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<div class="toc"> <p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="preface"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-preface">Preface</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="preface"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-try-it-out">Try it out</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-using-prebuild-configs">Using Prebuilt Configs</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="part"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-default-configs">Default Configs</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-default-maximal">Maximal</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-default-nix">Nix</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="part"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-installation">Installing nvf</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-standalone-installation">Standalone Installation</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-standalone-nixos">Standalone Installation on NixOS</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-standalone-hm">Standalone Installation on Home-Manager</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-module-installation">Module Installation</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-nixos-module">NixOS Module</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-hm-module">Home-Manager Module</a> </span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt> <span class="part"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-configuring">Configuring nvf</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-custom-package">Custom Neovim Package</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-custom-plugins">Custom Plugins</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-adding-plugins">Adding Plugins</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-languages">Language Support</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-languages-custom-lsp-packages">LSP Custom Packages/Command</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-using-dags">Using DAGs</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entryAnywhere">entryAnywhere</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-types-dag-entryAfter">entryAfter</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-types-dag-entryBefore">entryBefore</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entryBetween">entryBetween</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entriesAnywhere">entriesAnywhere</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entriesAfter">entriesAfter</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entriesBefore">entriesBefore</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entriesBetween">entriesBetween</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-dag-entries">DAG entries in nvf</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-hacking">Hacking nvf</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-contrib-getting-started">Getting Started</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines">Guidelines</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-testing-changes">Testing Changes</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-keybinds">Keybinds</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-additional-plugins">Adding Plugins</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="appendix"> <a href="plugins.html">A. Plugin specific quirks</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="plugins.html#ch-plugins-nodejs">NodeJS</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="appendix"> <a href="options.html">B. Neovim Flake Configuration Options</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="appendix"> <a href="release-notes.html">C. Release Notes</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.1">Release 0.1</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.2">Release 0.2</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.3">Release 0.3</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.4">Release 0.4</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.5">Release 0.5</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.6">Release 0.6</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.7">Release 0.7</a> </span></dt></dl></dd> </dl></div>
<div class="preface"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h1 id="ch-preface" class="title" >Preface </h1> </div> </div></div><p>If you noticed a bug caused by <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> then please consider reporting it over
<a class="link" href="https://github.com/notashelf/nvf/issues" target="_top">the issue tracker</a>.</p><p>Bugfixes, feature additions and upstreamed changes from your local configurations
are always welcome in the <a class="link" href="https://github.com/notashelf/nvf/pulls" target="_top">the pull requests tab</a>.</p>
</div><div class="preface"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h1 id="ch-try-it-out" class="title" >Try it out </h1> </div> </div></div><div class="toc"> <p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-using-prebuild-configs">Using Prebuilt Configs</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-available-configs">Available Configs</a> </span></dt></dl></dd> </dl></div><p>Thanks to the portability of Nix, you can try out nvf without actually installing it to your machine.
Below are the commands you may run to try out different configurations provided by this flake. As of v0.5, three
configurations are provided:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist compact" style="list-style-type: disc;"><li class="listitem"><p>Nix</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Maximal</p></li></ul></div><p>You may try out any of the provided configurations using the <code class="literal">nix run</code> command on a system where Nix is installed.</p><pre><code class="programlisting console">$ cachix use nvf # Optional: it&#x27;ll save you CPU resources and time
$ nix run github:notashelf/nvf#nix # will run the default minimal configuration
</code></pre><p>Do keep in mind that this is <span class="strong"><strong>susceptible to garbage collection</strong></span> meaning it will be removed from your Nix store
once you garbage collect.</p><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-using-prebuild-configs" class="title" >Using Prebuilt Configs </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="toc"> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-available-configs">Available Configs</a> </span></dt> </dl></div><pre><code class="programlisting console">$ nix run github:notashelf/nvf#nix
$ nix run github:notashelf/nvf#maximal
</code></pre><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 id="sec-available-configs" class="title" >Available Configs </h3> </div> </div></div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 id="sec-configs-nix" class="title" >Nix </h4> </div> </div></div><p><code class="literal">Nix</code> configuration by default provides LSP/diagnostic support for Nix alongisde a set of visual and functional plugins.
By running <code class="literal">nix run .#</code>, which is the default package, you will build Neovim with this config.</p>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 id="sec-configs-maximal" class="title" >Maximal </h4> </div> </div></div><p><code class="literal">Maximal</code> is the ultimate configuration that will enable support for more commonly used language as well as additional
complementary plugins. Keep in mind, however, that this will pull a lot of dependencies.</p><p>You are <span class="emphasis"><em>strongly</em></span> recommended to use the binary cache if you would like to try the Maximal configuration.</p>
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</div><div class="part"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h1 id="ch-default-configs" class="title" >Default Configs </h1> </div> </div></div><div class="partintro"><p>While you can configure <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> yourself using the builder, you can also use the pre-built configs that are available.
Here are a few default configurations you can use.</p><div class="toc"> <p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-default-maximal">Maximal</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-default-nix">Nix</a> </span></dt> </dl></div></div><div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-default-maximal" class="title" >Maximal </h2> </div> </div></div><pre><code class="programlisting bash">$ nix shell github:notashelf/nvf#maximal test.nix
</code></pre><p>It is the same fully configured Neovim as with the <a class="link" href="index.xhtml#sec-default-nix" title="Nix" >Nix</a>
configuration, but with every supported language enabled.</p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>Running the maximal config will download <span class="emphasis"><em>a lot</em></span> of packages as it is
downloading language servers, formatters, and more.</p></div>
</div><div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-default-nix" class="title" >Nix </h2> </div> </div></div><pre><code class="programlisting bash">$ nix run github:notashelf/nvf#nix test.nix
</code></pre><p>Enables all the of Neovim plugins, with language support for specifically Nix.
This lets you see what a fully configured neovim setup looks like without
downloading a whole bunch of language servers and associated tools.</p>
</div>
</div><div class="part"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h1 id="ch-installation" class="title" >Installing nvf </h1> </div> </div></div><div class="partintro"><p>There are multiple ways of installing nvf on your system. You may either choose
the standalone installation method, which does not depend on a module system and may
be done on any system that has the Nix package manager or the appropriate modules
for NixOS and home-manager as described in the <a class="link" href="index.xhtml#ch-module-installation" title="Module Installation" >module installation section</a></p><div class="toc"> <p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-standalone-installation">Standalone Installation</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-standalone-nixos">Standalone Installation on NixOS</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-standalone-hm">Standalone Installation on Home-Manager</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-module-installation">Module Installation</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-nixos-module">NixOS Module</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-hm-module">Home-Manager Module</a> </span></dt></dl></dd> </dl></div></div><div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="ch-standalone-installation" class="title" >Standalone Installation </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="toc"> <p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-standalone-nixos">Standalone Installation on NixOS</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-standalone-hm">Standalone Installation on Home-Manager</a> </span></dt> </dl></div><p>It is possible to install <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> without depending on NixOS or home-manager as the parent
module system, using the <code class="literal">neovimConfiguration</code> function exposed by <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> extended library.
