9516c35c7f
I had to disable initrd's systemd stuff. I just /couldn't/ get a rollback service working; believe me, not for a lack of effort! I've been working on this on-and-off for a month or two now.
330 lines
8.5 KiB
Org Mode
Executable File
330 lines
8.5 KiB
Org Mode
Executable File
:PROPERTIES:
|
||
:ID: 26ecd52b-1c5c-46b8-8eb9-fe827a753f0a
|
||
:ROAM_ALIASES: sydnix
|
||
:END:
|
||
#+title: Guix-rebound 2
|
||
#+tags: nix
|
||
|
||
Current name of ~guix-rebound~ ought to be changed. This is a rewrite from scratch. }:3
|
||
|
||
A second try at NixOS, now that I have a better idea of what I'm doing. The effort is largely inspired by my darling Faye's glorious ~wishsys~.
|
||
|
||
* Inbox
|
||
|
||
* Principles
|
||
|
||
** User configuration
|
||
|
||
In order of descending preference, user programs should be configured by...
|
||
|
||
1. Wrappers, with config files optionally living somewhere under =/persist/dots=.
|
||
2. home-manager's modules.
|
||
3. ~home.file~ and similar.
|
||
4. Mutable symlinks using ~home.file~ and ~mkOutOfStoreSymlink~.
|
||
|
||
* Conventions
|
||
|
||
** Repo structure
|
||
|
||
*** =hosts/=
|
||
|
||
Each directory =hosts/«HOST»= is expected to configure a single specific device, where =«HOST»= is the device's exact hostname. Said directory =«HOST»= should have at least the following structure:
|
||
|
||
#+begin_example
|
||
hosts
|
||
└── «HOST»
|
||
├── configuration.nix
|
||
└── system.nix
|
||
#+end_example
|
||
|
||
Where =configuration.nix= is the main entry point imported by the top-level flake, and =system.nix= evaluates to a string corresponding to the =system= option to be used.
|
||
|
||
*** =users/=
|
||
|
||
Similarly to the =hosts= directory, each subdirectory =users/«USER»= is assumed to have some structure, and that =«USER»= is the precise username desired.
|
||
|
||
#+begin_example
|
||
users
|
||
└── «USER»
|
||
└── default.nix
|
||
#+end_example
|
||
|
||
Where =default.nix= returns an attrset of form
|
||
|
||
#+begin_src nix
|
||
{
|
||
# The NixOS option `users.users.«USER»` will be set to result of
|
||
# `systemConfiguration`.
|
||
systemConfiguration = { config, pkgs, lib, ... }: {
|
||
# isNormalUser = true;
|
||
# extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
|
||
# ...
|
||
};
|
||
|
||
# Home-manager configuration
|
||
homeConfiguration = { config, pkgs, lib, ... }: {
|
||
# home.packages = [ pkgs.hello ];
|
||
# ...
|
||
};
|
||
}
|
||
#+end_src
|
||
|
||
** Impermanence and persistence
|
||
|
||
I use impermanence to wipe most of my filesystem on boot.
|
||
|
||
*** Boot process
|
||
|
||
What follows is an overview of [[file:modules/nixos/impermanence/rollback.nix][modules/nixos/impermanence/rollback.nix]].
|
||
|
||
On boot, ...
|
||
|
||
- The existing subvolume root filesystem will be moved to a 'death row' directory, where it will live for about three days before deletion. Precisely, =«btrfs-filesystem»/«root-subvolume»= is moved to =«btrfs-filesystem»/old-roots/«timestamp»=. The brief grace period allows for easy recovery in the (very common) case where files are unintentionally deleted due to the user's silly human negligence.
|
||
- A new, blank subvolume is created in place of the previous. Precisely, the subvolume =«btrfs-filesystem»/«root-subvolume»= is created.
|
||
- Any subvolumes under =«btrfs-filesystem»/old-roots= older than three days are deleted.
|
||
|
||
* Tasks
|
||
|
||
** Emacs
|
||
|
||
*** [#A] One-off environment changes without direnv
|
||
|
||
I would like the ability to ergonomically e.g. add HLS to my current environment without setting up an entire project. Perhaps something like "create new workspace under a nix-shell invocation" could work?
