refactor nix a bit

home/nix/flake.nix

@@ -15,31 +15,31 @@
   };
 
   outputs = {
-    self,
     nixpkgs,
     home-manager,
     nixgl,
     ...
-  } @ inputs: let
-    inherit (self) outputs;
+  }:
+  let
     system = "x86_64-linux";
-    pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
-    overlays = [
-      nixgl.overlay
-    ];
+    username = "freya";
   in {
-    homeConfigurations."freya" =
+    homeConfigurations.${username} =
       home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
-        inherit pkgs;
-        extraSpecialArgs = {inherit inputs outputs;};
+        pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
         modules = [
-          {nixpkgs.overlays = overlays;}
           ./home.nix
-          {
+          ({
             _module.args = {
               inherit nixgl;
             };
-          }
+            nixpkgs.overlays = [ nixgl.overlay ];
+            home = {
+              inherit username;
+              homeDirectory = "/home/${username}";
+              stateVersion = "25.05";
+            };
+          })
         ];
       };
   };

home/nix/home.nix

@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
-{ config, pkgs, ... }: {
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
 
   imports = [
-    ./programs
+    ./programs/firefox.nix
+    ./programs/home-manager.nix
   ];
 
   news.display = "silent";
   fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
-  programs.home-manager.enable = true;
 
   home = {
-    username = "freya";
-    homeDirectory = "/home/freya";
-    stateVersion = "25.05";
-
     packages = with pkgs; [
       # shell
       starship
@@ -27,13 +25,7 @@
       rust-analyzer
       cargo
       clippy
-      # unity
-      unityhub
-      # libs
-      openssl
-      libgcc
     ];
-
   };
 }
 

home/nix/programs/default.nix

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  imports = [
-    ./firefox.nix
-  ];
-}

home/nix/programs/firefox.nix

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 { pkgs, nixgl, ... }:
   let
+    # quick variables to specify
+    # locked true/false
     lock-false = {
       Value = false;
       Status = "locked";
@@ -8,39 +10,60 @@
       Value = true;
       Status = "locked";
     };
+
+    # path to nixGL binary (needed for webGL)
     nixGL = "${nixgl.packages.${pkgs.system}.nixGLIntel}/bin/nixGLIntel";
-    my-firefox = (pkgs.firefox.override {
-      extraPrefs = ''
-        //
 
-        // Automatically click cookiebanners although uBlock Origin might block them
-        lockPref("cookiebanners.bannerClicking.enabled", true);
-        lockPref("cookiebanners.service.mode", 2);
-        lockPref("cookiebanners.service.mode.privateBrowsing", 2);
+    # modify firefox base package AND wrapper
+    # - set user prefs
+    # - fix webGL
+    my-firefox = (pkgs.firefox.override { # start wrapper override
 
-        // DNT although PrivacyBadger from policy handles this
-        lockPref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true);
-        lockPref("privacy.donottrackheader.value", 1);
+      # file: mozilla.cfg
+      # modifies user prefs that firefox would normally not
+      # let me hardcode. i want to hardcode them.
+      extraPrefs = ''//
 
-        // New sidebar
-        lockPref("sidebar.revamp", true);
-        lockPref("sidebar.verticalTabs", true);
-        lockPref("sidebar.visibility", "always-show");
-        lockPref("sidebar.main.tools", "");
+// Automatically click cookiebanners although uBlock Origin might block them
+lockPref("cookiebanners.bannerClicking.enabled", true);
+lockPref("cookiebanners.service.mode", 2);
+lockPref("cookiebanners.service.mode.privateBrowsing", 2);
 
