NewSystem.org

New System Setup Instructions

System Preferences

• Dvorak Keyboard
• Control Key for Caps-Lock
• Calendar: Preferences > Advanced > Turn on timezone support

Emacs Keybindings in MacOS

Emacs Keybindings for Mac OS X

1. Download the bindings file.
2. Rename the file to DefaultKeyBinding.dict.
3. Stash the file into the ~/Library/KeyBindings folder.

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jrus/cocoa-text-system/refs/heads/master/KeyBindings/Emacs%20Opt%20Bindings.dict -o ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict

if test -f ~/Library/KeyBindings
  if test -f ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict
      echo "Sorry, file exists"
      exit
  end
else
  mkdir ~/Library/KeyBindings
end
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jrus/cocoa-text-system/refs/heads/master/KeyBindings/Emacs%20Opt%20Bindings.dict -o ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict

Finder

• Dock on left, large icons
• View all file endings
• Large icons
• Show hidden files

Installations

• Homebrew

Applications

• XCode / Developers Tools
• PopClip
• Alfred
• Todoist
• Configure prefs synching
• Bartender
• Dropbox

Fonts & Text Tools

• font-inconsolata
• font-fira-code
• font-jetbrains-mono
• aspell
• pandoc

Terminal Packages

• Fish
• bash
• --cask emacs
• git
• git-crypt
• hub
• ssh-copy-id

Optional Packages

• GCC
• GDB
• CMake
• dos2unix
• mpich
• graphviz
• kramdown

Repos

• ORG, requires GPG setup for full file access