Trent's Development Environment

Quick Reference

Critical Facts

1. •Fish is the primary shell - Always add aliases/functions to fish, never zsh
2. •Chezmoi manages dotfiles - After editing configs, sync with chezmoi add or cadd
3. •Tmux uses 1-based indexing - Panes and windows start at 1, not 0
4. •Vi mode everywhere - Fish, tmux, and nvim all use vi keybindings

Machines

Common Paths

~/.config/fish/           # Fish shell config
~/.config/nvim/           # Neovim/LazyVim config
~/.config/tmuxinator/     # Tmux session templates
~/.config/aerospace/      # Window manager config
~/.local/share/chezmoi/   # Chezmoi source (dotfiles repo)
~/.claude/skills/         # Claude Code skills
~/git/                    # Git projects

Chezmoi Workflow

After editing any config file:

cadd                      # Re-add changed files to chezmoi
# or
chezmoi add ~/.config/... # Add specific file

Then commit in ~/.local/share/chezmoi/.

Key Aliases

# Config editing
ef                        # Edit fish config
v                         # Neovim

# Chezmoi
cadd                      # chezmoi re-add
capply                    # chezmoi apply

# Tmux
ts                        # Session switcher (fzf)
tnw                       # New window with 3-pane layout

# SSH
mm                        # SSH to Mac Mini with port forwards

Tmuxinator Sessions

• •config - Dotfiles editing (root: ~/.config)
• •admin - System monitoring (btop + terminals)
• •default - Template for project sessions

When Editing Configs

1. •Use the appropriate skill for detailed help (fish, tmux, lazyvim, etc.)
2. •Remember to sync to chezmoi after changes
3. •Fish syntax differs from bash/zsh:
   • •set -gx VAR value not export VAR=value
   • •(command) not $(command)
   • •Functions go in ~/.config/fish/functions/name.fish

Skills Index

• •fish - Shell config, aliases, functions, vi mode
• •tmux - Sessions, tmuxinator templates, sesh, window layouts
• •chezmoi - Dotfile management, syncing, ansible playbooks
• •lazyvim - Neovim config, plugins, LSP, keybindings
• •aerospace - Window management, workspaces, tiling
• •obsidian - Zettelkasten notes, vault search
• •claude-skills - Creating and managing skills