I use nix-shell --run zsh. I alias that to nshell. Thanks,
Sam On Tue, Jun 6, 2017, 08:07 Roni Choudhury <aicho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all! > > I’m using nix-shell to do some development. I have the environment set up > so I can build my code, but I had a question about invoking packages not in > the shell’s environment. For instance, in that shell, when I run vim, I > get output like this: > > vim: àΠbü : x #í : Error 224711464 > vim: }ÿ : xépOö : Error 1320334120 > > These two lines came from two different invocations - note how the output > seems to be random. > > If I include vim in shell.nix, then I don’t see this problem. (I don’t > want to include vim in shell.nix in this case, because I don’t think the > choice of editor is critical to the build environment, etc.) > > My main question is: *what is causing this strange output?* > > My secondary question: *how do I invoke nix-shell in such a way as to > instantiate the environment specified in shell.nix, plus a few “custom” > packages (such as vim)?* > > I guess I should mention that my shell of choice is zsh. When I run > nix-shell I get dropped into a bash shell. From there, if I invoke zsh > I’m back where I want to be. Could that quirk have something to do with > this? > > Thanks in advance! > > roni > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > https://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev >
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