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clarifying name arg determines vim command name

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The `name` arg of `vim_configurable.customize` does not only determine
the package name, but also the name of the command/ executable to be
called.
In my opinion this is not documented properly and finding that out took
me several hours.
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Trolli Schmittlauch 2018-10-24 17:02:54 +02:00
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@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Adding custom .vimrc lines can be done using the following code:
```
vim_configurable.customize {
# `name` specifies the name of the executable and package
name = "vim-with-plugins";
vimrcConfig.customRC = ''
@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ vim_configurable.customize {
}
```
This configuration is used when vim is invoked with the command specified as name, in this case `vim-with-plugins`.
For Neovim the `configure` argument can be overridden to achieve the same:
```
@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ The resulting package can be added to `packageOverrides` in `~/.nixpkgs/config.n
{
packageOverrides = pkgs: with pkgs; {
myVim = vim_configurable.customize {
# `name` specifies the name of the executable and package
name = "vim-with-plugins";
# add here code from the example section
};