-        //
-      '';
-    }).overrideAttrs (old: {
+// DNT although PrivacyBadger from policy handles this
+lockPref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true);
+lockPref("privacy.donottrackheader.value", 1);
+
+// New sidebar
+lockPref("sidebar.revamp", true);
+lockPref("sidebar.verticalTabs", true);
+lockPref("sidebar.visibility", "always-show");
+lockPref("sidebar.main.tools", "history,bookmarks");
+
+//'';
+
+    }) # end wrapper override
+    .overrideAttrs (old: { # start base package override
+
+      # modify run (build) command for firefox so that
+      # we can always have nixGL be called first before firefox
+      # ... this fixes webGL on GNU/Guix. this is likely not needed if you
+      # are just running nixOS
       buildCommand = old.buildCommand + ''
         sed -i "s#firefox-wrapped\"#firefox-wrapped\" \"${nixGL}\"#1" "$out/bin/firefox"
       '';
-    });
+    }); # end base package override
   in
 {
   programs.firefox = {
+
+    # enable firefox and
+    # pass in our custom (modified) package from above
     enable = true;
     package = my-firefox;
 
+    # set firefox policies that i want
+    # (all that can be modified by firefox policy templates)
+    # see: https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/
     policies = {
       EnableTrackingProtection = {
         Value = true;
@@ -208,12 +231,19 @@
           install_url = "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/foxyproxy-standard/latest.xpi";
           installation_mode = "force_installed";
         };
+        # Redirector
+        "redirector@einaregilsson.com" = {
+          install_url = "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/redirector/latest.xpi";
+          installation_mode = "force_installed";
+        };
       };
 
       # about:config Preferences
+      # ... set policies that cannot be set using policies.json directly
       Preferences = {
-        # theme
+        # allow userChrom.css
         "toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets" = lock-true;
+        # dark theme
         "extensions.activeThemeID" = {
           Value = "firefox-compact-dark@mozilla.org";
           Status = "locked";
@@ -224,12 +254,12 @@
         };
         # homepage
         "browser.startup.homepage" = {
-          Value = "	about:home";
+          Value = "about:home";
           Status = "locked";
         };
         "browser.newtabpage.enabed" = lock-true;
         "browser.newtabpage.url" = {
-          Value = "	about:home";
+          Value = "about:home";
           Status = "locked";
         };
         # autofill
@@ -270,6 +300,7 @@
         "dom.webgpu.enabled" = lock-true;
         "media.eme.enabled" = lock-true;
         # user messaging
+        # ... disable shit that is annoying
         "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories" = lock-false;
         "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.snippets" = lock-false;
         "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includePocket" = lock-false;
@@ -313,6 +344,7 @@
       };
     };
 
+    # create profile for me :3
     profiles = {
       "freya" = {
         search = {
@@ -326,18 +358,31 @@
             "Twitter".metaData.hidden = true;
           };
         };
+
+        # firefox doesnt make styling the toolbar easy using about:config
+        # since its just a massive json string. so i did it here in css.
         userChrome = ''
-          #sidebar-header { display:none !important; }
-          #sidebar-search-container { display:none !important; }
-          #firefox-view-button {
-            visibility: collapse;
-          }
-          #alltabs-button {
-            visibility: collapse;
-          }
-          #tabbrowser-tabs {
-            border-inline-start: none !important;
-          }
+/* sidebar hack to flip contents the way i want them (arrows on the left) */
+#nav-bar-customization-target {
+  flex-direction: row-reverse;
+}
+
+/* remove broken padding from sidebar hack */
+#unified-extensions-button {
+  padding-left: 0 !important;
+}
+
+/* remove padding beside search bar */
+toolbarspring {
+  display: none !important;
+}
+
+/* remove overflow menu and everything in it */
+#nav-bar-overflow-button,
+#firefox-view-button,
+#alltabs-button {
+  visibility: collapse;
+}
         '';
       };
     };

home/nix/programs/home-manager.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{ ... }:
+
+{
+  programs.home-manager = {
+    enable = true;
+  };
+}

home/nix/programs/nix-ld.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ pkgs , ... }:
+
+{
+  programs.nix-ld = {
+    # Enable Nix ld to allow precompiled executables not set for NixOS to run
+    enable = true;
+
+    # Sets up all the libraries to load
+    libraries = with pkgs; [
+      stdenv.cc.cc
+      zlib
+      openssl
+    ];
+  };
+}