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Add Helix as NixOS Module #357573

Open j0hax opened 4 days ago

j0hax commented 4 days ago

Description

Several programs are available as a NixOS default editor, and I think it would be really neat to have a configuration option like programs.helix.defaultEditor = true;.

Using a NixOS Module would also make it possible to declaratively bundle LSPs or other optional dependencies directly with the editor, à la programs.neovim.withRuby.

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teto commented 2 days ago

for what is worth, I see adding nixos modules for editors a bit like a defeat. We should be able to generate arbitrayr helix/neovim configs on the fly. Their main advantage is to generate some documentation in man configuration.nix. I've created the neovim nixos module to work around shortcomings of the neovim wrapper (which is getting a lot better but not documented yet).I would find it more elegant to have a helix wrapper like helix.withConfig( { plugins = ... }).

That's for the philosophical aspect, a nixos module might be the easiet in practice ^^''