From f8e84b1e18d39632ead22b7c45fe4e97691bed29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom van der Lee Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:16:50 +0200 Subject: Fix Neovim plugins never loading via sideloadInitLua home-manager's programs.neovim module always writes a non-empty ~/.config/nvim/init.lua, which permanently conflicts with Stow linking the dotfiles-owned lazy.nvim config to that same path - Stow skips the package and plugins never load. Setting sideloadInitLua = true frees that path for the dotfiles config to own exclusively. Also provisions a C compiler and tree-sitter (moved from dev-tools.nix) so natively- built plugins can compile on every platform. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BBSd4VBfoKHjE1HR3P8kmn --- .../specs/editor-environment/spec.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 openspec/changes/fix-neovim-plugin-loading/specs/editor-environment/spec.md (limited to 'openspec/changes/fix-neovim-plugin-loading/specs/editor-environment/spec.md') diff --git a/openspec/changes/fix-neovim-plugin-loading/specs/editor-environment/spec.md b/openspec/changes/fix-neovim-plugin-loading/specs/editor-environment/spec.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5c07fcd --- /dev/null +++ b/openspec/changes/fix-neovim-plugin-loading/specs/editor-environment/spec.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +## Purpose + +Governs what the shared home-manager profile provisions for the default editor (Neovim): the package and wrapper itself, non-interference with the user's externally-managed dotfiles editor configuration, and the native build toolchain that natively-built plugins in that configuration need. + +## ADDED Requirements + +### Requirement: Neovim is provisioned as the default editor +The shared home-manager profile SHALL install Neovim, set it as the default `$EDITOR`/`$VISUAL`, and provide a `vim` alias pointing to it, identically wherever the profile is activated (standalone or via a NixOS host). + +#### Scenario: Neovim available after activation +- **WHEN** the shared home profile is activated on any supported platform +- **THEN** the `nvim` binary is on `PATH`, `$EDITOR`/`$VISUAL` resolve to `nvim`, and `vim` invokes `nvim` + +### Requirement: Home-manager does not manage Neovim's config directory +The shared home-manager profile SHALL NOT write its own generated content to the user's Neovim configuration directory (`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim`), so that a separately-managed, externally-owned configuration (such as a personal dotfiles repository symlinked into place by another mechanism) can occupy that path without conflict. + +#### Scenario: Config directory left free for external ownership +- **WHEN** the shared home profile is activated, independent of whether an external configuration has been placed at `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim` yet +- **THEN** no file under `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim` is created, modified, or symlinked by the home-manager-managed profile itself + +### Requirement: A native build toolchain is available for editor plugins +The shared home-manager profile SHALL provide a C compiler and the `tree-sitter` CLI on `PATH`, so that natively-built Neovim plugins configured by an externally-managed configuration can compile successfully, on every platform this flake targets. + +#### Scenario: Compiler and tree-sitter CLI available after activation +- **WHEN** the shared home profile is activated on NixOS or Darwin +- **THEN** a working C compiler (`cc`) and the `tree-sitter` CLI are both resolvable on `PATH` without any additional manual installation step -- cgit v1.3