Minor edits.

.bashrc

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 ### EXPORT
 export TERM="xterm-256color"                      # getting proper colors
 export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:erasedups           # no duplicate entries
-export ALTERNATE_EDITOR=""                        # setting for emacsclient
 export EDITOR="emacsclient -t -a ''"              # $EDITOR use Emacs in terminal
 export VISUAL="emacsclient -c -a emacs"           # $VISUAL use Emacs in GUI mode
 
@@ -97,43 +96,65 @@ shopt -s checkwinsize # checks term size when bash regains control
 bind "set completion-ignore-case on"
 
 ### COUNTDOWN   
-
 cdown () {
     N=$1
-  while [[ $((--N)) >  0 ]]
+  while [[ $((--N)) -gt  0 ]]
     do
         echo "$N" |  figlet -c | lolcat &&  sleep 1
     done
 }
 
+### Function extract for common file formats ###
+SAVEIFS=$IFS
+IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
+
 ### ARCHIVE EXTRACTION
 # usage: ex <file>
-ex ()
-{
-  if [ -f "$1" ] ; then
-    case $1 in
-      *.tar.bz2)   tar xjf $1   ;;
-      *.tar.gz)    tar xzf $1   ;;
-      *.bz2)       bunzip2 $1   ;;
-      *.rar)       unrar x $1   ;;
-      *.gz)        gunzip $1    ;;
-      *.tar)       tar xf $1    ;;
-      *.tbz2)      tar xjf $1   ;;
-      *.tgz)       tar xzf $1   ;;
-      *.zip)       unzip $1     ;;
-      *.Z)         uncompress $1;;
-      *.7z)        7z x $1      ;;
-      *.deb)       ar x $1      ;;
-      *.tar.xz)    tar xf $1    ;;
-      *.tar.zst)   unzstd $1    ;;
-      *)           echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via ex()" ;;
-    esac
-  else
-    echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
-  fi
+function ex {
+ if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    # display usage if no parameters given
+    echo "Usage: ex <path/file_name>.<zip|rar|bz2|gz|tar|tbz2|tgz|Z|7z|xz|ex|tar.bz2|tar.gz|tar.xz>"
+    echo "       extract <path/file_name_1.ext> [path/file_name_2.ext] [path/file_name_3.ext]"
+ else
+    for n in "$@"
+    do
+      if [ -f "$n" ] ; then
+          case "${n%,}" in
+            *.cbt|*.tar.bz2|*.tar.gz|*.tar.xz|*.tbz2|*.tgz|*.txz|*.tar)
+                         tar xvf "$n"       ;;
+            *.lzma)      unlzma ./"$n"      ;;
+            *.bz2)       bunzip2 ./"$n"     ;;
+            *.cbr|*.rar)       unrar x -ad ./"$n" ;;
+            *.gz)        gunzip ./"$n"      ;;
+            *.cbz|*.epub|*.zip)       unzip ./"$n"       ;;
+            *.z)         uncompress ./"$n"  ;;
+            *.7z|*.arj|*.cab|*.cb7|*.chm|*.deb|*.dmg|*.iso|*.lzh|*.msi|*.pkg|*.rpm|*.udf|*.wim|*.xar)
+                         7z x ./"$n"        ;;
+            *.xz)        unxz ./"$n"        ;;
+            *.exe)       cabextract ./"$n"  ;;
+            *.cpio)      cpio -id < ./"$n"  ;;
+            *.cba|*.ace)      unace x ./"$n"      ;;
+            *)
+                         echo "ex: '$n' - unknown archive method"
+                         return 1
+                         ;;
+          esac
+      else
+          echo "'$n' - file does not exist"
+          return 1
+      fi
+    done
+fi
+}
+
+IFS=$SAVEIFS
+
+# Function for using Emacs as our manpage reader.
+# Use :q to quit out of Emacs and return to the shell.
+macsman() {
+    emacsclient -nw -e "(let ((Man-notify-method 'bully)) (man \"$1\") (define-key Man-mode-map \"q\" 'save-buffers-kill-emacs))"
 }
 
-### ALIASES ###
 # navigation
 up () {
   local d=""
@@ -154,18 +175,29 @@ up () {
   fi
 }
 
+### ALIASES ###
+# navigation
+alias ..='cd ..'
+alias ...='cd ../..'
+alias .3='cd ../../..'
+alias .4='cd ../../../..'
+alias .5='cd ../../../../..'
+
 # vim and emacs
 alias vim="nvim"
-alias em="/usr/bin/emacs -nw"
-alias emacs="emacsclient -c -a 'emacs'"
-alias rem="killall emacs || echo 'Emacs server not running'; /usr/bin/emacs --daemon"
+alias emacs="emacsclient -c -a 'emacs'" # GUI versions of Emacs
+alias em="/usr/bin/emacs -nw" # Terminal version of Emacs
+alias rem="killall emacs || echo 'Emacs server not running'; /usr/bin/emacs --daemon" # Kill Emacs and restart daemon..
+alias man="macsman" # Use emacs as your manpage reader.
 
