Setup after clean install of El Capitan

Pretty much the first thing any mac needs is the command line tools. This can be done from the command line:

xcode-select --install

Download and install Xquartz:

cd ~/Downloads
wget http://xquartz.macosforge.org/downloads/SL/XQuartz-2.7.8.dmg
open XQuartz-2.7.8.dmg
sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/XQuartz-2.7.8/XQuartz.pkg -target /

Note for next time: might be worth trying to use homebrew.

X11 key bindings so that the option key is used for Meta..

cat > ~/.Xmodmap <<EOF
clear Mod1
clear Mod2
keycode 63 = Mode_switch
keycode 66 = Meta_L
add Mod1 = Meta_L
add Mod2 = Mode_switch
EOF

Update a few settings.

Preferences –> Profiles –> Keys and do these things:

• select "Left/right option key acts as": +Esc
• + –> Keyboard shortcut "OPT+<left arrow>": Send Escape sequence "b"
• + –> Keyboard shortcut "OPT+<right arrow>": Send Escape sequence "f"

Default appearance:

• Preferences –> Profiles –> Colors –> Load Presets –> Light Background
• Preferences –> Profiles –> Text –> Change Font –> 14 point

• Dropbox
• SizeUp - http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/ (license in Dropbox/software_licenses)
• MacTex - download from http://tug.org/mactex/ http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/mac/mactex/MacTeX.pkg
• HipChat client
• Chrome
• Dash 2 (App store)

• Sophos antivirus: https://softy.cac.washington.edu/sophos/for-staff/
• Junos Pulse (SSL VPN): https://networks.uwmedicine.org/content/sslvpn-frequently-asked-questions-14

System Preferences –> Language & Text –> Text tab –> unselect "Correct spelling automatically"

System Preferences –> Keyboard –> Keyboard Shortcuts –> unselect C+{<-,->}

Command line installer for desktop applications. See https://caskroom.github.io

brew tap caskroom/cask

Install some applications

brew cask install java

Apparently lots of requests to GutHub via homebrew can hit a rate limit. There's a higher limit if you create an API token. See https://gist.github.com/christopheranderton/8644743

Here's the url for the token creation dialog:

https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?scopes=&description=Homebrew

Make sure that all 'scopes' are unchecked. Once you generate the token, add to your shell profile:

export HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN=token_here

Install zsh with Homebrew above

Change shell to zsh

sudo -s
echo /usr/local/bin/zsh >> /etc/shells
exit
chsh -s /usr/local/bin/zsh $USER

zsh init files are in Dropbox/zsh

cat > ~/.zshenv <<EOF
. ~/Dropbox/zsh/zstartup
EOF

sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy /System/Library/LaunchAgents/org.openbsd.ssh-agent.plist<<EOF
Delete :ProgramArguments
Add :ProgramArguments array
Add :ProgramArguments: string /usr/local/bin/ssh-agent
Add :ProgramArguments: string -D
Add :ProgramArguments: string -t 1d
Save
Exit
EOF

This should change the original value of ProgramArguments:

<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
	<string>/usr/bin/ssh-agent</string>
	<string>-l</string>
</array>

to

<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
	<string>/usr/local/bin/ssh-agent</string>
	<string>-D</string>
	<string>-t 1d</string>
</array>

Now restart the service

launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchAgents/org.openbsd.ssh-agent.plist
launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/org.openbsd.ssh-agent.plist
launchctl start org.openbsd.ssh-agent

(either as a file sourced from .zshrc, or as a code block in a login script)

cat ~/Dropbox/zsh/ssh_environ.zsh