|
||
|
||
*** minibuffer
|
||
|
||
**** DONE jk to escape
|
||
CLOSED: [2024-11-20 Wed 12:11]
|
||
|
||
**** DONE history navigation in insert mode w/ [[kbd:][C-j]] / [[kbd:][C-k]]
|
||
CLOSED: [2024-11-20 Wed 12:11]
|
||
|
||
**** [[kbd:][RET]] to send whilst in normal mode
|
||
|
||
*** dired
|
||
|
||
**** DONE use [[kbd:][/]] to live narrow
|
||
CLOSED: [2024-11-14 Thu 04:46]
|
||
|
||
*** set up JuliaMono for use with ipa: links
|
||
|
||
*** text-mode
|
||
|
||
**** grammar
|
||
|
||
**** spellcheck and dictionaries
|
||
|
||
**** org-mode
|
||
|
||
***** init.org for beorg
|
||
|
||
***** IPA links
|
||
|
||
***** capture templates
|
||
|
||
****** journal entry
|
||
|
||
****** todo
|
||
|
||
***** fancy headline stars
|
||
|
||
***** DONE better colour for inline code
|
||
CLOSED: [2024-11-21 Thu 09:04]
|
||
|
||
**** DONE variable pitch
|
||
CLOSED: [2024-11-30 Sat 19:06]
|
||
|
||
*** form and element text objects à la vim-sexp
|
||
|
||
*** customise the eshell prompt
|
||
|
||
*** jump to prev/next hole in haskell
|
||
|
||
*** make a bind for inserting hrules
|
||
|
||
*** KILL set up emms
|
||
CLOSED: [2024-12-11 Wed 13:46]
|
||
|
||
- BLOCKER: [[*download my music library][download my music library]]
|
||
|
||
it kinda sucks. }:\
|
||
|
||
*** set up JuliaMono for use with IPA glyphs
|
||
|
||
*** KILL literate config
|
||
CLOSED: [2024-12-27 Fri 19:35]
|
||
|
||
Just kind of a pain in the ass. }:)
|
||
|
||
*** evil-cp fixes
|
||
|
||
**** [[kbd:][(]] / [[kbd:][)]]
|
||
|
||
When [[kbd:][)]] is hit whilst the cursor is at ~↓1~, it should move to the matching
|
||
bracket, ~↓2~, *not* the right bracket of the ~save-excursion~ call.
|
||
#+begin_src elisp
|
||
(save-excursion
|
||
;; ↓1 ↓2
|
||
(re-search-forward))
|
||
#+end_src
|
||
|
||
**** element text objects
|
||
|
||
*** automatically close compilation buffer
|
||
|
||
*** fix =[e= / =]e=
|
||
|
||
*** unmap =TAB= in normal mode
|
||
|
||
*** eshell trail à la M-x calc
|
||
|
||
#+begin_quote
|
||
I really like how you re-examined shells and terminals. I hadn't thought of how
|
||
they're kinda unrelated. What I then don't understand is why eshell stuck to
|
||
the paradigm of interleaving input and output. It's a relic left over from
|
||
terminals. ie:
|
||
>>> input
|
||
[tonnes of output]
|
||
>>> input
|
||
[tonnes of output]
|
||
to me it seems the input should be entered in the minibuffer (or some separate
|
||
frame/window) and the outputs should be in a separate window/frame with separate
|
||
read-only buffers.
|
||
#+end_quote
|
||
[[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6y3q4k/comment/dml16vq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button][source]]
|
||
|
||
** TODO Dotfiles
|
||
|
||
- [[https://rgoulter.com/blog/posts/programming/2022-02-20-using-home-manager-to-manage-symlinks-to-dotfiles.html][link]]
|
||
- [[https://www.bekk.christmas/post/2021/16/dotfiles-with-nix-and-home-manager][link]]
|
||
|
||
*** TODO Emacs
|
||
|
||
*** TODO Bash
|
||
|
||
**** TODO =shopt -s histverify=
|
||
|
||
Don’t execute expanded result immediately.
|
||
|
||
*** DONE (neo)vim
|
||
CLOSED: [2024-12-29 Sun 17:53]
|
||
|
||
*** TODO readline
|
||
|
||
** DONE disko
|
||
CLOSED: [2024-12-28 Sat 18:13]
|
||
|
||
** IDEA refactor disko configs to be more reusable
|
||
|
||
** IDEA replace uses of gpg with age
|
||
|
||
I don't know anything about either.
