Add a colorscheme from local folder

[sample-usr]

Hi,
I have developed my own colorscheme (rakis)[https://github.com/sample-usr/rakis.nvim]. I am looking to find a way to keep developing it while using NixVim, but I'm not sure how to load a colorscheme from a folder on local disk?

Using something like layz.nvim I would just specify the path to the folder and it would load that, is there something like this that I can use here with NixVim?
Thanks.

[MattSturgeon]

One approach is to use extraPlugins for this, maybe someone else has a good example they can share?

[sample-usr]

Can you give me a brief code example for loading a local plugin folder using extraPlugins? I'm not sure how to do it from the docs.

[MattSturgeon]

As I said, I don't have an example to hand. The nixpkgs docs have a brief section on creating a vim plugin package: https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#what-if-your-favourite-vim-plugin-isnt-already-packaged

Essentially something like:

{ pkgs, ... }:
let
  myPlugin = pkgs.vimUtils.buildVimPlugin {
    name = "my-vim-plugin";
    src = ./path/to/plugin/src;
  };
in
{
  extraPlugins = [
    myPlugin
  ];
}

[GaetanLepage]

Another approach would be to add the path to the plugin location to your RTP:

extraConfigLua = ''
  vim.opt.runtimepath:prepend("~/path/to/plugin")
  vim.opt.runtimepath:prepend("~/path/to/plugin/after")
'';

This allows you to tweak your plugin without rebuilding your nix config.
However, you have to ensure that the plugin files are indeed at this location. Nix will not deploy it for you.

[sample-usr]

@GaetanLepage Thanks! This works nicely during development.
Can you also help me how would I go about submitting my theme to Nixvim? Do I need to first create a nixpkg out of it, sorry I'm relatively new to nixpkg development and so on.

[MattSturgeon]

Yes, all plugins in nixvim are packaged in nixpkgs. So the first step is to submit the package to nixpkgs. This is documented here https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#adding-new-plugins-to-nixpkgs

[sample-usr]

Thank, I'll do that then