More nix-like way to manage plugins with packer?

[erikkrieg]

Right now there is a decent solutions for config paths by updating runtime path in the configure customrc attribute. But this doesn't really work great for plugins if you expect to be able to install or sync stuff on the fly because only the root user can write to the nix store. vimPlugins are available and are certainly a solution for this, but I'm curious if I can keep using packer. At least I'd like to have control over the plugin manager that I'm using.

Options for continuing to use packer:

• Include a build step that runs headless nvim to install packager and dependencies (somewhat like the devShell)
• Create a my own vimPackerPlugin nix package?

References:

• https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-22.11/doc/languages-frameworks/vim.section.md#managing-plugins-with-vim-packages-managing-plugins-with-vim-packages
• https://neovim.io/doc/user/options.html#'runtimepath'

[erikkrieg]

Closing because I have migrated to Lazy for plugin management.