How to specify ~/.Xresources in configuration.nix?

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I’ve seen it in services.xserver.displayManager.sessionCommands, but I’m not sure what’s the “cleanest” way to specify ~/.Xresources.

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I think that’s the cleanest option currently available in nixos itself — optimally with the contents specified in the config itself (so that it gets imported into the store and rolled back together with everything else), e.g.

services.xserver.displayManager.sessionCommands = ''
  ${pkgs.xorg.xrdb}/bin/xrdb -merge <${pkgs.writeText "Xresources" ''
    Xcursor.theme: Adwaita
    Xcursor.size: 64
  ''}
'';

or

services.xserver.displayManager.sessionCommands = ''
  ${pkgs.xorg.xrdb}/bin/xrdb -merge <<EOF
    Xcursor.theme: Adwaita
    Xcursor.size: 64
  EOF
'';

Which is a matter of taste :slight_smile:

Adding an option for structured X resources has been on my list of things to do one day for a long time, but pretty far down…

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