|
||
|
||
** TODO password store 4 firefox
|
||
|
||
** DONE password store w/ age
|
||
CLOSED: [2024-12-29 Sun 02:34]
|
||
|
||
https://github.com/FiloSottile/passage
|
||
|
||
** TODO Automatically sync password store
|
||
|
||
** DONE secrets
|
||
CLOSED: [2024-12-29 Sun 01:41]
|
||
|
||
** DONE git config
|
||
CLOSED: [2024-12-30 Mon 17:01]
|
||
|
||
** TODO niri
|
||
|
||
Or Qtile
|
||
|
||
** TODO qtile
|
||
|
||
Or Niri
|
||
|
||
** TODO Convenient way to wrap programs
|
||
|
||
[[https://github.com/viperML/wrapper-manager][wrapper-manager]] looks like it will be really annoying to integrate into my config without a NixOS/HM module.
|
||
|
||
** TODO tf2.nix
|
||
|
||
- declaratively configure tf2
|
||
- tf2Packages?
|
||
- mastercomfig integration?
|
||
- define aliases / bindings from nix?
|
||
|
||
** TODO mpd
|
||
|
||
*** TODO mpdscribble
|
||
|
||
** TODO syncthing
|
||
|
||
** HOLD impermanence
|
||
|
||
** DONE ~sydnix.defaults~ module
|
||
CLOSED: [2024-12-31 Tue 01:05]
|
||
|
||
** DONE Split up ~flake.nix~ into a file per output
|
||
CLOSED: [2024-12-31 Tue 01:04]
|
||
|
||
** TODO default package sets
|
||
|
||
Some examples of what I mean:
|
||
|
||
- ~defaultPackages.essential = true~ to install ~neovim~ and ~git~;
|
||
- ~defaultPackages.development = true~ for ~jj~ and Emacs.
|
||
- ~defaultPackages.desktop = true~ for ~cantata~, ~obs~, ~vlc~, ~vesktop~, ~soulseek~;
|
||
|
||
Naturally, one would expect some way to say "all these, except this and that."
|
||
|
||
** TODO Set envvars
|
||
|
||
*** =$EDITOR=
|
||
|
||
See [[id:5b4ee1e4-fad7-4783-8e98-301b41579a63][~choose-editor~]].
|
||
|
||
** System maintenance scripts
|
||
|
||
It might be a good idea to namespace these as subcommands of a single binary.
|
||
|
||
*** TODO ~nix-clean~
|
||
|
||
Collect garbage, clean up boot entries, delete old generations...
|
||
|
||
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/what-to-do-with-a-full-boot-partition/2049
|
||
|
||
*** TODO ~choose-editor~
|
||
:PROPERTIES:
|
||
:ID: 5b4ee1e4-fad7-4783-8e98-301b41579a63
|
||
:END:
|
||
|
||
- If the Emacs daemon is running...
|
||
- ...then run ~emacsclient~.
|
||
- ...otherwise, prompt the user to choose between Emacs and Vim
|
||
- If Emacs: run ~emacs~.
|
||
- If Vim: In order, try ~nvim~, ~vim~, then ~vi~.
|
||
- If neither are available, use ~nix run nixpkgs#nvim~
|
||
- If this fails, try ~nano~.
|
||
|
||
- Support ~--pager~
|
||
|
||
*** TODO =rage-edit=
|
||
|
||
*** TODO ~forget-host HOST~
|
||
|
||
Remove a given host from =~/.ssh/known_hosts=. Something like =sed -i -e '/192.168.122.54/d' .ssh/known_hosts=.
|
||
|
||
* References
|
||
|
||
Following is a subset of the many places I've learnt from.
|
||
|
||
- My darling dearest Faye's =wishsys= }:D
|
||
- [[https://github.com/rasendubi/dotfiles][rasendubi/dotfiles]]
|
||
- [[https://git.mangoiv.com/mangoiv/dotfiles][mangoiv/dotfiles]]
|
||
- [[https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles/][hlissner/dotfiles]]
|
||
- [[https://github.com/Shawn8901/nix-configuration/tree/af71d51998a6772a300f842795b947e27202fa73][Shawn8901/nix-configuration]]
|
||
- [cite:@christensen2020erase]
|
||
- [cite:@ayats2024dropping]
|
||
- [cite:@zaynetdinov2024you]
|