nixos-config VS nixos-search

I'm trying to setup NixOS with xmonad flake (something similar to this https://github.com/alternateved/nixos-config). When I try to rebuild my system, I get this error message (I got the same message when trying to build above mentioned config).

Not sure if this looks good, but I like how it works, therefore might be of interest: https://github.com/alternateved/nixos-config

I mainly use XMonad.Prompt module for session management (or whatever you would call that). I have session commands defined across those files and I use XMonad.Prompt.DirExec module to create a prompt which executes those scripts with [this line](https://github.com/alternateved/nixos-config/blob/f781c6006cd50e3e4becaa05572ccba5313f12df/config/xmonad/xmonad.hs#L279]

Feel free to peruse my config.

This is how I set my sway up. I am afraid this configuration might be a bit convoluted - I also use flakes and home-manager module.

Would you mind checking my sway configuration in nix and comparing it with yours?

I did not experience much tearing with my setup, you might check my configuration (picom part or intel one). Maybe it will be helpful anyhow.

I've set up my xmonad and xmobar as a cabal project. Here you could see xmonad and xmobar overrides. I build alternateved-xmonad binary from this directory and install it from here.

You could try switching to EZConfig and set your keybindings differently. I have that setup in my config, I find it much more readable. You would need to import XMonad.Util.EZConfig module.

For me, https://search.nixos.org/ is a better aid than the wiki. Often the right keyword in the NixOS packages or modules search will lead me right to the obvious and simple answer that I couldn't find elsewhere.

Does https://search.nixos.org/ pull from nixpkgs, the Nix User Repository, or both?

Just go to search.nixos.org, open the option you would like to see more of, and click on the link behind "Declared in".

I've done a nix-env query, and checked in https://search.nixos.org but can't seem to find any SAR package, nor any google search that gave any hints to see if it might be part of another system utility package...

If you want to install a package, search for it at https://search.nixos.org

The gnome system monitor is gnome.gnome-system-monitor for example https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=23.05&show=gnome.g...

search.nixos.org also includes flakes that people PR into the index via GitHub at https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-search/issues

ps: $ nix search exists via experimental flags https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3...

Idk about ec_sys, I couldn't find it on search.nixos.org, but since it's a kernel module it might just come with the kernel idk.

I rarely think to look at flakes by their source, actually. I have a Nixpkgs clone that I jump into for anything super ad-hoc but most of the time I'm just doing REPL, :lf ./. and mashing tab-completion. That's usually to make sure the thing I'm after exists in one of the large package sets like node, vimPlugins, or similar, and that I got the name right - which could probably be answered just as easily with https://search.nixos.org/ .

search.nixos.org