# Windows dotfiles ![Windows](../../_assets/windows-1.png) - Terminal Emulator: [WezTerm](../../tools/wezterm/) - Tiling Window Manager: [GlazeWM](./glzr/glazewm/config.yaml) - Status Bar: [Zebar](./glzr/zebar/settings.json) - Quake Terminal: [Windows Terminal](./WindowsTerminal.json) - Shell: [PowerShell Core](../../tools/powershell/readme.md) - WSL1: [Arch Linux](https://github.com/yuk7/ArchWSL) - WSL2: kali-linux By following the Windows Directory Standard, assign the following directories corresponding to `$XDG_CONFIG` in Unix, some of the software(like `wezterm`) will use these directories as the default configuration path: | Windows Path | XDG-Equivalent | Default | |------------|----------|----------| | `%APPDATA%` | `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` | `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming` | | `%LOCALAPPDATA%` | `$XDG_DATA_HOME` | `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local` | | `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Cache` | `$XDG_CACHE_HOME` | `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Cache` | | `%LOCALAPPDATA%\State` | `$XDG_STATE_HOME` | `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\State` | An example bootstrap script is provided in [bootstrap/Windows.ps1](../../bootstrap/Windows.ps1), which will create necessary directories and link the files. ## PowerShell Profile This is the *[PowerShell Core](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell)* profile, not the legacy *Windows PowerShell* profile, which is faster(`powershell` vs `pwsh`, `pwsh` types 6 letters less lol), cross-platform and compatible with Unix. By default, PowerShell profile is stored in `%UserProfile%\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1`. It is convenient to use `$PROFILE` to locate the profile file. ```powershell Test-Path $PROFILE ``` Just like Unix Shell, there are configs work for different sessions. To locate them, use `select *` followed by `$PROFILE`. If you want to change the `AllUsers` scoped profile, do not install `pwsh` via `winget`, use `scoop` instead, since `winget` will install `pwsh` to `%ProgramFiles%\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe`, which is read-only even with Administrator privileges. ```powershell PS > $PROFILE | Select * AllUsersAllHosts : C:\Users\jsony\scoop\apps\pwsh\current\profile.ps1 AllUsersCurrentHost : C:\Users\jsony\scoop\apps\pwsh\current\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 CurrentUserAllHosts : C:\Users\jsony\Documents\PowerShell\profile.ps1 CurrentUserCurrentHost : C:\Users\jsony\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 Length : 68 ``` Note that the variable `$PROFILE.*` are constants, the only way to change it is to compile your own `pwsh` To link the profile file: ```powershell New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path $PROFILE -Target "$DOTFILES\win\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1" -Force ``` I use [starship](https://starship.rs/) to customize the prompt, which is located in [`tools/starship/starship_pwsh.toml`](../../tools/starship/starship_pwsh.toml). This prompt config is cross-platform for powershell core, since I use the prompt to identify the shell. ## `.wslconfig` - WSL2 Configuration `.wslconfig` only supports `%UserProfile%\.wslconfig` as the configuration path ```powershell New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "$Env:UserProfile\.wslconfig" -Target "$DOTFILES\win\.wslconfig" -Force ``` ## Neovide Neovide configuration is (only) stored in `%APPDATA%\neovide\config.toml` ```powershell New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "$Env:AppData\neovide\config.toml" -Target "$DOTFILES\win\neovide.toml" -Force ```