Hi Daniel,
Daniel Hatton <[email protected]> writes:
> On 16/07/2025 10:08, Steve George wrote:
>
>> In this case I would use Guix Home to copy a ~/.Xresources file in and not
>> worry about configuring > X if it works for you.
>
> Thanks. That means I have to write something in a *.scm file to import
> my .Xresources, right? The syntax of *.scm files looks a lot harder and
> more unforgiving than writing the .Xresources, so I think I'll leave
> that for a day when I'm feeling stronger.
It's not as complicated as it sounds. The manual [0] shows you how to
setup a simple service that writes configuration to a file in the store
using `plain-file` [1] then uses
`home-xdg-configuration-files-service-type` [2] to put it in the xdg
configuration directory — usually that's ~/.config. Which is close to
what you want.
The services you want to use is `home-files-service-type` [2]. That
will put files relative to your home directory. While you could use
`plain-file` there's also `local-file` [1], which takes a file relative
to your .scm file and copies that to the store — where
`home-files-service-type` then can symlink it to the right location.
That way you can write your .Xresources as normal.
It will look something like this:
```
(use-modules (gnu home)
(gnu home services)
(gnu services)
(guix gexp))
(home-environment
;; …
(services
(append (list
;; …
(simple-service 'Xresources
home-files-service-type
(list `(".Xresources"
,(local-file ".Xresources")))))
%base-home-services)))
```
Where `.Xresources` is in the same directory as this scheme file.
Note: untested code so there might be a module missing or something.
I hope that helps.
[0]
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Declaring-the-Home-Environment.html
[1]
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/G_002dExpressions.html#index-_0023_007eexp
[2] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Essential-Home-Services.html
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