>> I kind of thought I shouldn't even be able to launch vim from inside >> my shell if it's not listed as a buildDep. > >It looks to me that nix-shell _extends_ the environment it is run in. >So, if you run nix-shell in an environment which contains vim, you have >vim inside nix-shell.
Correct — unless you use the --pure option in which case the environment is cleared before adding the build inputs. _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl https://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
