Nix Edit

Project Structure

~/nix/
├── flake.nix              # Main flake definition, mkHost function
├── home/
│   ├── default.nix        # Main home-manager config (imports others)
│   ├── mime-apps.nix      # Desktop entries and MIME associations
│   ├── nvchad.nix         # Neovim config (NvChad)
│   └── hyprland.nix       # Hyprland window manager config
├── hosts/
│   ├── laptop/default.nix # Laptop-specific config
│   └── macmini/default.nix
└── modules/
    └── core.nix           # Shared NixOS modules

Key Conventions

Desktop Entries (xdg.desktopEntries)

• Use exec = "kitty -e nvim %F" NOT terminal = true (avoids "unable to find terminal" error)
• For file managers like Thunar that launch apps directly

Home Manager Config

• home.stateVersion = "24.05" (update when bumping)