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 # dotfiles
 
 ```
+alacritty      > yet another terminal emulator
 bin            > helpful shell scripts
 darktable      > mostly just filters
 git            > global git config & aliases
diff --git a/alacritty/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml b/alacritty/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
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+# Font
+font:
+  size: 11
+  normal:
+    family: DejaVu Sans Mono
+
+
+# Window
+window:
+    startup_mode: Fullscreen
+
+# Base16 Solarized Dark 256 - alacritty color config
+# Ethan Schoonover (modified by aramisgithub)
+colors:
+  # Default colors
+  primary:
+    background: '0x002b36'
+    foreground: '0x93a1a1'
+
+  # Colors the cursor will use if `custom_cursor_colors` is true
+  cursor:
+    text: '0x002b36'
+    cursor: '0x93a1a1'
+
+  # Normal colors
+  normal:
+    black:   '0x002b36'
+    red:     '0xdc322f'
+    green:   '0x859900'
+    yellow:  '0xb58900'
+    blue:    '0x268bd2'
+    magenta: '0x6c71c4'
+    cyan:    '0x2aa198'
+    white:   '0x93a1a1'
+
+  # Bright colors
+  bright:
+    black:   '0x657b83'
+    red:     '0xdc322f'
+    green:   '0x859900'
+    yellow:  '0xb58900'
+    blue:    '0x268bd2'
+    magenta: '0x6c71c4'
+    cyan:    '0x2aa198'
+    white:   '0xfdf6e3'
+
+  indexed_colors:
+    - { index: 16, color: '0xcb4b16' }
+    - { index: 17, color: '0xd33682' }
+    - { index: 18, color: '0x073642' }
+    - { index: 19, color: '0x586e75' }
+    - { index: 20, color: '0x839496' }
+    - { index: 21, color: '0xeee8d5' }
+