It takes in the configuration as a module, and returns an attribute set as a result.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{
options = &quot;The options that were available to configure&quot;;
config = &quot;The outputted configuration&quot;;
pkgs = &quot;The package set used to evaluate the module&quot;;
neovim = &quot;The built neovim package&quot;;
}
</code></pre><div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="ch-standalone-nixos" class="title" >Standalone Installation on NixOS </h2> </div> </div></div><p>Your built Neoevim configuration can be exposed as a flake output to make it
easier to share across machines, repositories and so on. Or it can be added to
your system packages to make it available across your system.</p><p>The following is an example installation of <code class="literal">nvf</code> as a standalone package with
the default theme enabled. You may use other options inside <code class="literal">config.vim</code> in
<code class="literal">configModule</code>, but this example will not cover that.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{
inputs = {
nixpkgs.url = &quot;github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable&quot;;
home-manager.url = &quot;github:nix-community/home-manager&quot;;
nvf.url = &quot;github:notashelf/nvf&quot;;
};
outputs = {nixpkgs, nvf, ...}: let
system = &quot;x86_64-linux&quot;;
pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
configModule = {
# Add any custom options (and do feel free to upstream them!)
# options = { ... };
config.vim = {
theme.enable = true;
# and more options as you see fit...
};
};
customNeovim = nvf.lib.neovimConfiguration {
modules = [configModule];
inherit pkgs;
};
in {
# this will make the package available as a flake input
packages.${system}.my-neovim = customNeovim.neovim;
# this is an example nixosConfiguration using the built neovim package
nixosConfigurations = {
yourHostName = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
# ...
modules = [
./configuration.nix # or whatever your configuration is
# this will make wrapped neovim available in your system packages
{environment.systemPackages = [customNeovim.neovim];}
];
# ...
};
};
};
}
</code></pre>
</div><div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="ch-standalone-hm" class="title" >Standalone Installation on Home-Manager </h2> </div> </div></div><p>Your built Neoevim configuration can be exposed as a flake output to make it
easier to share across machines, repositories and so on. Or it can be added to
your system packages to make it available across your system.</p><p>The following is an example installation of <code class="literal">nvf</code> as a standalone package with
the default theme enabled. You may use other options inside <code class="literal">config.vim</code> in
<code class="literal">configModule</code>, but this example will not cover that.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{
inputs = {
nixpkgs.url = &quot;github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable&quot;;
home-manager.url = &quot;github:nix-community/home-manager&quot;;
nvf.url = &quot;github:notashelf/nvf&quot;;
};
outputs = {nixpkgs, home-manager, nvf, ...}: let
system = &quot;x86_64-linux&quot;;
pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
configModule = {
# Add any custom options (and do feel free to upstream them!)
# options = { ... };
config.vim = {
theme.enable = true;
# and more options as you see fit...
};
};
customNeovim = nvf.lib.neovimConfiguration {
modules = [configModule];
inherit pkgs;
};
in {
# this will make the package available as a flake input
packages.${system}.my-neovim = customNeovim.neovim;
# this is an example home-manager configuration
# using the built neovim package
homeConfigurations = {
&quot;your-username@your-hostname&quot; = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
# ...
modules = [
./home.nix
# this will make wrapped neovim available in your system packages
{environment.systemPackages = [customNeovim.neovim];}
];
# ...
};
};
};
}
</code></pre>
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</div><div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="ch-module-installation" class="title" >Module Installation </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="toc"> <p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-nixos-module">NixOS Module</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-example-installation-nixos">Example Installation</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-hm-module">Home-Manager Module</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-example-installation-hm">Example Installation</a> </span></dt></dl></dd> </dl></div><div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="ch-nixos-module" class="title" >NixOS Module </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="toc"> <p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-example-installation-nixos">Example Installation</a> </span></dt> </dl></div><p>The NixOS module allows us to customize the different <code class="literal">vim</code> options from inside
the NixOS configuration without having to call for the wrapper yourself. It is
the recommended way to use <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> alongside the home-manager module depending
on your needs.</p><p>To use it, we first add the input flake.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{
inputs = {
obsidian-nvim.url = &quot;github:epwalsh/obsidian.nvim&quot;;
nvf = {
url = &quot;github:notashelf/nvf&quot;;
# you can override input nixpkgs
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = &quot;nixpkgs&quot;;
# you can also override individual plugins
# for example:
inputs.obsidian-nvim.follows = &quot;obsidian-nvim&quot;; # &lt;- this will use the obsidian-nvim from your inputs
};
};
}
</code></pre><p>Followed by importing the NixOS module somewhere in your configuration.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{
# assuming nvf is in your inputs and inputs is in the argset
# see example below
imports = [ inputs.nvf.nixosModules.default ];
}
</code></pre><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-example-installation-nixos" class="title" style="clear: both">Example Installation </h2> </div> </div></div><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{
inputs = {
nixpkgs.url = &quot;github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable&quot;;
nvf.url = &quot;github:notashelf/nvf&quot;;
};
outputs = { nixpkgs, nvf, ... }: let
system = &quot;x86_64-linux&quot;; in {
# ↓ this is your host output in the flake schema
nixosConfigurations.&quot;yourUsername»&quot; = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
modules = [
nvf.nixosModules.default # &lt;- this imports the NixOS module that provides the options
./configuration.nix # &lt;- your host entrypoint
];
};
};
}
</code></pre><p>Once the module is properly imported by your host, you will be able to use the
<code class="literal">programs.nvf</code> module option anywhere in your configuration in order to
configure <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span>.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix{"> programs.nvf = {
enable = true;
# your settings need to go into the settings attribute set
# most settings are documented in the appendix
settings = {
vim.viAlias = false;
vim.vimAlias = true;
vim.lsp = {
enable = true;
};
};
};
}
</code></pre><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p><span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> exposes a lot of options, most of which are not referenced in the
installation sections of the manual. You may find all avaliable options
in the <a class="link" href="https://notashelf.github.io/nvf/options" target="_top">appendix</a></p></div>
</div>
</div><div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="ch-hm-module" class="title" >Home-Manager Module </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="toc"> <p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-example-installation-hm">Example Installation</a> </span></dt> </dl></div><p>The home-manager module allows us to customize the different <code class="literal">vim</code> options from
inside the home-manager configuration without having to call for the wrapper
yourself. It is the recommended way to use <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> alongside the NixOS module
depending on your needs.</p><p>To use it, we first add the input flake.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{
inputs = {
obsidian-nvim.url = &quot;github:epwalsh/obsidian.nvim&quot;;
