full PC config setup

shifting towards manual symlinks for more complex setup than laptop, allows for GUI settings changes to actually apply, and is much easier than nix-ifying every config

global-configs/vscode.nix

@@ -1,89 +1,31 @@
 {
   config,
   pkgs,
+  lib,
   ...
 }: {
-  programs.vscode = {
-    enable = true;
-    package = pkgs.vscode-with-extensions.override {
-      vscodeExtensions = with pkgs.vscode-extensions; [
-        bbenoist.nix
-      ] ++ pkgs.vscode-utils.extensionsFromVscodeMarketplace [
-        {
-          name = "patternstore";
-          publisher = "jdunkel";
-          version = "0.1.12";
-          sha256 = "sha256-JtVtBFZPsSMDC9040UE8gTg4YmNLVFQJz0NGa0+QBqA=";
-        }
-        {
-          name = "kdl";
-          publisher = "kdl-org";
-          version = "2.1.3";
-          sha256 = "sha256-Jssmb5owrgNWlmLFSKCgqMJKp3sPpOrlEUBwzZSSpbM=";
-        }
-      ];
-    };
-    profiles.default = {
-      enableUpdateCheck = false;
-      userSettings = {
-        "[nix]" = {
-          "editor.tabSize" = 2;
-        };
-        "chat.disableAIFeatures" = true;
-        "workbench.welcomePage.walkthroughs.openOnInstall" = false;
-        "patternStore.savedPatterns" = [
-          {
-            label = "convert JSON pairs to Nix format";
-            find = "\"(\\w+)\": (.+?),?$";
-            replace = "$1 = $2;";
-            flags = {
-              "isRegex" = true;
-              "isCaseSensitive" = false;
-              "matchWholeWord" = false;
-              "isMultiline" = false;
-            };
-            scope = "global";
-          }
-          {
-            label = "convert JSON opening bracket to Nix format";
-            find = "(\"\\w+\"): \\{$";
-            replace = "$1 = {";
-            flags = {
-              "isRegex" = true;
-              "isCaseSensitive" = false;
-              "matchWholeWord" = false;
-              "isMultiline" = false;
-            };
-            scope = "global";
-          }
-          {
-            label = "convert JSON closing bracket to Nix format";
-            find = "\\},?$";
-            replace = "};";
-            flags = {
-              "isRegex" = true;
-              "isCaseSensitive" = false;
-              "matchWholeWord" = false;
-              "isMultiline" = false;
-            };
-            scope = "global";
-          }
-        ];
-        "search.exclude" = {
-          "**/flake.lock" = true;
-          "**/assets/**" = true;
-        };
-      };
-      keybindings = [
-        {
-          command = "workbench.action.closeActiveEditor";
-          key = "alt+q";
-        }
-        {
-          command = "workbench.action.files.newFile";
-          key = "alt+enter";
-        }
-      ];
-    };
+  programs.vscode.enable = true;
+
+  home.activation = {
+    linkVsCodeConfig = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter ["writeBoundary"] ''
+      #!/bin/bash
+      if [ -f /home/grey/.config/Code/User/settings.json ]; then
+        rm /home/grey/.config/Code/User/settings.json
+      fi
+      ln -s /home/grey/nixos/assets/dotfiles/vscode-config/settings.json /home/grey/.config/Code/User/settings.json
+
+      if [ -f /home/grey/.config/Code/User/keybindings.json ]; then
+        rm /home/grey/.config/Code/User/keybindings.json
+      fi
+      ln -s /home/grey/nixos/assets/dotfiles/vscode-config/keybindings.json /home/grey/.config/Code/User/keybindings.json
+    '';
+
+    linkVsCodeExtensions = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter ["writeBoundary"] ''
+      #!/bin/bash
+      if [ -d /home/grey/.vscode/extensions ]; then
+        rm -rf /home/grey/.vscode/extensions
+      fi
+      ln -s /home/grey/nixos/assets/dotfiles/vscode-extensions /home/grey/.vscode/extensions
+    '';
   };
 }