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Dotfiles are files or directories on *nix systems which filesystem
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utilities do not display by default when showing a directory
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listing.
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To list these files, run: ls -a
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On cosmic.voyage there are several dotfiles that you may want to
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customize
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1. ~/.plan & ~/.project
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These files are displayed when someone checks your account with the
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`finger` command. Create these files with the editor of your choice
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inside your HOME directory. The .plan file should contain a few
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lines with general information about you or your account. The
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.project file should only contain one line, generally contains
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information about your short-term goals. You can create either or
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both of these files, if both exist the .project file should be
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output above the .plan file when somebody runs `finger username@cosmic.voyage`
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2. ~/ship/ship_name/.description
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This file provides a description for your ship/colony/output where
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you can introduce your story or provide more information as you see
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fit.
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3. .profile / .bashrc
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These files change the way your shell runs, you can change your
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default text editor by adding a line like:
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export EDITOR=vim
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to change your default text editor from jed to vim, or you can
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create aliases as shortcuts to your favorite commands with lines
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like:
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alias ll='ls -oFhA'
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this one will list the contents of a directory, append a character
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to indicate the files type, and print the file size in a
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human-readable format. There's tons of options that can be tweaked
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in here.
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4. other config files
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.muttrc & .pinerc files can be written to customize the mutt and
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alpine email clients respectively.
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.signature file will be used by some email apps to be appended as a
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signature on outgoing messages.
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.vim & .vimrc is a directory of configurations and a single
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configuration file to customize the way the vim text editor works.
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.pronouns is a file where you can define your preferred pronouns.
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These will show when someone looks you up using the 'finger' command.
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