nvf = {
url = &quot;github:notashelf/nvf&quot;;
# you can override input nixpkgs
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = &quot;nixpkgs&quot;;
# you can also override individual plugins
# for example:
inputs.obsidian-nvim.follows = &quot;obsidian-nvim&quot;; # &lt;- this will use the obsidian-nvim from your inputs
};
};
}
</code></pre><p>Followed by importing the home-manager module somewhere in your configuration.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{
# assuming nvf is in your inputs and inputs is in the argset
# see example below
imports = [ inputs.nvf.homeManagerModules.default ];
}
</code></pre><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-example-installation-hm" class="title" style="clear: both">Example Installation </h2> </div> </div></div><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{
inputs = {
nixpkgs.url = &quot;github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable&quot;;
home-manager.url = &quot;github:nix-community/home-manager&quot;;
nvf.url = &quot;github:notashelf/nvf&quot;;
};
outputs = { nixpkgs, home-manager, nvf, ... }: let
system = &quot;x86_64-linux&quot;; in {
# ↓ this is your home output in the flake schema, expected by home-manager
&quot;your-username@your-hostname&quot; = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration
modules = [
nvf.homeManagerModules.default # &lt;- this imports the home-manager module that provides the options
./home.nix # &lt;- your home entrypoint
];
};
};
}
</code></pre><p>Once the module is properly imported by your host, you will be able to use the
<code class="literal">programs.nvf</code> module option anywhere in your configuration in order to
configure <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span>.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix{"> programs.nvf = {
enable = true;
# your settings need to go into the settings attribute set
# most settings are documented in the appendix
settings = {
vim.viAlias = false;
vim.vimAlias = true;
vim.lsp = {
enable = true;
};
};
};
}
</code></pre><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p><span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> exposes a lot of options, most of which are not referenced in the
installation sections of the manual. You may find all avaliable options
in the <a class="link" href="https://notashelf.github.io/nvf/options" target="_top">appendix</a></p></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div><div class="part"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h1 id="ch-configuring" class="title" >Configuring nvf </h1> </div> </div></div><div class="partintro"><div class="toc"> <p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-custom-package">Custom Neovim Package</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-custom-plugins">Custom Plugins</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-adding-plugins">Adding Plugins</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-languages">Language Support</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-languages-custom-lsp-packages">LSP Custom Packages/Command</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-using-dags">Using DAGs</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entryAnywhere">entryAnywhere</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-types-dag-entryAfter">entryAfter</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-types-dag-entryBefore">entryBefore</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entryBetween">entryBetween</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entriesAnywhere">entriesAnywhere</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entriesAfter">entriesAfter</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entriesBefore">entriesBefore</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entriesBetween">entriesBetween</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="chapter"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-dag-entries">DAG entries in nvf</a> </span></dt> </dl></div></div><div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="ch-custom-package" class="title" >Custom Neovim Package </h2> </div> </div></div><p>As of v0.5, you may now specify the Neovim package that will be wrapped with
your configuration. This is done with the <code class="literal">vim.package</code> option.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{inputs, pkgs, ...}: {
# using the neovim-nightly overlay
vim.package = inputs.neovim-overlay.packages.${pkgs.system}.neovim;
}
</code></pre><p>The neovim-nightly-overlay always exposes an unwrapped package. If using a
different source, you are highly recommended to get an “unwrapped” version of
the neovim package, similar to <code class="literal">neovim-unwrapped</code> in nixpkgs.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{ pkgs, ...}: {
# using the neovim-nightly overlay
vim.package = pkgs.neovim-unwrapped;
}
</code></pre>
</div><div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="ch-custom-plugins" class="title" >Custom Plugins </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="toc"> <p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-adding-plugins">Adding Plugins</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-configuring-plugins">Configuring</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-new-method">New Method</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-old-method">Old Method</a> </span></dt></dl></dd> </dl></div><p><span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span>, by default, exposes a wide variety of plugins as module options
for your convience and bundles necessary dependencies into <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span>’s runtime.
In case a plugin is not available in <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span>, you may consider making a pull
request to <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> to include it as a module or you may add it to your
configuration locally.</p><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="ch-adding-plugins" class="title" style="clear: both">Adding Plugins </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="toc"> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-configuring-plugins">Configuring</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-new-method">New Method</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-old-method">Old Method</a> </span></dt> </dl></div><p>There are multiple ways of adding custom plugins to your <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> configuration.</p><p>You can use custom plugins, before they are implemented in the flake. To add a
plugin to the runtime, you need to add it to the <code class="literal">vim.startPlugins</code> list in
your configuration.</p><p>Adding a plugin to <code class="literal">startPlugins</code> will not allow you to configure the plugin
that you have adeed, but <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> provides multiple way of configuring any
custom plugins that you might have added to your configuration.</p><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 id="sec-configuring-plugins" class="title" >Configuring </h3> </div> </div></div><p>Just making the plugin to your Neovim configuration available might not always
be enough. In that case, you can write custom lua config using either
<code class="literal">config.vim.extraPlugins</code> (which has the <code class="literal">setup</code> field) or
<code class="literal">config.vim.luaConfigRC</code>. The first option uses an attribute set, which maps DAG
section names to a custom type, which has the fields <code class="literal">package</code>, <code class="literal">after</code>,
<code class="literal">setup</code>. They allow you to set the package of the plugin, the sections its setup
code should be after (note that the <code class="literal">extraPlugins</code> option has its own DAG
scope), and the its setup code respectively. For example:</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">config.vim.extraPlugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; {
aerial = {
package = aerial-nvim;
setup = &quot;require(&#x27;aerial&#x27;).setup {}&quot;;
};
harpoon = {
package = harpoon;
setup = &quot;require(&#x27;harpoon&#x27;).setup {}&quot;;
after = [&quot;aerial&quot;]; # place harpoon configuration after aerial
};
}
</code></pre><p>The second option also uses an attribute set, but this one is resolved as a DAG
directly. The attribute names denote the section names, and the values lua code.
