Standalone Usage

Options

When used standalone, nixvim's options are available directly, without any prefix/namespace. This is unlike the other modules which typically use a programs.nixvim.* prefix.

There are no standalone-specific options available.

Using in another configuration

Here is an example on how to integrate into a NixOS or Home-manager configuration when using flakes.

The example assumes your standalone config is the default package of a flake, and you've named the input "nixvim-config".

{ inputs, system, ... }:
{
  # NixOS
  environment.systemPackages = [ inputs.nixvim-config.packages.${system}.default ];
  # home-manager
  home.packages = [ inputs.nixvim-config.packages.${system}.default ];
}

Extending an existing configuration

Given a <nixvim> derivation obtained from makeNixvim or makeNixvimWithModule it is possible to create a new derivation with additional options.

This is done through the <nixvim>.extend function. This function takes a Nixvim module that is merged with the options used to build <nixvim>.

This function is recursive, meaning that it can be applied an arbitrary number of times.

Example

{makeNixvim}: let
    first = makeNixvim { extraConfigLua = "-- first stage"; };
    second = first.extend {extraConfigLua = "-- second stage";};
    third = second.extend {extraConfigLua = "-- third stage";};
in
    third

This will generate a init.lua that will contain the comments from each stages:

-- first stage
-- second stage
-- third stage

Accessing options used in an existing configuration

The config used to produce a standalone nixvim derivation can be accessed as an attribute on the derivation, similar to <nixvim>.extend.

This may be useful if you want unrelated parts of your NixOS or home-manager configuration to use the same value as something in your nixvim configuration.

Accessing nixvim options

Given a nixvim derivation it is possible to access the module options using <derivation>.options. This can be useful to configure nixd for example:

plugins.lsp.servers.nixd = {
    enable = true;
    settings = {
        options.nixvim.expr = ''(builtins.getFlake "/path/to/flake").packages.${system}.neovimNixvim.options'';
    };
};