vim-overlay

Nix flake to install Vim head

use in flake

Apply vim-overlay.overlays.default. Then the latest Vim will be installed.

Here is sample flake:

{
  description = "Minimal package definition to use vim-overlay";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
    vim-overlay.url = "github:kawarimidoll/vim-overlay";
  };

  outputs = {
    self,
    nixpkgs,
    vim-overlay,
  }: let
    # set your system
    system = "aarch64-darwin";

    pkgs = import nixpkgs {
      inherit system;
      overlays = [vim-overlay.overlays.default];
    };
  in {
    packages.${system}.default = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}.buildEnv {
      name = "my-packages";
      paths = with pkgs; [
        vim
      ];
    };
  };
}

$ nix build
$ ./result/bin/vim --version

configuration

To use specific features, call vim-overlay.overlays.features and apply arguments.

pkgs = import nixpkgs {
  inherit system;
  overlays = [
    (vim-overlay.overlays.features {
      compiledby = "nix-vim";
      lua = true;
      ruby = true;
    })
  ];
};

name	default	description
compiledby	"vim-overlay"	change "Compiled by" in `vim --version`
cscope	false	enable +cscope feature
lua	false	enable +lua feature
python3	false	enable +python3 feature
ruby	false	enable +ruby feature
sodium	false	enable +sodium feature

develop

Run below to enable pre-commit hook.

nix develop

Run below to build locally.

nix build