☄️ Personal dotfiles for my WSL distribution! Currently under construction. Also contains other information related to workspace setup. Go to:
- Useful Links
- Using a Magic Keyboard with Windows
- Files in this Repository
- Notes on Using Chargers/Power Adapters
- Other Applications
I have an Apple Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad - US English that I use with a Dell laptop running Windows 11. I remapped some keys on the Apple keyboard using Microsoft PowerToys as such so that they did not interfere with the original keyboard that is part of my laptop:
Function Key | Previous Key Combo | Does What? |
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F1 | N/A | 🌑 switch to dark mode 1 |
F2 | N/A | ☀️ switch to light mode |
F3 | ⊞ Win+Tab | 🪟 open task view |
F4 | ⊞ Win+I | ⚙️ open Settings |
F5 | ⊞ Win+E | 📁 open File Explorer |
F6 | ⊞ Win+; | 😊 open Emoji Panel |
F7 | Previous Track | ⏮️ go to previous track |
F8 | Play/Pause Media | ⏯️ play/pause media |
F9 | Next Track | ⏭️ go to next track |
F10 | Volume Mute | 🔇 volume mute |
F11 | Volume Down | 🔉 decrease volume |
F12 | Volume Up | 🔊 increase volume |
F13 | ⊞ Win+Print Screen | 🤳🏽 take a screenshot |
F14 | ⊞ Win+Shift+C | 🎨 open Colour Picker 2 |
F15 | ⊞ Win+Shift+M | 📏 open Screen Ruler |
F16 | Ctrl+Alt+Numpad 1 |
.vscode/extensions.json
- list of VSCode extensions that I have currently installed, to be used as recommendations in-app.images
- folder of images used in the README for this repo.- sims-deep-pink - 💗 dark theme for Mozilla products with pink highlights - this repository is specified as a submodule in
.gitmodules
. .bashrc
- config for the Bash shell environment..ssh/config
- config containing saved SSH connection information - needs comments stripped before use.
Notes on Using Chargers/Power Adapters 3
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Check polarity symbols: The DC symbol is: ⎓. Look for polarity as a + or - next to the voltage values, or as the below image:
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Compare values: The input of the device should be the same as the output of the adapter - the volts, amperes, and polarity values should all match! There is one other second-best situation though: if the adapter has the correct voltage and polarity - but the current is greater than what the device requires, you should be fine. The following chart shows various combinations from comparing the adapter to the device:
Voltage Amps Polarity Ok? 🟰 🟰 🟰 ✅ 🟰 ⬆️ 🟰 ✅ 🟰 🟰 ✖️ ❌ ⬇️ 🟰 🟰 ❌ ⬆️ 🟰 🟰 ❌ 🟰 ⬇️ 🟰 ❌
This is a list of things I have installed on my computer; however, it is not exhaustive. Most of these apps I use often, but there are some that I no longer open - so this list needs to eventually get pruned.
- Office 365 Suite (Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, etc.) → get from UWaterloo
- Adobe Acrobat DC/Reader (free version)
- Anaconda Navigator
- Cygwin / MYSYS2 / MinGW - some useful installation tutorials include: Cygwin64 & MinGW-w64 (for Windows) - How To Install and Get Started and My Ultimate Cygwin Setup
- Docker Desktop
- Google Cloud SDK
- Eclipse IDE
- Java Development Kit - JDK
- ANTLR
- Mozilla FireFox
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Git
- GitHub Desktop
- Gluon SceneBuilder
- Inform 7
- Kong - Insomnia
- Microsoft Whiteboard
- Node.js
- Notion
- AnyType
- PICO-8
- Bitwarden
- Postgresql
- PuTTY
- Python
- Spotify
- Twine
- Visual Studio
- Go Language
- Dart
- Flutter
- Figma
- FontForge
- Inkscape
- draw.io
- Zotero
- Audacity
- CMake
- iTunes
Footnotes
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Toggling dark/light mode was done by adapting this tutorial: Windows Central - How to switch between Windows 10 light and dark modes on schedule automatically, and this "superuser" Stack Exchange question: Setting a shortcut to trigger task scheduler. ↩
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The Colour Picker and the Screen Ruler are utilities only offered through Microsoft PowerToys. ↩
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Summarized from: Complete Guide to Using the Correct Charger or Power Adapter (and What Happens If You Don’t). ↩