system vs nix-mode

system

Declarative system configurations using nixOS, nix-darwin, and home-manager (by kclejeune)

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nix-mode

An Emacs major mode for editing Nix expressions. (by NixOS)

Nix Emacs major-mode Nixpkgs syntax-highlighting

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system		nix-mode
	Project
4	Mentions	1
406	Stars	280
-	Growth	2.1%
8.7	Activity	0.6
6 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
Nix	Language	Emacs Lisp
MIT License	License	GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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system

Posts with mentions or reviews of system. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-22.

Does anyone haves a config for Hammerspoon similar to i3?
2 projects | /r/hammerspoon | 22 Aug 2022
Hyper key without Karabiner?
2 projects | /r/hammerspoon | 31 Jul 2022

My implementation is slightly different than the other person in this thread but seems to work the same way karabiner did before. Maybe still worth trying? https://github.com/kclejeune/system/blob/master/modules/home-manager/dotfiles/hammerspoon/caps2esc.lua
Tell HN: Have just discovered that I can use any key as Ctrl on my kbd
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Apr 2022

am not OP, but I accomplish the same thing like this: https://github.com/kclejeune/system/blob/master/modules/home...

nix-mode

Posts with mentions or reviews of nix-mode. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-08.

[WIP/RFC] Magit-like interface for Nix flake commands
2 projects | /r/emacs | 8 Nov 2021

PR: https://github.com/NixOS/nix-mode/pull/140 Source code: https://github.com/akirak/nix-mode/tree/flake-transient

What are some alternatives?

When comparing system and nix-mode you can also consider the following projects:

nix-doom-emacs - doom-emacs packaged for Nix

php-mode - A powerful and flexible Emacs major mode for editing PHP scripts

nixdots - It somehow works!

system - Trying to build the perfect system

miryoku - Miryoku is an ergonomic, minimal, orthogonal, and universal keyboard layout.

nyoom.emacs - Configurable, Minimal, Fast emacs config based on Nano-emacs and Doom

meow - Yet another modal editing on Emacs / 猫态编辑

talonscript-mode - 🦅 Emacs major-mode for .talon files (from Talon Voice).

vim-unimpaired - unimpaired.vim: Pairs of handy bracket mappings

furnisher - Furnish a new $HOME

exwm-config - A collection of dotfiles that code for my computational environment, built around emacs with exwm. Designed with FreeBSD and Arch Linux in mind.

nixos-config - My Personal Nix, NixOS and Nix-Darwin System Configuration Flake