Post-Install

There are some super duper important stuff that nvdots won’t configure for you so you can set it up yourself instead. Don’t worry, it’s not that hard. I’ll guide you through it.

And just a reminder, all external dependencies goes into the extraPackages section. This can be literally any package.

Language servers (LSPs)

LSPs are required for error-checking, autocompletion. I’d say using an external formatter is better but some LSPs do include a formatter. , Nvdots uses nvim-lspconfig which basically configures a whole lot of language servers for you so you can simply just, enable them to get it working right away.

Just install some language servers and use vim.lsp.enable. Check this site to figure out what language servers are supported and how they’re configured by default.

So, let’s try this with lua-ls. Note that nvim-lspconfig configures it under lua_ls so you need to do vim.lsp.enable("lua_ls"). Also to enable multiple language servers, you’d do this, vim.lsp.enable({"lua_ls", "<another language server>"})

(inputs.nvdots.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.neovim.wrap ({pkgs, ...}: {
  extraPackages = with pkgs; [
    # Lua language server
    lua-language-server
  ];
  specs.general.config = ''
    -- Enable Lua language server
    vim.lsp.enable("lua_ls"})
  '';
}))

Formatting

While a bunch of LSPs do include a formatter, I’d recommend using an external one instead. Nvdots uses conform.nvim so read through their README to configure it to your liking and set up formatters. This is the same as for LSPs really. Just install your formatters and then set them by configuring conform.nvim.

(inputs.nvdots.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.neovim.wrap ({pkgs, ...}: {
  extraPackages = with pkgs; [
    # Lua formatters
    stylua
  ];
  specs.general.config = ''
    -- Set up formatters for various filetypes
    require("conform").setup({
      formatters_by_ft = {
        lua = { "stylua" },
      },
    })
  '';
}))

Installing extra plugins

This is super straightforward. Just add the plugin you wanna install to the correct specs list. For now, nvdots has only one specs list called general. So just add your own plugins to it’s data list. Below is an example of adding Wakatime which also has an external dependency - wakatime-cli.

(inputs.nvdots.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.neovim.wrap ({pkgs, ...}: {
  extraPackages = with pkgs; [
  # For the Wakatime plugin
  wakatime-cli
  ];
  specs.general.data = [pkgs.vimPlugins.vim-wakatime];