docs/custom-plugins: better wording and edge cases in legacy-method.md

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# Legacy Method {#sec-legacy-method}
Prior to version 0.5, the method of adding new plugins was adding the plugin
Prior to version v0.5, the method of adding new plugins was adding the plugin
package to `vim.startPlugins` and add its configuration as a DAG under one of
`vim.configRC` or `vim.luaConfigRC`. Users who have not yet updated to 0.5, or
prefer a more hands-on approach may use the old method where the load order of
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## Adding plugins {#sec-adding-plugins}
To add a plugin to **nvf**'s runtime, you may add it
To add a plugin not available in nvf as a module to your configuration, you may
add it to [](#opt-vim.startPlugins) in order to make it available to Neovim at
runtime.
```nix
{pkgs, ...}: {
# add a package from nixpkgs to startPlugins
vim.startPlugins = [
pkgs.vimPlugins.aerial-nvim ];
# Add a Neovim plugin from Nixpkgs to the runtime.
vim.startPlugins = [pkgs.vimPlugins.aerial-nvim];
}
```
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```nix
{inputs, ...}: let
# assuming you have an input called nvf pointing at the nvf repository
# This assumes you have an input called 'nvf' in your flake inputs
# and 'inputs' in your specialArgs. In the case you have passed 'nvf'
# to specialArgs, the 'inputs' prefix may be omitted.
inherit (inputs.nvf.lib.nvim.dag) entryAnywhere;
in {
vim.luaConfigRC.aerial-nvim= entryAnywhere ''