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 * Dotfiles
 
-I've organised this repository with [[https://github.com/thoughtbot/rcm][rcm]], using tag- and
-host-specific directories. It focuses on zsh and emacs, with some
-functions to go from zsh to emacs (and directly to dired and magit).
-It doesn't use any configuration frameworks.
+I've organised this repository with [[https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/][GNU Stow]].  It focuses on [[http://zsh.sourceforge.net][Z Shell]] and
+[[http://emacs.sexy][Emacs]].
 
-Most likely to work on Linux, OSX and FreeBSD.
+It doesn't use any configuration frameworks, just packages installed
+via package managers.  For Z shell I use [[https://zplug.sh/][zplug]] and for Emacs I use the
+built-in package.el via [[https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package][use-package]].
+
+It should work on:
+- Linux
+- OSX
+- FreeBSD
+- Windows/Ubuntu
+
+** Installation
+
+Installing a set of dotfiles with stow is simple.  For example, with
+Emacs:
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC sh :exports code
+stow -S emacs
+#+END_SRC
+
+And then to uninstall
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC sh :exports code
+stow -D emacs
+#+END_SRC
+
+*** Z Shell
+
+My zsh configuration uses [[https://zplug.sh/][zplug]], so that will need to be installed:
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC sh :exports code
+git clone git://github.com/zplug/zplug ~/projects/zplug/
+#+END_SRC
+
+To install the packages:
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC sh :exports code
+zsh -ic "zplug install"
+#+END_SRC
+
+Note that this will log some errors about a pipe, but that's okay.
+zplug is meant to be used in a real interactive shell.
+
+*** Emacs
+
+I use org-mode for my Emacs init file.  To simplify setup, I created a
+[[file:emacs/.emacs.d/Makefile][Makefile]].
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC sh :exports code
+cd ~/.emacs.d/
+make
+#+END_SRC