NixOS/nix-mode

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An Emacs major mode for editing Nix expressions.

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Forks: 79
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 37

Dominant language: Emacs Lisp
License: LGPL-2.1
Last GitHub push: Aug 10, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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37 open issues indexed

Wrong visual selection when evil motion `vi"` within quotes and templating strings with `${...}` is used Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

NixOS/nix-mode#205 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 2, 2025
nix-mode 1.5.0 from ELPA does not build in NixOS Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

NixOS/nix-mode#204 · Opened Feb 23, 2025
`''\x` not highlighted correctly in intended string Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

NixOS/nix-mode#200 · Opened May 18, 2024
Feature request: command for block commenting Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

NixOS/nix-mode#199 · Opened May 5, 2024
org-babel-tangle-file failed with nix-mode Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

NixOS/nix-mode#194 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 10, 2023
get warnings from nix-mode Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

NixOS/nix-mode#193 · Opened Sep 20, 2023
nix-eshell does not work Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

NixOS/nix-mode#190 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 6, 2023
Send input to nix repl? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

NixOS/nix-mode#185 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 10, 2023
Support fenced code blocks via multiple modes Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

NixOS/nix-mode#175 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 5, 2022
Support completing `.#` in pcomplete/nix (ex. nix build .#myconfig`) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

NixOS/nix-mode#174 · 4 comments · Opened Dec 4, 2022
Add nix-browse-installable Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

NixOS/nix-mode#173 · Opened Nov 29, 2022
Incorrect highlighting when an secaped $ not followed by { in indented strings Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

NixOS/nix-mode#167 · Opened Aug 18, 2022
List of nix builtins Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

NixOS/nix-mode#166 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 11, 2022
nix-eshell doesn't play well with flake.nix Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

NixOS/nix-mode#164 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 29, 2022
error: experimental Nix feature 'nix-command' is disabled; use '--extra-experimental-features nix-command' to override Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

NixOS/nix-mode#163 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 25, 2022
Request: Custom face for variable names inside antiquote braces Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

NixOS/nix-mode#162 · Opened Jul 15, 2022
Incorrect highlighting for ending quote after antiquote Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

NixOS/nix-mode#161 · Opened Jul 15, 2022
"Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, json-mode" Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

NixOS/nix-mode#160 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 7, 2022
Consecutive keywords are not rightfully colorised Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

NixOS/nix-mode#156 · Opened May 17, 2022
Support for alejandra and nixpkgs-format Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

NixOS/nix-mode#152 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 24, 2022
README: `nix-unpack` is outdated. Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 55/100

NixOS/nix-mode#146 · Opened Dec 10, 2021
[Question] How to change the indentation width to two spaces Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 25/100

NixOS/nix-mode#113 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 14, 2020
Consider adding a magit-like interface for interacting with Nix Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

NixOS/nix-mode#104 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 30, 2020
`${` inside a string breaks the string Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

NixOS/nix-mode#96 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 23, 2020
How to use nix-company.el Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

NixOS/nix-mode#89 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 30, 2019
nixpkgs-fmt as nix-indent-function Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

NixOS/nix-mode#88 · 2 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Aug 30, 2019
nix-indent-line as default nix-indent-function Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

NixOS/nix-mode#57 · 6 comments · Opened Nov 23, 2018
Add completion-at-point-function for nix Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

NixOS/nix-mode#50 · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 24, 2018
Add auto-fill for nix expressions Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

NixOS/nix-mode#49 · Opened Sep 24, 2018
ident-for-tab-command moves the cursor Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

NixOS/nix-mode#44 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 27, 2018
nix-indent-line doesn't indent if-expressions nicely Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

NixOS/nix-mode#43 · Opened Jun 20, 2018
aggressive indent mode compatability Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

NixOS/nix-mode#41 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 26, 2018
Integrate jwiegley’s nix-update? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

NixOS/nix-mode#40 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Feb 2, 2018
* inside '' strings breaks syntax highlighting Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

NixOS/nix-mode#35 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 11, 2017
nix-mode-mmm should only use nix-sh for "phases" Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

NixOS/nix-mode#29 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 14, 2017
Indent doesn't handle ifs, thens, and elses properly Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

NixOS/nix-mode#19 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 29, 2017
State of completions Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

NixOS/nix-mode#15 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 28, 2017

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