For example:</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{
# this will create an &quot;aquarium&quot; section in your init.lua with the contents of your custom config
# which will be *appended* to the rest of your configuration, inside your init.vim
config.vim.luaConfigRC.aquarium = &quot;vim.cmd(&#x27;colorscheme aquiarum&#x27;)&quot;;
}
</code></pre><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>If your configuration needs to be put in a specific place in the config, you
can use functions from <code class="literal">inputs.nvf.lib.nvim.dag</code> to order it. Refer to
https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/blob/master/modules/lib/dag.nix
to find out more about the DAG system.</p></div><p>If you successfully made your plugin work, please feel free to create a PR to
add it to <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> or open an issue with your findings so that we can make it
available for everyone easily.</p>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 id="sec-new-method" class="title" >New Method </h3> </div> </div></div><p>As of version <span class="strong"><strong>0.5</strong></span>, we have a more extensive API for configuring plugins,
under <code class="literal">vim.extraPlugins</code>. Instead of using DAGs exposed by the library, you may
use the extra plugin module as follows:</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{
config.vim.extraPlugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; {
aerial = {
package = aerial-nvim;
setup = &#x27;&#x27;
require(&#x27;aerial&#x27;).setup {
-- some lua configuration here
}
&#x27;&#x27;;
};
harpoon = {
package = harpoon;
setup = &quot;require(&#x27;harpoon&#x27;).setup {}&quot;;
after = [&quot;aerial&quot;];
};
};
}
</code></pre>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 id="sec-old-method" class="title" >Old Method </h3> </div> </div></div><p>Prior to version 0.5, the method of adding new plugins was adding the plugin
package to <code class="literal">vim.startPlugins</code> and add its configuration as a DAG under one of
<code class="literal">vim.configRC</code> or <code class="literal">vim.luaConfigRC</code>. 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
the plugins is determined by DAGs.</p><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 id="sec-adding-plugins" class="title" >Adding plugins </h4> </div> </div></div><p>To add a plugin to <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span>’s runtime, you may add it</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{pkgs, ...}: {
# add a package from nixpkgs to startPlugins
vim.startPlugins = [
pkgs.vimPlugins.aerial-nvim ];
}
</code></pre><p>And to configure the added plugin, you can use the <code class="literal">luaConfigRC</code> option to
provide configuration as a DAG using the <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> extended library.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{inputs, ...}: let
# assuming you have an input called nvf pointing at the nvf repository
inherit (inputs.nvf.lib.nvim.dag) entryAnywhere;
in {
vim.luaConfigRC.aerial-nvim= entryAnywhere &#x27;&#x27;
require(&#x27;aerial&#x27;).setup {
-- your configuration here
}
&#x27;&#x27;;
}
</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div><div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="ch-languages" class="title" >Language Support </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="toc"> <p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-languages-custom-lsp-packages">LSP Custom Packages/Command</a> </span></dt> </dl></div><p>Language specific support means there is a combination of language specific
plugins, <code class="literal">treesitter</code> support, <code class="literal">nvim-lspconfig</code> language servers, and <code class="literal">null-ls</code>
integration. This gets you capabilities ranging from autocompletion to formatting
to diagnostics. The following languages have sections under the <code class="literal">vim.languages</code>
attribute.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist compact" style="list-style-type: disc;"><li class="listitem"><p>Rust: <a class="link" href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.rust.enable" >vim.languages.rust.enable</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Nix: <a class="link" href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.nix.enable" >vim.languages.nix.enable</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>SQL: <a class="link" href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.sql.enable" >vim.languages.sql.enable</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>C/C++: <a class="link" href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.clang.enable" >vim.languages.clang.enable</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Typescript/Javascript: <a class="link" href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.ts.enable" >vim.languages.ts.enable</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Python: <a class="link" href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.python.enable" >vim.languages.python.enable</a>:</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Zig: <a class="link" href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.zig.enable" >vim.languages.zig.enable</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Markdown: <a class="link" href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.markdown.enable" >vim.languages.markdown.enable</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>HTML: <a class="link" href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.html.enable" >vim.languages.html.enable</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Dart: <a class="link" href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.dart.enable" >vim.languages.dart.enable</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Go: <a class="link" href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.go.enable" >vim.languages.go.enable</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Lua: <a class="link" href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.lua.enable" >vim.languages.lua.enable</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>PHP: <a class="link" href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.php.enable" >vim.languages.php.enable</a></p></li></ul></div><p>Adding support for more languages, and improving support for existing ones are great places
where you can contribute with a PR.</p><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-languages-custom-lsp-packages" class="title" style="clear: both">LSP Custom Packages/Command </h2> </div> </div></div><p>In any of the <code class="literal">opt.languages.&lt;language&gt;.lsp.package</code> options you can provide
your own LSP package, or provide the command to launch the language server, as
a list of strings. You can use this to skip automatic installation of a language
server, and instead use the one found in your <code class="literal">$PATH</code> during runtime, for
example:</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">vim.languages.java = {
lsp = {
enable = true;
# this expects jdt-language-server to be in your PATH
# or in `vim.extraPackages`
package = [&quot;jdt-language-server&quot; &quot;-data&quot; &quot;~/.cache/jdtls/workspace&quot;];
};
}
</code></pre>
</div>
</div><div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="ch-using-dags" class="title" >Using DAGs </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="toc"> <p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entryAnywhere">entryAnywhere</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-types-dag-entryAfter">entryAfter</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#ch-types-dag-entryBefore">entryBefore</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entryBetween">entryBetween</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entriesAnywhere">entriesAnywhere</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entriesAfter">entriesAfter</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entriesBefore">entriesBefore</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-types-dag-entriesBetween">entriesBetween</a> </span></dt> </dl></div><p>We conform to the NixOS options types for the most part, however, a noteworthy
addition for certain options is the <a class="link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directed_acyclic_graph" target="_top"><span class="strong"><strong>DAG
(Directed acyclic graph)</strong></span></a>
type which is borrowed from home-manager’s extended library. This type is most
used for topologically sorting strings. The DAG type allows the attribute set
entries to express dependency relations among themselves. This can, for
example, be used to control the order of configuration sections in your
<code class="literal">luaConfigRC</code>.</p><p>The below section, mostly taken from the <a class="link" href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/home-manager/master/docs/manual/writing-modules/types.md" target="_top">home-manager
manual</a>
explains in more detail the overall usage logic of the DAG type.</p><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-types-dag-entryAnywhere" class="title" style="clear: both">entryAnywhere </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p><code class="literal">lib.dag.entryAnywhere (value: T) : DagEntry&lt;T&gt;</code></p></blockquote></div><p>Indicates that <code class="literal">value</code> can be placed anywhere within the DAG.
This is also the default for plain attribute set entries, that
is</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">foo.bar = {
a = lib.dag.entryAnywhere 0;
}
</code></pre><p>and</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">foo.bar = {
a = 0;
}
</code></pre><p>are equivalent.</p>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="ch-types-dag-entryAfter" class="title" style="clear: both">entryAfter </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p><code class="literal">lib.dag.entryAfter (afters: list string) (value: T) : DagEntry&lt;T&gt;</code></p></blockquote></div><p>Indicates that <code class="literal">value</code> must be placed <span class="emphasis"><em>after</em></span> each of the
attribute names in the given list. For example</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">foo.bar = {
a = 0;
b = lib.dag.entryAfter [ &quot;a&quot; ] 1;
}
</code></pre><p>would place <code class="literal">b</code> after <code class="literal">a</code> in the graph.</p>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="ch-types-dag-entryBefore" class="title" style="clear: both">entryBefore </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p><code class="literal">lib.dag.entryBefore (befores: list string) (value: T) : DagEntry&lt;T&gt;</code></p></blockquote></div><p>Indicates that <code class="literal">value</code> must be placed <span class="emphasis"><em>before</em></span> each of the
attribute names in the given list. For example</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">foo.bar = {
b = lib.dag.entryBefore [ &quot;a&quot; ] 1;
a = 0;
}
</code></pre><p>would place <code class="literal">b</code> before <code class="literal">a</code> in the graph.</p>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-types-dag-entryBetween" class="title" style="clear: both">entryBetween </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p><code class="literal">lib.dag.entryBetween (befores: list string) (afters: list string) (value: T) : DagEntry&lt;T&gt;</code></p></blockquote></div><p>Indicates that <code class="literal">value</code> must be placed <span class="emphasis"><em>before</em></span> the attribute
names in the first list and <span class="emphasis"><em>after</em></span> the attribute names in the
second list. For example</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">foo.bar = {
a = 0;
c = lib.dag.entryBetween [ &quot;b&quot; ] [ &quot;a&quot; ] 2;
b = 1;
}
</code></pre><p>would place <code class="literal">c</code> before <code class="literal">b</code> and after <code class="literal">a</code> in the graph.</p><p>There are also a set of functions that generate a DAG from a list.
