attempt to add yaml by using runCommand

neovim/init.lua

@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ cmp.setup {
         { name = 'luasnip' },
         { name = 'buffer' },
         { name = 'path' },
+        { name = "conjure" },
         -- { name = 'cmp_tabnine' },
     },
 }

nix-conf/home-manager/flake.nix

@@ -77,22 +77,24 @@
               };
             };
           };
-          # NOTE: This is never actually tested
-          "ubuntu_admin" = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
-            inherit pkgs;
-            modules = [
-              ./home.nix
-            ];
-            extraSpecialArgs = {
-              myLib = lib;
-              myHome = {
-                username = "ubuntu_admin";
-                homeDirectory = "/home/ubuntu_admin";
-                shellInitExtra = ''
-                '' + x11_wsl;
-              };
-            };
-          };
+          # NOTE: This is never actually tested. This is for Ubuntu@Felia
+          # "ubuntu_admin" = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
+          #   inherit pkgs;
+          #   modules = [
+          #     ./home.nix
+          #   ];
+          #   extraSpecialArgs = {
+          #     myLib = lib;
+          #     myHome = {
+          #       username = "ubuntu_admin";
+          #       homeDirectory = "/home/ubuntu_admin";
+          #       shellInitExtra = ''
+          #       '' + x11_wsl;
+          #     };
+          #   };
+          # };
+
+          # Personal laptop
           hwtr = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
             inherit pkgs;
             modules = [

nix-conf/home-manager/home.nix

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # myHome is injected from extraSpecialArgs in flake.nix
 { config
-, pkgs
+, pkgs # This is by default just ``= import <nixpkgs>{}`
 , myHome
 , ...
 }:
@@ -28,7 +28,19 @@ let
     # ]))
   ];
   proj_root = builtins.toString ./../..;
-
+  # TODO: put this in a seperate library
+  # callPackage supports both PATH and function as first param!
+  # TODO: support yaml string with writeTextFile (provided by callPackge)
+  yamlToJsonDrv = yamlPath: outputPath:
+    pkgs.callPackage ({ runCommand }:
+      # runCommand source: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix#L33
+      runCommand
+        outputPath
+        { nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.yq ]; }
+        # run yq which outputs '.' (no filter) on file at yamlPath
+        # note that $out is passed onto the bash/sh script for execution
+        ''cat \"${yamlPath}\" | yq >\"$out\"'') { };
+  fromYaml = yamlPath: builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile (yamlToJsonDrv yamlPath "any-output.json"));
 in
 {
   home = {
@@ -63,9 +75,9 @@ in
   ] ++ (myHome.packages or [ ]) ++ nvim_pkgs);
 
   ## Configs ## 
-  xdg.configFile."nvim/init.lua".text = builtins.readFile "${proj_root}//neovim/init.lua";
-  xdg.configFile."starship.toml".text = builtins.readFile "${proj_root}//starship/starship.toml";
-  xdg.configFile."zk/config.toml".text = builtins.readFile "${proj_root}//zk/config.toml";
+  xdg.configFile."nvim/init.lua".source = "${proj_root}//neovim/init.lua";
+  xdg.configFile."starship.toml".source = "${proj_root}//starship/starship.toml";
+  xdg.configFile."zk/config.toml".source = "${proj_root}//zk/config.toml";
 
   ## Programs ##
   programs.jq = {
@@ -74,6 +86,7 @@ in
   programs.alacritty = myHome.programs.alacritty or {
     enable = true;
     # settings = myLib.fromYaml (builtins.readFile "${proj_root}/alacritty/alacritty.yml");
+    settings = fromYaml "${proj_root}//alacritty/alacritty.yml";
   };
   # nix: Propagates the environment with packages and vars when enter (children of)
   # a directory with shell.nix-compatible and .envrc