Neovim from scratch in NixOS

• homelab server now needs a bump in version that i’ve done this, it is beautiful in nix

Neovim from scratch on nix

nix run . https://chatgpt.com/c/697f7068-4810-8326-a826-ee97e47416ea https://www.lazyvim.org/extras/editor/neo-tree#neo-treenvim https://nvf.notashelf.dev/options.html#option-vim-terminal-toggleterm-setupOpts-direction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP9jDrRvAwM

Lessons Learned

1. Don’t be like me, you need to run sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#desktop2 if you want to be able to run nvim ANYWHERE
2. nix run . is great to rapidly iterate without adding builds to my boot menu

Log

2026-02-06

• Try frecency in telescope ✅ 2026-02-06
  • I need to get some time with this, not sure if its doing anything besides moving my search to the bottom
  • Gemini helped me with the Syntax here, ChatGPT had no idea
  • https://nvf.notashelf.dev/options.html#option-vim-telescope-extensions-*-packages