These are convenient when you just want to have a linear list of DAG
entries, without having to manually enter the relationship between
each entry. Each of these functions take a <code class="literal">tag</code> as argument and the
DAG entries will be named <code class="literal">${tag}-${index}</code>.</p>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-types-dag-entriesAnywhere" class="title" style="clear: both">entriesAnywhere </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p><code class="literal">lib.dag.entriesAnywhere (tag: string) (values: [T]) : Dag&lt;T&gt;</code></p></blockquote></div><p>Creates a DAG with the given values with each entry labeled
using the given tag. For example</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">foo.bar = lib.dag.entriesAnywhere &quot;a&quot; [ 0 1 ];
</code></pre><p>is equivalent to</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">foo.bar = {
a-0 = 0;
a-1 = lib.dag.entryAfter [ &quot;a-0&quot; ] 1;
}
</code></pre>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-types-dag-entriesAfter" class="title" style="clear: both">entriesAfter </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p><code class="literal">lib.dag.entriesAfter (tag: string) (afters: list string) (values: [T]) : Dag&lt;T&gt;</code></p></blockquote></div><p>Creates a DAG with the given values with each entry labeled
using the given tag. The list of values are placed are placed
<span class="emphasis"><em>after</em></span> each of the attribute names in <code class="literal">afters</code>. For example</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">foo.bar =
{ b = 0; } // lib.dag.entriesAfter &quot;a&quot; [ &quot;b&quot; ] [ 1 2 ];
</code></pre><p>is equivalent to</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">foo.bar = {
b = 0;
a-0 = lib.dag.entryAfter [ &quot;b&quot; ] 1;
a-1 = lib.dag.entryAfter [ &quot;a-0&quot; ] 2;
}
</code></pre>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-types-dag-entriesBefore" class="title" style="clear: both">entriesBefore </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p><code class="literal">lib.dag.entriesBefore (tag: string) (befores: list string) (values: [T]) : Dag&lt;T&gt;</code></p></blockquote></div><p>Creates a DAG with the given values with each entry labeled
using the given tag. The list of values are placed <span class="emphasis"><em>before</em></span> each
of the attribute names in <code class="literal">befores</code>. For example</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix"> foo.bar =
{ b = 0; } // lib.dag.entriesBefore &quot;a&quot; [ &quot;b&quot; ] [ 1 2 ];
</code></pre><p>is equivalent to</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">foo.bar = {
b = 0;
a-0 = 1;
a-1 = lib.dag.entryBetween [ &quot;b&quot; ] [ &quot;a-0&quot; ] 2;
}
</code></pre>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-types-dag-entriesBetween" class="title" style="clear: both">entriesBetween </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p><code class="literal">lib.dag.entriesBetween (tag: string) (befores: list string) (afters: list string) (values: [T]) : Dag&lt;T&gt;</code></p></blockquote></div><p>Creates a DAG with the given values with each entry labeled
using the given tag. The list of values are placed <span class="emphasis"><em>before</em></span> each
of the attribute names in <code class="literal">befores</code> and <span class="emphasis"><em>after</em></span> each of the
attribute names in <code class="literal">afters</code>. For example</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">foo.bar =
{ b = 0; c = 3; } // lib.dag.entriesBetween &quot;a&quot; [ &quot;b&quot; ] [ &quot;c&quot; ] [ 1 2 ];
</code></pre><p>is equivalent to</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">foo.bar = {
b = 0;
c = 3;
a-0 = lib.dag.entryAfter [ &quot;c&quot; ] 1;
a-1 = lib.dag.entryBetween [ &quot;b&quot; ] [ &quot;a-0&quot; ] 2;
}
</code></pre>
</div>
</div><div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="ch-dag-entries" class="title" >DAG entries in nvf </h2> </div> </div></div><p>From the previous chapter, it should be clear that DAGs are useful, because you
can add code that relies on other code. However, if you don’t know what the
entries are called, it’s hard to do that, so here is a list of the internal
entries in nvf:</p><p><code class="literal">vim.luaConfigRC</code> (top-level DAG):</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist compact" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>(<code class="literal">luaConfigPre</code>) - not a part of the actual DAG, instead, it’s simply
inserted before the rest of the DAG</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">globalsScript</code> - used to set globals defined in <code class="literal">vim.globals</code></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">basic</code> - used to set basic configuration options</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">theme</code> (this is simply placed before <code class="literal">pluginConfigs</code>, meaning that surrounding entries don’t depend on it) - used to set up the theme, which has to be done before other plugins</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">pluginConfigs</code> - the result of the nested <code class="literal">vim.pluginRC</code> (internal option,
see the <a class="link" href="/index.xhtml#ch-custom-plugins" target="_top">Custom Plugins</a> page for adding your own
plugins) DAG, used to set up internal plugins</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">extraPluginConfigs</code> - the result of <code class="literal">vim.extraPlugins</code>, which is not a
direct DAG, but is converted to, and resolved as one internally</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">mappings</code> - the result of <code class="literal">vim.maps</code></p></li></ol></div>
</div>
</div><div class="chapter"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h1 id="ch-hacking" class="title" >Hacking nvf </h1> </div> </div></div><div class="toc"> <p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-contrib-getting-started">Getting Started</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines">Guidelines</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-documentation">Adding Documentation</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-formatting">Formatting Code</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-commit-message-style">Formatting Commits</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-commit-style">Commit Style</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-ex-commit-message">Example Commit</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-code-style">Code Style</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-testing-changes">Testing Changes</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-keybinds">Keybinds</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-custom-key-mappings">Custom Key Mappings Support for a Plugin</a> </span></dt></dl></dd><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-additional-plugins">Adding Plugins</a> </span></dt><dd><dl><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-modular-setup-options">Modular setup options</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-details-of-toluaobject">Details of toLuaObject</a> </span></dt></dl></dd> </dl></div><p><span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> is designed for developers as much as it is for the end user. I would like any potential contributor
to be able to propagate their desired changes into the repository without the extra effort. As such, below are guides
(and guidelines) to streamline the contribution process and ensure that your valuable input seamlessly integrates
into <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span>’s development without leaving question marks in your head.</p><p>This section is mainly directed towards those who wish to contribute code into <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span>. If you wish to instead
report a bug or discuss a potential feature implementation, first look among the
already <a class="link" href="https://github.com/notashelf/nvf/issues" target="_top">open issues</a> and if no matching issue exists you may open
a <a class="link" href="https://github.com/notashelf/nvf/issues/new" target="_top">new issue</a> and describe your problem/request. While creating an
issue, please try to include as much information as you can, ideally also include relevant context in which an issue
occurs or a feature should be implemented.</p><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h1 id="sec-contrib-getting-started" class="title" style="clear: both">Getting Started </h1> </div> </div></div><p>You, naturally, would like to start by forking the repository to get started. If
you are new to Git and GitHub, do have a look at GitHub’s <a class="link" href="https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/" target="_top">Fork a repo guide</a>
for instructions on how you can do this. Once you have a fork of <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span>, you
