dotfiles

My Arch Linux setup: Niri + Noctalia — scrollable tiling meets COSMIC shell. Managed with GNU Stow.

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What's Inside

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├── fish/          # Fish shell config, functions & completions
├── fontconfig/    # JetBrainsMono Nerd Font as default monospace
├── foot/          # Foot terminal emulator
├── gtk/           # GTK3 theme
├── niri/          # Niri window manager config (KDL)
├── noctalia/      # Noctalia compositor/shell config
├── nvim/          # Neovim config (LazyVim-based)
└── tmux/          # Tmux config with vi-mode keybinds

Theme That Follows You

Noctalia handles theming globally — set it once in the Noctalia control center and it pushes Tokyo-Night (with Gruvbox accents) into niri, foot, GTK, and everything else automatically. Pick a wallpaper there too. I don't manually sync theme files; Noctalia does that.

Fish Shell

Aliases I actually use: t for tmux, c for opencode, f for fastfetch. Copilot and Grok completions baked in.

Tmux

Prefix is Ctrl+Space. The D keybind spins up my daily driver: nvim + opencode + terminal in a three-pane layout.

Neovim

LazyVim-based. Clean, fast, gets out of your way.

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Getting Started

sudo pacman -S niri foot fish tmux neovim gnu-stow fontconfig
yay -S noctalia

git clone https://github.com/virtualabishek/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles

stow fish niri noctalia foot tmux gtk fontconfig nvim

This symlinks everything into ~/.config/. Changed your mind? stow --delete <package> undoes it.

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Keybinds

Niri (Mod = Super)

Key	Action
Mod + Return	Open foot terminal
Mod + Q	Close window
Mod + F	Maximize column
Mod + Shift + F	Fullscreen
Mod + M	Maximize window to edges
Mod + Ctrl + F	Expand column to available width
Mod + C	Center column
Mod + Shift + C	Center all columns
Mod + V	Toggle floating
Mod + Shift + V	Focus toggle (floating/tiling)
Mod + W	Toggle column tabbed display
Mod + R / Mod + Shift + R	Cycle column width
Mod + Ctrl + Shift + R	Cycle window height
Mod + Ctrl + R	Reset window height
Mod + - / Mod + =	Column width ±10%
Mod + Shift + - / Mod + Shift + =	Window height ±10%
Mod + [ / Mod + ]	Consume/expel window left/right
Mod + , / Mod + .	Consume / expel window
Mod + B	Zen Browser
Mod + Ctrl + B	Brave Browser
Mod + Ctrl + T	btop (in foot)
Mod + E	Thunar file manager
Mod + Space	Noctalia launcher
Mod + Shift + L	Lock screen
Mod + Shift + T	Toggle Noctalia bar
Mod + Escape	Noctalia session panel
Mod + Ctrl + Space	Noctalia control center
Mod + Ctrl + Tab	Noctalia window switcher
Mod + Alt + Space	Noctalia settings
Mod + Ctrl + C	Noctalia clipboard
Mod + O	Toggle overview
Mod + Shift + P	Power off monitors
Mod + H / J / K / L	Focus: left/down/up/right
Mod + Ctrl + H / J / K / L	Move window: left/down/up/right
Mod + Shift + H / J / K	Focus monitor: left/down/up
Mod + Shift + Ctrl + H / J / K / L	Move column to monitor
Mod + Left / Right / Up / Down	Focus direction
Mod + Home / Mod + End	Focus first/last column
Mod + Page_Down(U) / Mod + Page_Up(I)	Focus workspace down/up
Mod + 1-9	Switch to workspace
Mod + Shift + 1-9	Move window to workspace
Mod + Ctrl + 1-9	Move column to workspace
Mod + Shift + Page_Down(U) / Mod + Page_Up(I)	Move workspace down/up
Mod + Ctrl + Page_Down(U) / Mod + Page_Up(I)	Move column to workspace
Mod + Shift + /	Show hotkey overlay
Mod + Wheel Down/Up	Focus workspace
Mod + Ctrl + Wheel Down/Up	Move column to workspace
Mod + Wheel Left/Right	Focus column
Mod + Ctrl + Wheel Left/Right	Move column
Print	Screenshot region
Ctrl + Print	Screenshot full screen
Alt + Print	Screenshot focused window
XF86AudioRaiseVolume / LowerVolume / Mute	Volume control
XF86AudioMicMute	Mute microphone
XF86Audio Play / Stop / Prev / Next	Media control
XF86MonBrightnessUp / Down	Brightness ±10%
Ctrl + Alt + Del	Quit niri
Ctrl + Escape	Toggle keyboard inhibit

Tmux (Prefix = Ctrl+Space)

Key	Action
Prefix + q	Reload config
Prefix + h	Split pane vertical
Prefix + v	Split pane horizontal
Prefix + x	Kill pane
Prefix + r	Rename window
Prefix + c	New window
Prefix + k	Kill window
Prefix + R	Rename session
Prefix + C	New session
Prefix + K	Kill session
Prefix + P / N	Previous/next session
Prefix + D	3-pane dev layout (nvim + opencode + terminal)
Prefix + C-Space	Send prefix
Alt + Enter	Split pane vertical
Alt + Shift + Enter	Split pane horizontal
Alt + Escape	Kill pane
Ctrl + Alt + Arrow	Navigate panes
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Arrow	Resize pane
Alt + 1-9	Switch window
Alt + Left / Right	Previous/next window
Alt + Shift + Left / Right	Swap window
Alt + Up / Down	Previous/next session
Copy mode (vi):
v (in copy-mode-vi)	Begin selection
y (in copy-mode-vi)	Copy selection

Fish Shell Aliases

Command	Action
t	tmux
c	opencode
f	fastfetch
tdl	Terminal dev layout (3-pane tmux)

Foot Terminal

Key	Action
Ctrl + Shift + C / Ctrl + Insert	Copy
Ctrl + Shift + V / Shift + Insert	Paste

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Adding Your Own

Each component is a Stow package:

mkdir -p ~/dotfiles/newapp/.config/newapp
cp -r ~/.config/newapp/* ~/dotfiles/newapp/.config/newapp/
stow newapp