Anyone using Emacs on NixOS?
reddit / emacs

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ringsted86 · 2022-04-15 23:28

I'm just wondering why it's not getting updated to version 28?

Usually NixPkgs is pretty fresh, but there's no activity.

Something I'm missing? Do you run Emacs using a flake instead?

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saudade · 2022-04-15 23:50

\> Something I'm missing? Do you run Emacs using a flake instead?

Yep!

[https://github.com/mitchty/nix/blob/master/flake.nix#L25-
L28](https://github.com/mitchty/nix/blob/master/flake.nix#L25-L28)

[https://github.com/mitchty/nix/blob/master/flake.nix#L79](https://git
hub.com/mitchty/nix/blob/master/flake.nix#L79)

[https://github.com/mitchty/nix/blob/master/home/default.nix#L3-
L12](https://github.com/mitchty/nix/blob/master/home/default.nix#L3-
L12)

[https://github.com/mitchty/nix/blob/master/home/default.nix#L103-
L116](https://github.com/mitchty/nix/blob/master/home/default.nix#L103
-L116)

All just using this ultimately, its at 28.1 now with the overlay.
nixpkgs is meant for stability if you want newer you gotta go for a
different source. I just manage my nixos/macos/home configs via this
flake now. More to keep adding but its pretty neat-o.

[https://github.com/nix-community/emacs-
overlay](https://github.com/nix-community/emacs-overlay)

Its nice cause now all my use-package(s) are also now in nix with the
overlay and for the lock file I have a github action to update that.
So i can always go back to a working config.  And I can use the jit
version easy peasy lemon whatever, so its nice and fast.

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mtndewforbreakfast · 2022-04-16 00:11

There are a few good auto-formatters available for nix source files if
you're interested - `nixfmt` and `nixpkgs-fmt` are two such options.

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saudade · 2022-04-16 00:15

Everything in that repo is already formatted with nixpkgs-fmt:

https://github.com/mitchty/nix/blob/master/static/home/profile#L376-
L377

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mtndewforbreakfast · 2022-04-16 00:21

Heh, sorry. Apparently GitHub indentation display is partially CSS or
JS based - when I first viewed it on mobile it was very haphazard and
mostly left-aligned, but that was a visual bug after I reloaded. Sorry
for the needless comment.

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ghishadow · 2022-04-16 03:09

using emacs-overlay to get emacsPgtkGcc it is awesome

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[deleted] · 2022-04-16 03:32

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noman_032018 · 2022-04-16 03:36

It's also not yet in Guix, at least for 28.1 (a patch is currently
pending). `emacs-next` seems to package 28.0.50.

You might be able to port it from Guix's patches.

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DrReadIt · 2022-04-16 04:38

I’m on 28, it’s right in the docs. Emacs has like 8 overlays, you need
to include the overlays and then the rest is history. Works on both
nixOS and macOS.

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DrReadIt · 2022-04-16 04:39

This!

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pwnedary · 2022-04-16 05:44

What do you mean no activity? A PR with emacs 28 was just merged to
master.

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stayclassytally · 2022-04-16 16:59

I believe it’s in flatwhatson if you want it

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SickMoonDoe · 2022-04-16 17:01

I have been for years and I'm loving it

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[deleted] · 2022-04-16 20:58

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Psionikus · 2022-06-05 16:40

Did you use channels and leave an old channel branch configured?
We're on release-22.05.