should create a separate branch based on the msot recent <code class="literal">main</code> branch. Give
your branch a reasonably descriptive name (e.g. <code class="literal">feature/debugger</code> or
<code class="literal">fix/pesky-bug</code>) and you are ready to work on your changes</p><p>Implement your changes and commit them to the newly created branch and when you
are happy with the result, and positive that it fullfills our <a class="link" href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines" title="Guidelines" >Contributing
Guidelines</a>, push the branch to GitHub and <a class="link" href="https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request" target="_top">create a pull
request</a>. The default
pull request template available on the <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> repository will guide you through
the rest of the process, and we’ll gently nudge you in the correct direction if
there are any mistakes.</p>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h1 id="sec-guidelines" class="title" style="clear: both">Guidelines </h1> </div> </div></div><div class="toc"> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-documentation">Adding Documentation</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-formatting">Formatting Code</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-commit-message-style">Formatting Commits</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-commit-style">Commit Style</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-ex-commit-message">Example Commit</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-code-style">Code Style</a> </span></dt> </dl></div><p>If your contribution tightly follows the guidelines, then there is a good chance
it will be merged without too much trouble. Some of the guidelines will be
strictly enforced, others will remain as gentle nudges towards the correct
direction. As we have no automated system enforcing those guidelines, please
try to double check your changes before making your pull request in order to
avoid “faulty” code slipping by.</p><p>If you are uncertain how these rules affect the change you would like to make
then feel free to start a discussion in the <a class="link" href="https://github.com/NotAShelf/nvf/discussions" target="_top">discussions tab</a>
ideally (but not necessarily) before you start developing.</p><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-guidelines-documentation" class="title" style="clear: both">Adding Documentation </h2> </div> </div></div><p>Most, if not all, changes warrant changes to the documentation. Module options
should be documented with <a class="link" href="https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#sec-contributing-markup" target="_top">Nixpkgs-flavoured Markdown</a>,
albeit with exceptions.</p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>As of <span class="strong"><strong>v0.5</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> is itself documented using full markdown in both module
options and the manual. With <span class="strong"><strong>v0.6</strong></span>, this manual has also been converted to
markdown in full.</p></div><p>The HTML version of this manual containing both the module option descriptions
and the documentation of <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> (such as this page) can be generated and
opened by typing the following in a shell within a clone of the <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> Git
repository:</p><pre><code class="programlisting console">$ nix build .#docs-html
$ xdg-open $PWD/result/share/doc/nvf/index.html
</code></pre>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-guidelines-formatting" class="title" style="clear: both">Formatting Code </h2> </div> </div></div><p>Make sure your code is formatted as described in <a class="link" href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-code-style" title="Code Style" >code-style
section</a>. To maintain consistency throughout the
project you are encouraged to browse through existing code and adopt its style
also in new code.</p>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-guidelines-commit-message-style" class="title" style="clear: both">Formatting Commits </h2> </div> </div></div><p>Similar to <a class="link" href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-code-style" title="Code Style" >code style guidelines</a> we encourage a
consistent commit message format as described in <a class="link" href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-commit-style" title="Commit Style" >commit style
guidelines</a>.</p>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-guidelines-commit-style" class="title" style="clear: both">Commit Style </h2> </div> </div></div><p>The commits in your pull request should be reasonably self-contained. Which
means each and every commit in a pull request should make sense both on its
own and in general context. That is, a second commit should not resolve an
issue that is introduced in an earlier commit. In particular, you will be
asked to amend any commit that introduces syntax errors or similar problems
even if they are fixed in a later commit.</p><p>The commit messages should follow the <a class="link" href="https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/#seven-rule" target="_top">seven
rules</a>, except for
“Capitalize the subject line”. We also ask you to include the affected code
component or module in the first line. A commit message ideally, but not
necessarily, follow the given template from home-manager’s own documentation</p><pre><code class="programlisting"> {component}: {description}
{long description}
</code></pre><p>where <code class="literal">{component}</code> refers to the code component (or module) your change
affects, <code class="literal">{description}</code> is a very brief description of your change, and
<code class="literal">{long description}</code> is an optional clarifying description. As a rare
exception, if there is no clear component, or your change affects many
components, then the <code class="literal">{component}</code> part is optional. See <a class="link" href="index.xhtml#sec-guidelines-ex-commit-message" title="Example Commit" >example commit
message</a> for a commit message that
fulfills these requirements.</p>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-guidelines-ex-commit-message" class="title" style="clear: both">Example Commit </h2> </div> </div></div><p>The commit <a class="link" href="https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/commit/69f8e47e9e74c8d3d060ca22e18246b7f7d988ef" target="_top">69f8e47e9e74c8d3d060ca22e18246b7f7d988ef</a>
in home-manager contains the following commit message.</p><pre><code class="programlisting">starship: allow running in Emacs if vterm is used
The vterm buffer is backed by libvterm and can handle Starship prompts
without issues.
</code></pre><p>Similarly, if you are contributing to <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span>, you would include the scope of
the commit followed by the description:</p><pre><code class="programlisting">languages/ruby: init module
Adds a language module for Ruby, adds appropriate formatters and Treesitter grammers
</code></pre><p>Long description can be ommitted if the change is too simple to warrant it. A
minor fix in spelling or a formatting change does not warrant long description,
however, a module addition or removal does as you would like to provide the
relevant context, i.e. the reasoning behind it, for your commit.</p><p>Finally, when adding a new module, say <code class="literal">modules/foo.nix</code>, we use the fixed
commit format <code class="literal">foo: add module</code>. You can, of course, still include a long
description if you wish.</p><p>In case of nested modules, i.e <code class="literal">modules/languages/java.nix</code> you are recommended
to contain the parent as well - for example <code class="literal">languages/java: some major change</code>.</p>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-guidelines-code-style" class="title" style="clear: both">Code Style </h2> </div> </div></div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 id="sec-code-style-treewide" class="title" >Treewide </h3> </div> </div></div><p>Keep lines at a reasonable width, ideally 80 characters or less. This also applies
to string literals and module descriptions and documentation.</p>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 id="sec-code-style-nix" class="title" >Nix </h3> </div> </div></div><p><span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> is formatted by the <a class="link" href="https://github.com/kamadorueda/alejandra" target="_top">alejandra</a>
tool and the formatting is checked in the pull request and push workflows. Run the
<code class="literal">nix fmt</code> command inside the project repository before submitting your pull request.</p><p>While Alejandra is mostly opinionated on how code looks after formatting,
certain changes are done at the user’s discretion based on how the original
code was structured.</p><p>Please use one line code for attribute sets that contain only one subset.
