ro, img.x-e.ro, etc.x-e.ro, feeds.x-e.ro, fontvir.us, fontvirus, font, fonts, git, portfolio, program, programming, code, coding, codes, codez, dev, develop, developer, qoob, open qoob, openqoob, framework, code, api, lab, laboratory, experiment, experiments, demo, netart, net art, unixporn, unix porn, unixp0rn, unixpr0n, images, photos, etc, random https://blog.x-e.ro Sat, 30 May 2026 14:13:09 -0400 https://blog.x-e.ro open[qoob] https://blog.x-e.ro/managing_dotfiles_with_gnu_stow https://blog.x-e.ro/managing_dotfiles_with_gnu_stow

<p><a href="http://code.x-e.ro/dotfiles"><img src="/ui/img/code/dotfiles.png" alt="preview of xero's shell" /></a></p> <p>in the *nix world programs are configured in two different ways, via arguments in the terminal or text based configuration files. programs which have many options like your shell, window managers, or even text editors are configured on a per-user basis with files in your home directory <kbd>~</kbd>. in unix like operating systems any file or directory that starts with a period or full stop character is considered hidden, and in a default view will not be displayed. thus the name <kbd>dotfiles</kbd>. it's been said of every console user: </p> <blockquote><p>you are your dotfiles</p><cite></cite></blockquote> <p>i manage mine with <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/">gnu stow</a>, a free, portable, lightweight symlink farm manager. it allows me to keep a versioned directory of all my config files that are virtually linked into place.

xero harrison 2015-04-20T20:53:06-04:00 https://blog.x-e.ro/atom_editor_linux_install https://blog.x-e.ro/atom_editor_linux_install

<p><a href="http://img.x-e.ro/i/atom.png"><img src="http://img.x-e.ro/thumb/atom.png" alt="atom text editor linux screenshot"></a></p> <p><a href="http://atom.io/">atom</a> is a "hackable text editor for the 21st century" created by the team at github. it's designed to be customizable, but also usable without needing to edit a config file.</p> <p>this quote really sums it up perfectly:</p> <blockquote><p>because we spend most of our day in a text editor, the single most important feature we wanted in an editor was extensibility. atom is built with the same open source technologies used by modern web browsers. at the core of atom is chromium, the open source project behind google chrome. with that comes all the power and innovation being developed for the web. but more importantly, extending atom is as simple as writing javascript and css, two languages used by millions of developers each day.</p><cite><a href="http://atom.io/">atom.io</a></cite></blockquote>

xero harrison 2014-05-08T15:33:06-04:00 https://blog.x-e.ro/git_with_the_program https://blog.x-e.ro/git_with_the_program

<p><img title="git terminal" src="http://img.x-e.ro/i/git.png" alt="" /></p> <p>git is a distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) system with an emphasis on speed. git was designed by linus torvalds, of linux fame, for managing the development of the kernel. every git working directory is a fully fledged repository, complete with revision tracking abilities independent of a network or centralized server. git is 100% open-source, freeware, and distributed under the GNU general public license v2.</p>

xero harrison 2013-01-13T22:42:00-05:00