diff --git a/setup.minimal.sh b/setup.minimal.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+die() { printf "error: $1\n"; exit 1; } >&2
+
+[[ $PWD == "$HOME/.rcfiles" ]] || die "this file assumes you've cloned this folder under ~/.rcfiles"
+
+
+mkdir -pv ../.config/nvim
+
+
+ln -sriv vimrc ../.vimrc
+ln -sriv vimrc ../.config/nvim/init.vim
+ln -sriv zshrc.minimal ../.zshrc
+ln -sriv coc-settings.json ../.config/nvim/coc-settings.json
+ln -sriv _clang-format ../.clang-format
diff --git a/zshrc.minimal b/zshrc.minimal
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+export SHELL=zsh
+
+# If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH.
+export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
+
+export PROMPT='%n@%m:%~$ '
+export HISTFILE="$HOME/.zhistory"
+export HISTSIZE=8000
+export SAVEHIST=8000
+setopt BANG_HIST                 # Treat the '!' character specially during expansion.
+setopt EXTENDED_HISTORY          # Write the history file in the ":start:elapsed;command" format.
+#setopt INC_APPEND_HISTORY        # Write to the history file immediately, not when the shell exits.
+setopt SHARE_HISTORY             # Share history between all sessions.
+setopt HIST_EXPIRE_DUPS_FIRST    # Expire duplicate entries first when trimming history.
+setopt HIST_IGNORE_DUPS          # Don't record an entry that was just recorded again.
+setopt HIST_IGNORE_ALL_DUPS      # Delete old recorded entry if new entry is a duplicate.
+setopt HIST_FIND_NO_DUPS         # Do not display a line previously found.
+setopt HIST_IGNORE_SPACE         # Don't record an entry starting with a space.
+setopt HIST_SAVE_NO_DUPS         # Don't write duplicate entries in the history file.
+setopt HIST_REDUCE_BLANKS        # Remove superfluous blanks before recording entry.
+setopt HIST_VERIFY               # Don't execute immediately upon history expansion.
+setopt HIST_BEEP                 # Beep when accessing nonexistent history.
+
+# User configuration
+
+# export MANPATH="/usr/local/man:$MANPATH"
+
+# You may need to manually set your language environment
+# export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+
+# Preferred editor for local and remote sessions
+# if [[ -n $SSH_CONNECTION ]]; then
+#   export EDITOR='vim'
+# else
+#   export EDITOR='mvim'
+# fi
+
+# Compilation flags
+# export ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64"
+
+# ssh
+# export SSH_KEY_PATH="~/.ssh/rsa_id"
+
+# Set personal aliases, overriding those provided by oh-my-zsh libs,
+# plugins, and themes. Aliases can be placed here, though oh-my-zsh
+# users are encouraged to define aliases within the ZSH_CUSTOM folder.
+# For a full list of active aliases, run `alias`.
+#
+# Example aliases
+# alias zshconfig="mate ~/.zshrc"
+# alias ohmyzsh="mate ~/.oh-my-zsh"
+
+# Customized
+
+export EDITOR="vim"
+bindkey -v
+
+alias ls='ls --color'
+alias ll='ls -l'
+alias la='ls -a'
+alias javac="javac -J-Dfile.encoding=utf8"
+alias grep="grep --color=auto"
+alias mc='mkcpp'
+alias mcv='mkcpp -V'
+alias fasm='fasm -m 1677216'
+
+alias pacman='sudo pacman'
+alias sctl='sudo systemctl'
+
+alias steamcmd='sudo -u steam steamcmd'
+
+alias gdbtui='gdb -q -tui'
+alias gdb='gdb -q'
+
+alias nethack='TERM=xterm-color nethack'
+
+alias -s c=vim
+alias -s cpp=vim
+alias -s h=vim
+alias -s hpp=vim
+alias -s go=vim
+alias -s java=vim
+alias -s txt=vim
+alias -s gz='tar -xzvf'
+alias -s tgz='tar -xzvf'
+alias -s zip='unzip'
+alias -s bz2='tar -xjvf'
+
+
+bindkey '^[OA' history-beginning-search-backward
+bindkey '^[[A' history-beginning-search-backward
+bindkey '^[OB' history-beginning-search-forward
+bindkey '^[[B' history-beginning-search-forward
+
+#export LANG="zh_CN.UTF-8"
+export LANGUAGE="zh_CN.UTF-8"
+
+
+# The following lines were added by compinstall
+
+zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list 'm:{[:lower:]}={[:upper:]} r:|[._-]=** r:|=** l:|=*'
+zstyle :compinstall filename '/home/edgar/.zshrc'
+
+autoload -Uz compinit
+compinit
+# End of lines added by compinstall