For example:</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix"># parent modules should always be unfolded
# which means module = { value = ... } instead of module.value = { ... }
module = {
value = mkEnableOption &quot;some description&quot; // { default = true; }; # merges can be done inline where possible
# same as parent modules, unfold submodules
subModule = {
# this is an option that contains more than one nested value
someOtherValue = mkOption {
type = lib.types.bool;
description = &quot;Some other description&quot;;
default = true;
};
};
}
</code></pre><p>If you move a line down after the merge operator, Alejandra will automatically
unfold the whole merged attrset for you, which we <span class="strong"><strong>do not</strong></span> want.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">module = {
key = mkEnableOption &quot;some description&quot; // {
default = true; # we want this to be inline
}; # ...
}
</code></pre><p>For lists, it is mostly up to your own discretion how you want to format them,
but please try to unfold lists if they contain multiple items and especially
if they are to include comments.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix"># this is ok
acceptableList = [
item1 # comment
item2
item3 # some other comment
item4
];
# this is not ok
listToBeAvoided = [item1 item2 /* comment */ item3 item4];
# this is ok
acceptableList = [item1 item2];
# this is also ok if the list is expected to contain more elements
acceptableList= [
item1
item2
# more items if needed...
];
</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h1 id="sec-testing-changes" class="title" style="clear: both">Testing Changes </h1> </div> </div></div><p>Once you have made your changes, you will need to test them throughly. If it is
a module, add your module option to <code class="literal">configuration.nix</code> (located in the root of
this project) inside <code class="literal">neovimConfiguration</code>. Enable it, and then run the maximal
configuration with <code class="literal">nix run .#maximal -Lv</code> to check for build errors. If neovim
opens in the current directory without any error messages (you can check the
output of <code class="literal">:messages</code> inside neovim to see if there are any errors), then your
changes are good to go. Open your pull request, and it will be reviewed as soon
as posssible.</p><p>If it is not a new module, but a change to an existing one, then make sure the
module you have changed is enabled in the maximal configuration by editing
<code class="literal">configuration.nix</code>, and then run it with <code class="literal">nix run .#maximal -Lv</code>. Same procedure
as adding a new module will apply here.</p>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h1 id="sec-keybinds" class="title" style="clear: both">Keybinds </h1> </div> </div></div><div class="toc"> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-custom-key-mappings">Custom Key Mappings Support for a Plugin</a> </span></dt> </dl></div><p>As of 0.4, there exists an API for writing your own keybinds and a couple of
useful utility functions are available in the <a class="link" href="https://github.com/NotAShelf/nvf/tree/main/lib" target="_top">extended standard
library</a>. The following
section contains a general overview to how you may utilize said functions.</p><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-custom-key-mappings" class="title" style="clear: both">Custom Key Mappings Support for a Plugin </h2> </div> </div></div><p>To set a mapping, you should define it in <code class="literal">vim.maps.&lt;&lt;mode&gt;&gt;</code>.
The available modes are:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist compact" style="list-style-type: disc;"><li class="listitem"><p>normal</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>insert</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>select</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>visual</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>terminal</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>normalVisualOp</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>visualOnly</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>operator</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>insertCommand</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>lang</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>command</p></li></ul></div><p>An example, simple keybinding, can look like this:</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">{
vim.maps.normal = {
&quot;&lt;leader&gt;wq&quot; = {
action = &quot;:wq&lt;CR&gt;&quot;;
silent = true;
desc = &quot;Save file and quit&quot;;
};
};
}
</code></pre><p>There are many settings available in the options. Please refer to the
<a class="link" href="https://notashelf.github.io/nvf/options.html#opt-vim.maps.command._name_.action" target="_top">documentation</a>
to see a list of them.</p><p><span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> provides a list of helper commands, so that you don’t have to write the
mapping attribute sets every time:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist compact" style="list-style-type: disc;"><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">mkBinding = key: action: desc:</code> - makes a basic binding, with <code class="literal">silent</code> set
to true.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">mkExprBinding = key: action: desc:</code> - makes an expression binding, with
<code class="literal">lua</code>, <code class="literal">silent</code>, and <code class="literal">expr</code> set to true.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">mkLuaBinding = key: action: desc:</code> - makes an expression binding, with
<code class="literal">lua</code>, and <code class="literal">silent</code> set to true.</p></li></ul></div><p>Do note that the Lua in these bindings is actual Lua, and not pasted into a
<code class="literal">:lua</code> command. Therefore, you should either pass in a function like
<code class="literal">require(&#x27;someplugin&#x27;).some_function</code>, without actually calling it, or you
should define your own functions, for example</p><pre><code class="programlisting lua">function()
require(&#x27;someplugin&#x27;).some_function()
end
</code></pre><p>Additionally, to not have to repeat the descriptions, there’s another utility
function with its own set of functions: Utility function that takes two
attribute sets:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist compact" style="list-style-type: disc;"><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">{ someKey = &quot;some_value&quot; }</code></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">{ someKey = { description = &quot;Some Description&quot;; }; }</code></p></li></ul></div><p>and merges them into <code class="literal">{ someKey = { value = &quot;some_value&quot;; description = &quot;Some Description&quot;; }; }</code></p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">addDescriptionsToMappings = actualMappings: mappingDefinitions:
</code></pre><p>This function can be used in combination with the same <code class="literal">mkBinding</code> functions as
above, except they only take two arguments - <code class="literal">binding</code> and <code class="literal">action</code>, and have
different names:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist compact" style="list-style-type: disc;"><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">mkSetBinding = binding: action:</code> - makes a basic binding, with <code class="literal">silent</code>
set to true.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">mkSetExprBinding = binding: action:</code> - makes an expression binding, with
<code class="literal">lua</code>, <code class="literal">silent</code>, and <code class="literal">expr</code> set to true.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">mkSetLuaBinding = binding: action:</code> - makes an expression binding, with
<code class="literal">lua</code>, and <code class="literal">silent</code> set to true.</p></li></ul></div><p>You can read the source code of some modules to see them in action, but their
usage should look something like this:</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix"># plugindefinition.nix
{lib, ...}: with lib; {
options.vim.plugin = {
enable = mkEnableOption &quot;Enable plugin&quot;;
# Mappings should always be inside an attrset called mappings
mappings = {
# mkMappingOption is a helper function from lib,
# that takes a description (which will also appear in which-key),
# and a default mapping (which can be null)
toggleCurrentLine = mkMappingOption &quot;Toggle current line comment&quot; &quot;gcc&quot;;
toggleCurrentBlock = mkMappingOption &quot;Toggle current block comment&quot; &quot;gbc&quot;;
toggleOpLeaderLine = mkMappingOption &quot;Toggle line comment&quot; &quot;gc&quot;;
toggleOpLeaderBlock = mkMappingOption &quot;Toggle block comment&quot; &quot;gb&quot;;
toggleSelectedLine = mkMappingOption &quot;Toggle selected comment&quot; &quot;gc&quot;;
toggleSelectedBlock = mkMappingOption &quot;Toggle selected block&quot; &quot;gb&quot;;
};
};
}
</code></pre><pre><code class="programlisting nix"># config.nix
{
config,
pkgs,
lib,
...
