diff --git a/dot_config/zsh/env.zsh b/dot_config/zsh/env.zsh
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+# xdg stuff
+export XDG_DATA_HOME="$HOME/.local/share"
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
+export XDG_STATE_HOME="$HOME/.local/state"
+export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
+export _JAVA_OPTIONS=-Djava.util.prefs.userRoot="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/java
+export NUGET_PACKAGES="$XDG_CACHE_HOME"/NuGetPackages
+export NB_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME/nb"
+export NBRC_PATH="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nbrc"
+export ZSH_EVALCACHE_DIR="$HOME/.cache/evalcache"
+export FZF_MARKS_FILE="$HOME/.config/fzfmarks"
+export XCURSOR_PATH=/usr/share/icons:${XDG_DATA_HOME}/icons
+export GTK2_RC_FILES="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
+export GOPATH="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/go
+
+# gpg
+export GPG_TTY=$TTY
+
+# stuff
+export MANPAGER="sh -c 'col -bx | bat -l man -p'"
+export LESSHISTFILE="-"
+
+# ohmyzsh
+export OMP="/usr/share/ohmyzsh/plugins"
+export OML="/usr/share/ohmyzsh/lib"
+
+# editor and visual
+export EDITOR=nvim
+export VISUAL=kate
+
+# sheldon
+export SHELDON_CONFIG_DIR="$HOME/.config/sheldon"
+export SHELDON_DATA_DIR="$HOME/.local/sheldon"
+export SHELDON_CONFIG_FILE="$SHELDON_CONFIG_DIR/plugins.toml"
+export SHELDON_LOCK_FILE="$SHELDON_CONFIG_DIR/plugins.lock"
+export SHELDON_CLONE_DIR="$SHELDON_DATA_DIR/repos"
+export SHELDON_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$SHELDON_DATA_DIR/downloads"
+
+# starship
+export STARSHIP_CONFIG="$HOME/.config/starship/config.toml"
diff --git a/dot_config/zsh/rc.zsh b/dot_config/zsh/rc.zsh
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+# compinit
+autoload -Uz compinit
+compinit -d $XDG_CACHE_HOME/zsh/compdump
+
+# autosuggestions
+source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
+
+# history
+mkdir -p "$XDG_CACHE_HOME/zsh" &>/dev/null
+export SAVEHIST=1048576
+export HISTSIZE=1048576
+export HISTFILE="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/zsh/history"
+setopt inc_append_history
+
+# libraries
+source $OML/history.zsh
+source $OML/completion.zsh
+source $OML/directories.zsh
+
+# plugins
+source $OMP/command-not-found/command-not-found.plugin.zsh
+source $OMP/extract/extract.plugin.zsh
+source $OMP/systemd/systemd.plugin.zsh
+source $OMP/fzf/fzf.plugin.zsh
+
+# plugins (self)
+source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/fzf-tab/fzf-tab.zsh
+source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/fzf-marks/fzf-marks.zsh
+source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/evalcache/evalcache.zsh
+source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/colorize/colorize.zsh
+source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/titles/titles.zsh
+
+# eval stuff
+_evalcache zoxide init zsh
+_evalcache dircolors -b /usr/share/LS_COLORS/LS_COLORS
+_evalcache keychain --dir "$XDG_CACHE_HOME/keychain" --eval --quiet id_rsa
+_evalcache starship init zsh
+#_evalcache oh-my-posh init zsh
+_evalcache atuin init zsh
+_evalcache navi widget zsh
+
+# aliases
+alias ls='exa'
+alias l='exa -al --color=always --group-directories-first'
+alias cat='bat'
+alias cd='z'
+alias grep='rg'
+alias find='fd'
+
+# make rm, cp and mv safer
+alias rm='rm -i'
+alias cp='cp -i'
+alias mv='mv -i'
+
+# misc aliases
+alias tree='tree -a -I .git'
+alias https='http --default-scheme=https'
+alias termbin="nc termbin.com 9999"
+alias ktheme='kitty +kitten themes --reload-in=all'
+if (( ${+commands[nvim]} )); then alias vim="nvim"; fi
+
+# key bindings
+run_ranger () { echo; ranger < $TTY; zle redisplay }
+zle -N run_ranger
+bindkey '^f' run_ranger
+
+# use known_hosts for completion
+zstyle -e ':completion:*:(ssh|scp|sftp|rsh|rsync):hosts' hosts 'reply=(${=${${(f)"$(cat {/etc/ssh_,~/.ssh/known_}hosts(|2)(N) /dev/null)"}%%[# ]*}//,/ })'
+
+# order stuff
+zstyle ':completion:*:(scp|ssh):*' tag-order 'hosts:-host:host hosts:-domain:domain hosts:-ipaddr:ip\ address *'
+zstyle ':completion:*:scp:*' group-order users files all-files hosts-domain hosts-host hosts-ipaddr
+zstyle ':completion:*:ssh:*' group-order hosts-domain hosts-host users hosts-ipaddr
+
+# ignored patterns
+zstyle ':completion:*:*:*:users' ignored-patterns '*'
+zstyle ':completion:*:*:*:hosts-host' ignored-patterns '*(.|:)*' loopback ip6-loopback localhost localhost4 localhost6 ip6-localhost broadcasthost
+zstyle ':completion:*:*:*:hosts-domain' ignored-patterns '<->.<->.<->.<->' '^[-[:alnum:]]##(.[-[:alnum:]]##)##' '*@*' '*localdomain*' '*.eeleater.org' '*.local' '*.hbz-nrw.de'
+zstyle ':completion:*:*:*:hosts-ipaddr' ignored-patterns '^(<->.<->.<->.<->|(|::)([[:xdigit:].]##:(#c,2))##(|%*))' '127.0.0.<->' '255.255.255.255' '::1' 'fe80::*'
+
+# syntax highlighting
+source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
diff --git a/dot_config/zsh/symlink_dot_zshenv b/dot_config/zsh/symlink_dot_zshenv
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+env.zsh
diff --git a/dot_config/zsh/symlink_dot_zshrc b/dot_config/zsh/symlink_dot_zshrc
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+rc.zsh