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jumpapp: init at 1.0 #57893

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jumpapp: init at 1.0 #57893

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@matklad matklad commented Mar 19, 2019

Motivation for this change

Packaging a useful utility for window management on X11: https://github.com/mkropat/jumpapp

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  • Tested using sandboxing (nix.useSandbox on NixOS, or option sandbox in nix.conf on non-NixOS)
  • Built on platform(s)
    • NixOS
    • macOS
    • other Linux distributions
  • Tested via one or more NixOS test(s) if existing and applicable for the change (look inside nixos/tests)
  • Tested compilation of all pkgs that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nox --run "nox-review wip"
  • [ x] Tested execution of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
  • Determined the impact on package closure size (by running nix path-info -S before and after)
  • Assured whether relevant documentation is up to date
  • Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

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This pull request has been mentioned on Nix community. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/packaging-shell-scripts/2447/3

makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
buildInputs = [ perl pandoc ];
postFixup = let
runtimePath = lib.makeSearchPath "bin" [ xdotool wmctrl xprop nettools perl ];
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what about this approach?

  nativeBuildInputs = [ pandoc perl ];
  buildInputs = [ xdotool wmctrl xprop nettools ];
  postFixup = let
    runtimePath = lib.makeBinPath buildInputs;
  in ...

This way script will be launchable from nix-shell, for, e.g., script development purposes.

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Neat, didn't realize that nativeBuildInputs can be used in this way. perl is both run-time and build-time dependency, so I've added it to both lists

homepage = https://github.com/mkropat/jumpapp;
description = "A run-or-raise application switcher for any X11 desktop";
license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
maintainers = [ ];
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would you kind sir add yourself as a maintainer, please?

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done

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thanks!

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