 # Changing "ls" to "eza"
 alias ls='eza -al --color=always --group-directories-first' # my preferred listing
 alias la='eza -a --color=always --group-directories-first'  # all files and dirs
 alias ll='eza -l --color=always --group-directories-first'  # long format
 alias lt='eza -aT --color=always --group-directories-first' # tree listing
-alias l.='eza -a | egrep "^\."'
+alias l.='eza -al --color=always --group-directories-first ../' # ls on the PARENT directory
+alias l..='eza -al --color=always --group-directories-first ../../' # ls on directory 2 levels up
+alias l...='eza -al --color=always --group-directories-first ../../../' # ls on directory 3 levels up
 
 # pacman and yay
 alias pacsyu='sudo pacman -Syu'                  # update only standard pkgs
@@ -173,7 +205,7 @@ alias pacsyyu='sudo pacman -Syyu'                # Refresh pkglist & update stan
 alias parsua='paru -Sua --noconfirm'             # update only AUR pkgs (paru)
 alias parsyu='paru -Syu --noconfirm'             # update standard pkgs and AUR pkgs (paru)
 alias unlock='sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck'    # remove pacman lock
-alias cleanup='sudo pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qtdq)' # remove orphaned packages (DANGEROUS!)
+alias orphan='sudo pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qtdq)' # remove orphaned packages (DANGEROUS!)
 
 # get fastest mirrors
 alias mirror="sudo reflector -f 30 -l 30 --number 10 --verbose --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
@@ -181,14 +213,10 @@ alias mirrord="sudo reflector --latest 50 --number 20 --sort delay --save /etc/p
 alias mirrors="sudo reflector --latest 50 --number 20 --sort score --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
 alias mirrora="sudo reflector --latest 50 --number 20 --sort age --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
 
-# Colorize grep output (good for log files)
-alias grep='grep --color=auto'
-alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
-alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
-
 # adding flags
-alias df='df -h'                          # human-readable sizes
-alias free='free -m'                      # show sizes in MB
+alias df='df -h'               # human-readable sizes
+alias free='free -m'           # show sizes in MB
+alias grep='grep --color=auto' # colorize output (good for log files)
 
 # ps
 alias psa="ps auxf"
@@ -222,22 +250,12 @@ alias gpg-check="gpg2 --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --verify"
 # receive the key of a developer
 alias gpg-retrieve="gpg2 --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --receive-keys"
 
-# Play audio files in current dir by type
-alias playwav='vlc *.wav'
-alias playogg='vlc *.ogg'
-alias playmp3='vlc *.mp3'
+# change your default USER shell
+alias tobash="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/bash && echo 'Log out and log back in for change to take effect.'"
+alias tozsh="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/zsh && echo 'Log out and log back in for change to take effect.'"
+alias tofish="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/fish && echo 'Log out and log back in for change to take effect.'"
 
-# Play video files in current dir by type
-alias playavi='vlc *.avi'
-alias playmov='vlc *.mov'
-alias playmp4='vlc *.mp4'
-
-# switch between shells
-alias tobash="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/bash && echo 'Now log out.'"
-alias tozsh="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/zsh && echo 'Now log out.'"
-alias tofish="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/fish && echo 'Now log out.'"
-
-# bare git repo alias for dotfiles
+# bare git repo alias for managing my dotfiles
 alias config="/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME"
 
 # termbin
@@ -253,4 +271,3 @@ colorscript random
 
 ### SETTING THE STARSHIP PROMPT ###
 eval "$(starship init bash)"
-[ -f /opt/miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh ] && source /opt/miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh

.config/fish/config.fish

@@ -149,9 +149,10 @@ alias .5='cd ../../../../..'
 
 # vim and emacs
 alias vim='nvim'
-alias em='/usr/bin/emacs -nw'
 alias emacs="emacsclient -c -a 'emacs'"
-alias rem="killall emacs || echo 'Emacs server not running'; /usr/bin/emacs --daemon"
+alias em='/usr/bin/emacs -nw'
+alias rem="killall emacs || echo 'Emacs server not running'; /usr/bin/emacs --daemon" # Kill Emacs and restart daemon..
+alias man="macsman" # Use emacs as your manpage reader.
 
