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Essentials

#Public/Notta

tldr list:

Files app:

Great replacement for File Explorer > Files Installation obsidian

Money Manager EX

Multi platform app to keep track of finances, it is very well made and maintain > Installation obsidian

ScreenToGif

This tool allows you to record a selected area of your screen, live feed from your webcam or live drawings from a sketchboard. Afterward, you can edit and save the animation as a gif, apng, video, psd or png image > Installation


Terminals

Alacritty

One of the best and fastest Terminals Installation obsidian

[!NOTE] Config Location Global config can be found at soru/dots/windows/alacritty Copy config to %APPDATA%\alacritty\alacritty.yml create folders as neccesary or C:\Users\dashi\AppData\Roaming\alacritty

Create WSL2 Shortcut

  • Navigate to "C:\Program Files\Alacritty"
  • Create a new shortcut for Alacritty.exe
  • Right Click > Properties > Target Text Box > "C:\Program Files\Alacritty\alacritty.exe" -e wsl ~
  • -e wsl ~ these are the parameters to add at the end of Target Text Box

For Icons to work, install Nerd Fonts with scoop > #Windows/Scoop


Package Managers

#Windows/Scoop

Scoop

Scoop install programs you know and love, from the command line with a minimal amount of friction. > Installation

Check website, commands and scripts might have changed

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser # Optional: Needed to run a remote script the first time
irm get.scoop.sh | iex

Installing Fonts

scoop bucket add nerd-fonts
scoop install nerd-fonts/Agave-NF-Mono

All other fonts can be found in scoop main website

#Windows/Choco

Chocolatey

Well known and extensive package manager. > Installation

Check website for updated installation instructions

choco list # List all chocolatey package
choco search zip # Search packages mentioning "zip"
choco search --by-tag compression # Search packages by their tags
choco search --order-by-popularity zip # FIlter and sort by package results by popularity
choco search --approved-only zip # Only return approved package
choco info 7zip # Get information about 7zip package

# Install

choco install 7zip # Install 
choco install 7zip --install-directory=P:\7z # Install to a specific directory

# Maintenance

choco list --localonly # List installed packages
choco outdated # List upgradable packages
choco upgrade all -y # Upgrade all packages

# Pinning

choco pin list # List pinned packages
choco pin add --name 7zip # Suppress upgrades for 7zip
choco pin remove --name 7zip # Supress upgrades supression for 7zip ;)

Terminal Config & Tricks

To change Copy/Paste action on Windows Terminal change these commands within Setting.json

This is needed when using Neovim in WSL2 otherwise, Visual Block will not work as intended

"action": "copy",
"singleLine": false
"keys": "ctrl+shift+c"
"command": "paste",
"keys": "ctrl+shift+v"