}:
with lib;
with builtins; let
cfg = config.vim.plugin;
self = import ./plugindefinition.nix {inherit lib;};
mappingDefinitions = self.options.vim.plugin;
# addDescriptionsToMappings is a helper function from lib,
# that merges mapping values and their descriptions
# into one nice attribute set
mappings = addDescriptionsToMappings cfg.mappings mappingDefinitions;
in {
config = mkIf (cfg.enable) {
# ...
vim.maps.normal = mkMerge [
# mkSetBinding is another helper function from lib,
# that actually adds the mapping with a description.
(mkSetBinding mappings.findFiles &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope find_files&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.liveGrep &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope live_grep&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.buffers &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope buffers&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.helpTags &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope help_tags&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.open &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.gitCommits &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope git_commits&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.gitBufferCommits &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope git_bcommits&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.gitBranches &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope git_branches&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.gitStatus &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope git_status&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.gitStash &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope git_stash&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkIf config.vim.lsp.enable (mkMerge [
(mkSetBinding mappings.lspDocumentSymbols &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope lsp_document_symbols&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.lspWorkspaceSymbols &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope lsp_workspace_symbols&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.lspReferences &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope lsp_references&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.lspImplementations &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope lsp_implementations&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.lspDefinitions &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope lsp_definitions&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.lspTypeDefinitions &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope lsp_type_definitions&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
(mkSetBinding mappings.diagnostics &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope diagnostics&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
]))
(
mkIf config.vim.treesitter.enable
(mkSetBinding mappings.treesitter &quot;&lt;cmd&gt; Telescope treesitter&lt;CR&gt;&quot;)
)
];
# ...
};
}
</code></pre><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>If you have come across a plugin that has an API that doesn’t seem to easily
allow custom keybindings, don’t be scared to implement a draft PR. We’ll help
you get it done.</p></div>
</div>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h1 id="sec-additional-plugins" class="title" style="clear: both">Adding Plugins </h1> </div> </div></div><div class="toc"> <dl class="toc"> <dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-modular-setup-options">Modular setup options</a> </span></dt><dt> <span class="section"> <a href="index.xhtml#sec-details-of-toluaobject">Details of toLuaObject</a> </span></dt> </dl></div><p>To add a new Neovim plugin, first add the source url in the inputs section of <code class="literal">flake.nix</code>
with the prefix <code class="literal">plugin-</code></p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">
{
inputs = {
# ...
plugin-neodev-nvim = {
url = &quot;github:folke/neodev.nvim&quot;;
flake = false;
};
# ...
};
}
</code></pre><p>The addition of the <code class="literal">plugin-</code> prefix will allow <span class="strong"><strong>nvf</strong></span> to autodiscover the
input from the flake inputs automatically, allowing you to refer to it in areas
that require a very specific plugin type as defined in <code class="literal">lib/types/plugins.nix</code></p><p>You can now reference this plugin using its string name, the plugin will be
built with the name and source URL from the flake input, allowing you to
refer to it as a <span class="strong"><strong>string</strong></span>.</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">config.vim.startPlugins = [&quot;neodev-nvim&quot;];
</code></pre><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-modular-setup-options" class="title" style="clear: both">Modular setup options </h2> </div> </div></div><p>Most plugins is initialized with a call to <code class="literal">require(&#x27;plugin&#x27;).setup({...})</code>.</p><p>We use a special function that lets you easily add support for such setup options in a modular way:
<code class="literal">mkPluginSetupOption</code>.</p><p>Once you have added the source of the plugin as shown above, you can define the setup options like
this:</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix"># in modules/.../your-plugin/your-plugin.nix
{lib, ...}:
let
inherit (lib.types) bool int;
inherit (lib.nvim.types) mkPluginSetupOption;
in {
options.vim.your-plugin = {
setupOpts = mkPluginSetupOption &quot;plugin name&quot; {
enable_feature_a = mkOption {
type = bool;
default = false;
# ...
};
number_option = mkOption {
type = int;
default = 3;
# ...
};
};
};
}
</code></pre><pre><code class="programlisting nix"># in modules/.../your-plugin/config.nix
{lib, config, ...}:
let
cfg = config.vim.your-plugin;
in {
vim.luaConfigRC = lib.nvim.dag.entryAnywhere &#x27;&#x27;
require(&#x27;plugin-name&#x27;).setup(${lib.nvim.lua.toLuaObject cfg.setupOpts})
&#x27;&#x27;;
}
</code></pre><p>This above config will result in this lua script:</p><pre><code class="programlisting lua">require(&#x27;plugin-name&#x27;).setup({
enable_feature_a = false,
number_option = 3,
})
</code></pre><p>Now users can set any of the pre-defined option field, and can also add their own fields!</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix"># in user&#x27;s config
{
vim.your-plugin.setupOpts = {
enable_feature_a = true;
number_option = 4;
another_field = &quot;hello&quot;;
size = { # nested fields work as well
top = 10;
};
};
}
</code></pre>
</div><div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 id="sec-details-of-toluaobject" class="title" style="clear: both">Details of toLuaObject </h2> </div> </div></div><p>As you’ve seen above, <code class="literal">toLuaObject</code> is used to convert our nix attrSet
<code class="literal">cfg.setupOpts</code>, into a lua table. Here are some rules of the conversion:</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist compact" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>nix <code class="literal">null</code> converts to lua <code class="literal">nil</code></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>number and strings convert to their lua counterparts</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>nix attrSet/list convert into lua tables</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>you can write raw lua code using <code class="literal">lib.generators.mkLuaInline</code>. This
function is part of nixpkgs.</p></li></ol></div><p>Example:</p><pre><code class="programlisting nix">vim.your-plugin.setupOpts = {
on_init = lib.generators.mkLuaInline &#x27;&#x27;
function()
print(&#x27;we can write lua!&#x27;)
end
&#x27;&#x27;;
}
</code></pre>
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