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All programs should tell you where they store config files
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Does the nix configuration file contain also the config files of the programs within it?
https://github.com/n3oney/nixus/tree/main/modules/
Mixed. Many folks use
home-managerto configure their user environment withnix, and you can specify config files there. However, escape hatches to use regular files not managed bynixexist to make config tweaking faster. You can specify your config file contents innix, which works well for server deployments, but for desktop use it usually ends up being a mix of seldom-changed config going in thenixdefinitions, and other things that, say, revolve around GUI tools for config tweaking (eg KDE apps) continuing to do their own thing.I haven't met one person who doesn't use home-manager. Maybe that's because most people I talk to use tiling window managers and stuff like that, where you define everything in text files.
You can see my config at https://github.com/n3oney/nixus.
PC, Laptop and aarch64 server configured in one place with shared components