This repository contains a customisable Nix derivation for Emacs. The expression builds Emacs with all dependencies.
You can try Nix Emacs by running nix run github:douglastofoli/nix-emacs
.
You can install nix-emacs in your host by using the nix-emacs package instead the emacs package from NixOs.
{
inputs = {
nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
nix-emacs.url = "github:douglastofoli/nix-emacs";
};
outputs = {
self,
nixpkgs,
nix-emacs,
...
}: {
nixosConfigurations.exampleHost = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
system = "x86_64-linux";
pkgs = import nixpkgs {
inherit system;
config.allowUnfree = true;
};
modules = [
let
nix-emacs = nix-emacs.packages.${system}.default.override {
config = {
package = pkgs.emacs29;
# copy and modify your configuration from `config.nix`
};
};
in
{
services.emacs = {
enable = true;
package = nix-emacs;
};
}
# ...
];
};
};
}