 # Changing "ls" to "eza"
 alias ls='eza -al --color=always --group-directories-first' # my preferred listing
@@ -159,6 +160,9 @@ alias la='eza -a --color=always --group-directories-first'  # all files and dirs
 alias ll='eza -l --color=always --group-directories-first'  # long format
 alias lt='eza -aT --color=always --group-directories-first' # tree listing
 alias l.='eza -a | egrep "^\."'
+alias l.='eza -al --color=always --group-directories-first ../' # ls on the PARENT directory
+alias l..='eza -al --color=always --group-directories-first ../../' # ls on directory 2 levels up
+alias l...='eza -al --color=always --group-directories-first ../../../' # ls on directory 3 levels up
 
 # pacman and yay
 alias pacsyu='sudo pacman -Syu'                  # update only standard pkgs
@@ -166,7 +170,7 @@ alias pacsyyu='sudo pacman -Syyu'                # Refresh pkglist & update stan
 alias parsua='paru -Sua --noconfirm'             # update only AUR pkgs (paru)
 alias parsyu='paru -Syu --noconfirm'             # update standard pkgs and AUR pkgs (paru)
 alias unlock='sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck'    # remove pacman lock
-alias cleanup='sudo pacman -Rns (pacman -Qtdq)'  # remove orphaned packages (DANGEROUS!)
+alias orphan='sudo pacman -Rns (pacman -Qtdq)'  # remove orphaned packages (DANGEROUS!)
 
 # get fastest mirrors
 alias mirror="sudo reflector -f 30 -l 30 --number 10 --verbose --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
@@ -174,14 +178,10 @@ alias mirrord="sudo reflector --latest 50 --number 20 --sort delay --save /etc/p
 alias mirrors="sudo reflector --latest 50 --number 20 --sort score --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
 alias mirrora="sudo reflector --latest 50 --number 20 --sort age --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
 
-# Colorize grep output (good for log files)
-alias grep='grep --color=auto'
-alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
-alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
-
 # adding flags
-alias df='df -h'                          # human-readable sizes
-alias free='free -m'                      # show sizes in MB
+alias df='df -h'               # human-readable sizes
+alias free='free -m'           # show sizes in MB
+alias grep='grep --color=auto' # colorize output (good for log files)
 
 # ps
 alias psa="ps auxf"
@@ -214,20 +214,10 @@ alias gpg-check="gpg2 --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --verify"
 # receive the key of a developer
 alias gpg-retrieve="gpg2 --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --receive-keys"
 
-# Play audio files in current dir by type
-alias playwav='vlc *.wav'
-alias playogg='vlc *.ogg'
-alias playmp3='vlc *.mp3'
-
-# Play video files in current dir by type
-alias playavi='vlc *.avi'
-alias playmov='vlc *.mov'
-alias playmp4='vlc *.mp4'
-
-# switch between shells
-alias tobash="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/bash && echo 'Now log out.'"
-alias tozsh="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/zsh && echo 'Now log out.'"
-alias tofish="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/fish && echo 'Now log out.'"
+# change your default USER shell
+alias tobash="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/bash && echo 'Log out and log back in for change to take effect.'"
+alias tozsh="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/zsh && echo 'Log out and log back in for change to take effect.'"
+alias tofish="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/fish && echo 'Log out and log back in for change to take effect.'"
 
 # bare git repo alias for dotfiles
 alias config="/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME"

.config/qtile/autostart.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 COLORSCHEME=DoomOne
 
-
 ### AUTOSTART PROGRAMS ###
 lxsession &
 picom --daemon &

.zshrc

@@ -76,14 +76,25 @@ case ${TERM} in
     ;;
 esac
 
+### COUNTDOWN   
+cdown () {
+    N=$1
+  while [[ $((--N)) -gt  0 ]]
+    do
+        echo "$N" |  figlet -c | lolcat &&  sleep 1
+    done
+}
+
 ### Function extract for common file formats ###
 SAVEIFS=$IFS
 IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
 
-function extract {
+### ARCHIVE EXTRACTION
+# usage: ex <file>
+function ex {
  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
     # display usage if no parameters given
-    echo "Usage: extract <path/file_name>.<zip|rar|bz2|gz|tar|tbz2|tgz|Z|7z|xz|ex|tar.bz2|tar.gz|tar.xz>"
+    echo "Usage: ex <path/file_name>.<zip|rar|bz2|gz|tar|tbz2|tgz|Z|7z|xz|ex|tar.bz2|tar.gz|tar.xz>"
     echo "       extract <path/file_name_1.ext> [path/file_name_2.ext] [path/file_name_3.ext]"
  else
     for n in "$@"
@@ -105,7 +116,7 @@ function extract {
             *.cpio)      cpio -id < ./"$n"  ;;
             *.cba|*.ace)      unace x ./"$n"      ;;
             *)
-                         echo "extract: '$n' - unknown archive method"
+                         echo "ex: '$n' - unknown archive method"
                          return 1
                          ;;
           esac
@@ -119,10 +130,11 @@ fi
 
