nix-doc
rnix-lsp
nix-doc | rnix-lsp | |
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3 | 7 | |
187 | 695 | |
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6.8 | 0.0 | |
about 1 month ago | 4 months ago | |
Rust | Rust | |
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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nix-doc
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We want to make Nix better
I love nix, I've been using it for the last 2 years, I have a very stable setup from these 2 years of effort [0], and I just can't recommend Nix for Linux beginners, why?
It's not because of the nix language, It's not because of the CLI, it's because everything is scattered, you have to consult many places to find out how to do things with Nix, here is an example:
Usually, when I need a new complex program, like Steam, I first check the system-wide configuration [1], the wiki [2] and the package list [3], if I just want it on my user, I need to check if Home Manager has an option [4], if it doesn't, I can try using the "home.packages" option. Now, if I need to override something on the package, I need to remember how to do it with [5] [6] (while checking the source code for the package in parallel to find the options).
And then sometimes, on very rare occasions, I need to fine tune something with the nix language, so I need to check the builtins/lib docs [7], but some builtins are not there, so I need to either use nix-doc [8] or find the docs inside the code-bases [9] [10] (they are split between both repos)
For me, this is one of the main pain points of using Nix / NixOS that needs to be solved.
[0] - https://github.com/shiryel/nixos-dotfiles
[1] - https://search.nixos.org/options
[2] - https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Steam
[3] - https://search.nixos.org/packages
[4] - https://mipmip.github.io/home-manager-option-search/
[5] - https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/#sec-customising-packa...
[6] - https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/nixpkgs-overriding-packag...
[7] - https://teu5us.github.io/nix-lib.html
[8] - https://github.com/lf-/nix-doc
[9] - https://github.com/NixOS/nix
[10] - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs
- Our Roadmap for Nix
- nix-doc v0.5 released, adding ctags generation for Nix scripts
rnix-lsp
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Editor support for the nix language?
There's a work in progress language server: rnix which I'm using in emacs. Features like autocomplete are limited though, I'm guessing because you'd need to evaluate the actual Nix code to correctly deduce what properties exist.
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What are the biggest Pain Points with NIX? And what makes it worth the pain?
There’s rnix-lsp.
- Our Roadmap for Nix
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Rust Environment and Docker Build with Nix Flakes
https://github.com/nix-community/rnix-lsp works ok, it has some autocomplete but it does not infer options most packages expose unfortunately.
- rnix-lsp not working with an m1 mac in macos:
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Statix — Lints and Suggestions for the Nix programming language
Looks cool! Any thoughts on the relationship between Statix and https://github.com/nix-community/rnix-lsp ?
- Nix-GUI: Make NixOS usable for non-technical users through settings / GUI
What are some alternatives?
nickel - Better configuration for less
nix-index - Quickly locate nix packages with specific files [maintainers=@bennofs @figsoda @raitobezarius]
nixos-hardware - A collection of NixOS modules covering hardware quirks.
deploy-rs - A simple multi-profile Nix-flake deploy tool.
git-hooks.nix - Seamless integration of https://pre-commit.com git hooks with Nix.
colmena - A simple, stateless NixOS deployment tool
nix-direnv - A fast, persistent use_nix/use_flake implementation for direnv [maintainer=@Mic92 / @bbenne10]
nix-portable - Nix - Static, Permissionless, Installation-free, Pre-configured
nixos-nvidia-vgpu - NixOS NVIDIA vGPU Module
nix - Nix, the purely functional package manager
nix-config - :space_invader: NixOS configuration