Desktop customization misc

[6C656F]

flake.nix

i think i messed up, but i had to change the boilerplate of the flake.nix to this to get it to run:

{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    home-manager = {
      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
    plasma-manager = {
      url = "github:nix-community/plasma-manager";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
      inputs.home-manager.follows = "home-manager";
    };
  };

  outputs = inputs@{ nixpkgs, home-manager, plasma-manager, ... }:
    let
      system = "x86_64-linux";
      pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
      username = "$USER";  # (was my actual username) 
    in
    {
      homeConfigurations.${username} = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
        inherit pkgs;

        modules = [
          plasma-manager.homeModules.plasma-manager
          ./home.nix
        ];
      };

      packages.${system}.activationPackage = 
        (home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
          inherit pkgs;

          modules = [
            plasma-manager.homeModules.plasma-manager
            ./home.nix
          ];
        }).activationPackage;
    };
}

home.nix

the section for the home.nix should include an extra }; and also we should specifcy that you put that block in before the programs.home-manager.enable = true;. this is what worked for me:

  programs.plasma = {
    enable = true;

    workspace = {
      lookAndFeel = "org.kde.breezedark.desktop";
      iconTheme = "Papirus-Dark";
  };
};

misc thoughts

• how much do we want to explain in our documentation?

• should we make a GUI script for non-technical patrons?