This was cute, however I didn't actually use the changelog. Now that I
am using NixOS with Hyprland, the old changelog is irrelevant, and any
changes I make should be easily discoverable since things are simpler
now.
- code: No plans to use anything that isn't neovim.
- picom: Don't need anymore thanks to Hyprland.
- polybar: X11-only. yambar/waybar work as alternatives.
- tint2: X11-only. Functionality can be replicated with waybar.
- xinit: No need when using Wayland.
Similar to fish, there's some relief in knowing that I can declare my
starship settings in Nix and have them accessible from any user on the
machine, even root.
I originally wasn't going to mix logic from my dotfiles with NixOS,
however I was unable to simply use my abbreviations after adding
~/.config/fish/config.fish, so I decided to give it a try.
Using Nix to manage fish abbreviations feels nicer than using a
config.fish because I am now easily able to manipulate these
abbreviations with the limitless possibilities of the Nix language, and
with the guarantee that the output is reproducible.
Highlights:
- Added a test container with network configuration and Wayland support
- Added GNOME/Hyprland support with SDDM
- Added Git/Starship/GPG support
- Properly added Neovim support with .enable
- Various package changes
- Made caps lock function as escape on tap, left ctrl on hold
- Print screen functions as right super on hold
I used bspwm for over half a decade, and although it was great, I am now
interested in using Hyprland, which is basically bspwm for Wayland but
better.
These are my first steps towards using Nix and NixOS to declaratively
configure a reasonably good development environment. I am aware that
there are various paradigms that include using home manager and/or
flakes, however I am still exploring with a simple configuration.nix.
Notable changes:
- Set a background, start yambar, set volume, and play audio on startup
- Remove gaps by default
- Remove blur
- Increase special scale factor
- Show red for xwayland windows
