flake.nix

@@ -19,71 +19,26 @@
         system:
         let
           pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
-
-          # do store-path extractions
-          qt6baseStorePath = lib.getLib pkgs.qt6.qtbase;
-          # ?TODO? can remove below since manual linking not needed?
-          # qt6QtWaylandStorePath = lib.getLib pkgs.qt6.qtwayland;
-
-          # XXX NOTE XXX, for now we overlay specific pkgs via
-          # a major-version-pinned-`cpython`
-          cpython = "python313";
-          pypkgs = pkgs."${cpython}Packages";
         in
         {
           default = pkgs.mkShell {
-
+            packages = [
-            packages = with pkgs; [
+              pkgs.python313
-              qt6.qtwayland
+              pkgs.uv
-              qt6.qtbase
-
-              uv
-              python313  # ?TODO^ how to set from `cpython` above?
-              pypkgs.pyqt6
-              pypkgs.pyqt6-sip
-              pypkgs.qtpy
-              pypkgs.qdarkstyle
-              pypkgs.rapidfuzz
             ];
 
             shellHook = ''
-              # unmask to debug **this** dev-shell-hook
+              unset PYTHONPATH
-              # set -e
 
-              # set qt-base/plugin path(s)
+              # expose C++ stdlib to overlay
-              QTBASE_PATH="${qt6baseStorePath}/lib"
+              export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-              QT_PLUGIN_PATH="${qt6baseStorePath}/lib/qt-6/plugins"
-              QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH="$QT_PLUGIN_PATH/platforms"
 
-              # link in Qt cc lib paths from <nixpkgs>
+              # always use the ./py313/ venv-subdir
-              LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$QTBASE_PATH"
-              LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$QT_PLUGIN_PATH"
-              LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH"
-
-              # link-in c++ stdlib for various AOT-ext-pkgs (numpy, etc.)
-              LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-
-              export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
-              # RUNTIME-SETTINGS
-              #
-              # ------ Qt ------
-              # XXX, unmask to debug qt .so linking/loading deats
-              # export QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1
-              #
-              # ALSO, for *modern linux* DEs,
-              # - maybe set wayland-mode (TODO, parametrtize this!)
-              #  * a chosen wayland-mode shell-integration
-              export QT_QPA_PLATFORM="wayland"
-              export QT_WAYLAND_SHELL_INTEGRATION="xdg-shell"
-
-              # ------ uv ------
-              # - always use the ./py313/ venv-subdir
               export UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT="py313"
+
               # sync project-env with all extras
               uv sync --dev --all-extras
 
-              # ------ TIPS ------
               # NOTE, to launch the py-venv installed `xonsh` (like @goodboy)
               # run the `nix develop` cmd with,
               # >> nix develop -c uv run xonsh

piker/config.py

@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ def load(
         MutableMapping,
     ] = tomllib.loads,
 
-    touch_if_dne: bool = True,
+    touch_if_dne: bool = False,
 
     **tomlkws,
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def load(
     Load config file by name.
 
     If desired config is not in the top level piker-user config path then
-    pass the `path: Path` explicitly.
+    pass the ``path: Path`` explicitly.
 
     '''
     # create the $HOME/.config/piker dir if dne
@@ -285,8 +285,7 @@ def load(
 
     if (
         not path.is_file()
-        and
+        and touch_if_dne
-        touch_if_dne
     ):
         # only do a template if no path provided,
         # just touch an empty file with same name.