[general] # if dry run is set to true # userctx will only validate config # and tell you what it will do to execute # tasks dry_run = true # "tasks" array must not be empty # it tells userctx what to do (which apps # should be actually managed) tasks = [ "sway", "gtk", "helix", "foot", "wofi", "mako", ] # target directory where managed configs # are located # defaults to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME if specifically set # or ~/.config if $XGD_CONFIG_HOME is not set managed_directory = "~/.config" # directory where contexts are stored # default is "~/.config/userctx" contexts_path = "~/.config/userctx" # This section of config is intended to document # what userctx can do. Assume we are # building a config for app "example" [task.example] # the default path to apply your context to is # ~/.config/example (for app name "example") # "target_path" overrides this. # If set then $CONTEXT_DST env will hold this value and # symlinks will be created relative to this specified # path. target_path = "~/.config/example/configs" # "actions" array defines which steps should be # executed to apply content from # context directory to users home # directory. If actions array is empty the default # behaviour is to just symlink everything from # $CONTEXT_SRC to $CONTEXT_DST actions = [ "symlinks", # do the symlinking as specified in "symlinks array below" "code", # execute shell script from object "code" below "commands", # run commands from "commands array below" "scripts", # run scripts from "scripts" array below ] # "symlinks" array of mappings (inline tables of TOML) defines # which files will be symlinked to users home # directory. If "symlinks" key is present in # "actions" above but this "symlinks" array is omitted # then userctx treats all files in the context directory as # files that must be symlinked to users home. symlinks = [ # names of files in these mapping are relative to # context directory and target directory # by default source is ~/.config/userctx//example for # task (app) named "example" # default target directory is ~/.config/example for # task (app) named "example" # # this will link file from context dir to destination dir # $CONTEXT_SRC/context_file.conf -> $CONTEXT_DST/symlink_to_context_file.conf {"context_file.conf" = "symlink_to_context_file.conf"}, # this will link file to subdirectory inside destination dir # directory must be created beforehand # $CONTEXT_SRC/other_file.conf -> $CONTEXT_DST/subdir/other_file.conf {"other_file.conf" = "subdir/other_file.conf" }, # also possible option {"subdir/yet_another_file.conf" = "yet_another_file.conf" }, ] # "code" object let's you write # a custom script that will apply contents of # your context. Note that string is a multiline string # strating and ending with three double-qoutes. # This string will be passed as is to $SHELL -c code = """ # this is a normal shell script which will # be executed by user's $SHELL or 'bash' binary # if users $SHELL is empty # users envs are available echo "$HOME" # additional envs are available echo "$CONTEXT_SRC" echo "$CONTEXT_DST" echo "$CONTEXT_NAME" """ # Another way in run something when applying context # is to define "commands" array. commands = [ ['first_command', '--arg1', 'value', '--arg2', 'value2'], ['second_command', '--arg1', 'value', '--arg2', 'value2'], ] # scripts array will try to find # named files in $CONTEXT_SRC and # execute them with $SHELL