 IFS=$SAVEIFS
 
-### ALIASES ###
-
-# root privileges
-alias doas="doas --"
+# Function for using Emacs as our manpage reader.
+# Use :q to quit out of Emacs and return to the shell.
+macsman() {
+    emacsclient -nw -e "(let ((Man-notify-method 'bully)) (man \"$1\") (define-key Man-mode-map \"q\" 'save-buffers-kill-emacs))"
+}
 
 # navigation
 up () {
@@ -144,18 +156,22 @@ up () {
   fi
 }
 
+### ALIASES ###
 # vim and emacs
 alias vim="nvim"
-alias em="/usr/bin/emacs -nw"
-alias emacs="emacsclient -c -a 'emacs'"
-alias rem="killall emacs || echo 'Emacs server not running'; /usr/bin/emacs --daemon"
+alias emacs="emacsclient -c -a 'emacs'" # GUI versions of Emacs
+alias em="/usr/bin/emacs -nw" # Terminal version of Emacs
+alias rem="killall emacs || echo 'Emacs server not running'; /usr/bin/emacs --daemon" # Kill Emacs and restart daemon..
+alias man="macsman" # Use emacs as your manpage reader.
 
 # Changing "ls" to "eza"
 alias ls='eza -al --color=always --group-directories-first' # my preferred listing
 alias la='eza -a --color=always --group-directories-first'  # all files and dirs
 alias ll='eza -l --color=always --group-directories-first'  # long format
 alias lt='eza -aT --color=always --group-directories-first' # tree listing
-alias l.='eza -a | egrep "^\."'
+alias l.='eza -al --color=always --group-directories-first ../' # ls on the PARENT directory
+alias l..='eza -al --color=always --group-directories-first ../../' # ls on directory 2 levels up
+alias l...='eza -al --color=always --group-directories-first ../../../' # ls on directory 3 levels up
 
 # pacman and yay
 alias pacsyu='sudo pacman -Syu'                  # update only standard pkgs
@@ -163,7 +179,7 @@ alias pacsyyu='sudo pacman -Syyu'                # Refresh pkglist & update stan
 alias parsua='paru -Sua --noconfirm'             # update only AUR pkgs (paru)
 alias parsyu='paru -Syu --noconfirm'             # update standard pkgs and AUR pkgs (paru)
 alias unlock='sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck'    # remove pacman lock
-alias cleanup='sudo pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qtdq)' # remove orphaned packages (DANGEROUS!)
+alias orphan='sudo pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qtdq)' # remove orphaned packages (DANGEROUS!)
 
 # get fastest mirrors
 alias mirror="sudo reflector -f 30 -l 30 --number 10 --verbose --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
@@ -171,14 +187,10 @@ alias mirrord="sudo reflector --latest 50 --number 20 --sort delay --save /etc/p
 alias mirrors="sudo reflector --latest 50 --number 20 --sort score --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
 alias mirrora="sudo reflector --latest 50 --number 20 --sort age --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
 
-# Colorize grep output (good for log files)
-alias grep='grep --color=auto'
-alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
-alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
-
 # adding flags
-alias df='df -h'                          # human-readable sizes
-alias free='free -m'                      # show sizes in MB
+alias df='df -h'               # human-readable sizes
+alias free='free -m'           # show sizes in MB
+alias grep='grep --color=auto' # colorize output (good for log files)
 
 # ps
 alias psa="ps auxf"
@@ -212,22 +224,12 @@ alias gpg-check="gpg2 --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --verify"
 # receive the key of a developer
 alias gpg-retrieve="gpg2 --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --receive-keys"
 
-# Play audio files in current dir by type
-alias playwav='vlc *.wav'
-alias playogg='vlc *.ogg'
-alias playmp3='vlc *.mp3'
+# change your default USER shell
+alias tobash="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/bash && echo 'Log out and log back in for change to take effect.'"
+alias tozsh="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/zsh && echo 'Log out and log back in for change to take effect.'"
+alias tofish="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/fish && echo 'Log out and log back in for change to take effect.'"
 
-# Play video files in current dir by type
-alias playavi='vlc *.avi'
-alias playmov='vlc *.mov'
-alias playmp4='vlc *.mp4'
-
-# switch between shells
-alias tobash="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/bash && echo 'Now log out.'"
-alias tozsh="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/zsh && echo 'Now log out.'"
-alias tofish="sudo chsh $USER -s /bin/fish && echo 'Now log out.'"
-
-# bare git repo alias for dotfiles
+# bare git repo alias for managing my dotfiles
 alias config="/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME"
 
 # termbin
@@ -241,11 +243,5 @@ alias rr='curl -s -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keroserene/rickrollrc/mas
 # Or install it from the Arch User Repository: shell-color-scripts
 colorscript random
 
-### BASH INSULTER (works in zsh though) ###
-if [ -f /etc/bash.command-not-found ]; then
-    . /etc/bash.command-not-found
-fi
-
 ### SETTING THE STARSHIP PROMPT ###
 eval "$(starship init zsh)"
-