From 1f89749b299382f48e61d9777868d0f114374c23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vin <vin@vineetk.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 22:52:46 -0400
Subject: manage emacs packages within nix

should hopefully make migration between nix and guix easier later
---
 home.nix | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index 675b861..9911511 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ in
     ];
 
     sessionVariables = {
-      EDITOR = "emacsclient -r";
+      EDITOR = "emacsclient -c";
       VISUAL = "emacsclient -t";
       PAGER = "less";
       LESS = "-iR";
@@ -311,7 +311,68 @@ in
   programs = {
     home-manager.enable = true;
 
-    emacs.enable = true;
+    emacs = {
+      enable = true;
+      extraPackages =
+        epkgs: with epkgs; [
+          # profile startup of init.el
+          esup
+
+          # the theme I use
+          kaolin-themes
+
+          # fuzzy searching
+          orderless
+          # better vertical completion
+          vertico
+
+          # easy to identify scopes
+          rainbow-delimiters
+          # short descriptions of commands
+          marginalia
+          # like a collection of autocomplete commands
+          consult
+          # saves pressing C-x u a lot (before I found C-/)
+          undo-tree
+
+          # highlights TODO/BUG/FIXME/etc. keywords
+          hl-todo
+          # very good git
+          magit
+          magit-todos
+
+          # better latex mode
+          auctex
+          # better pdf viewer
+          pdf-tools
+
+          # I love org-mode
+          org
+          org-pdftools
+          org-present
+          org-roam
+
+          # rss reader
+          elfeed
+          # email reader
+          notmuch
+          # better llm frontend
+          gptel
+
+          # nix stuff
+          nix-mode
+          # ocaml formatting on save
+          ocamlformat
+          # rust stuff
+          rust-mode
+
+          # better terminal emulation
+          eat
+
+          # project tree templates
+          skeletor
+        ];
+    };
 
     git = {
       enable = true;
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