Got a proper setup, worked some things out with the sway bar, fixed suspend issues

configuration.nix

@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
     # useXkbConfig = true; # use xkb.options in tty.
   };
 
-  # Enable Wayland and Sway this way, for now (UPDATE: just using home manager lol)
-  # programs.sway.enable = true;
   # Enable screensharing
   xdg.portal = {
     enable = true;
@@ -51,13 +49,27 @@
     extraPortals = [ pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk ];
     config.common.default = "*";
   };
+
+  # Set login and power management options
+  services.logind.lidSwitch = "suspend";
+  services.logind.lidSwitchDocked = "ignore"; # when an external monitor is plugged in
   
   # Enable graphics.
   hardware.opengl.enable = true;
 
+  # Allow users in group "video" to modify backlight
+  services.udev.extraRules = ''
+    ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="backlight" KERNEL=="amdgpu_bl0", RUN+="${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chgrp video /sys/class/backlight/amdgpu_bl0/brightness"
+
+    ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="backlight" KERNEL=="amdgpu_bl0", RUN+="${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chmod g+w /sys/class/backlight/amdgpu_bl0/brightness"
+  '';
+
   # Enable CUPS to print documents.
   services.printing.enable = true;
   
+  # Enable udisks (handles storage devices, e.g. usb flash drives)
+  services.udisks2.enable = true;
+
   # Enable sound.
   security.rtkit.enable = true; # needed for pipewire
   hardware.pulseaudio.enable = false;
@@ -75,14 +87,14 @@
   users.users.alice = {
     isNormalUser = true;
     home = "/home/alice";
-    extraGroups = [ "wheel" "networkmanager" ]; # Enable 'sudo' for the user.
+    extraGroups = [ "wheel" "networkmanager" "video" ]; # Enable 'sudo' for the user.
     initialPassword = "manysuchcases";
   };
   home-manager.users.alice = import ./home.nix;
   
   # Make sure swaylock works (defined in home.nix)
   security.pam.services.swaylock = { };
-  
+
   # Make sure suspend actually happens
   services.logind.extraConfig = ''
     InhibitDelayMaxSec=5

home.nix

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
   home.username = "alice";
   home.homeDirectory = "/home/alice";
   
+  # stopgap, should be removed; sets nvim to default editor
+  home.sessionVariables.EDITOR = "nvim";
+
   home.stateVersion = "23.11";
   
   home.packages = with pkgs;
@@ -11,8 +14,8 @@
   [ kitty ] ++ # Terminal emulator
   [ firefox vifm pavucontrol ] ++ # Basic graphical apps
   [ signal-desktop prismlauncher ] ++ # Personalized selection of graphical apps
-  [ bemenu j4-dmenu-desktop ] ++
-  [ noto-fonts ];
+  [ bemenu j4-dmenu-desktop ] ++ # Sway-related packages
+  [ noto-fonts overpass ]; # Fonts
   
   programs.home-manager.enable = true;
   
@@ -83,6 +86,17 @@
               icon = "''${pkgs.nixos-icons}/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/nix-snowflake.svg";
               definedAliases = [ "@np" ];
             };
+	    "NixOS Options" = {
+              urls = [{
+                template = "https://search.nixos.org/options";
+                params = [
+                  { name = "type"; value = "options"; }
+                  { name = "query"; value = "{searchTerms}"; }
+                ];
+              }];
+              icon = "''${pkgs.nixos-icons}/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/nix-snowflake.svg";
+              definedAliases = [ "@no" ];
+	    };
             "NixOS Wiki" = {
               urls = [{ template = "https://nixos.wiki/index.php?search={searchTerms}"; }];
               iconUpdateURL = "https://nixos.wiki/favicon.png";

todo

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+enable NUR and firefox extensions
+split app configs off into separate files
+fix editor issue!!!
+switch to zsh

wayland/sway.nix

@@ -2,15 +2,20 @@
 
 {
   enable = true;
-  config = {
+  config = rec {
     terminal = "kitty";
     modifier = "Mod4";
     fonts = {
-      names = [ "Noto Sans" ];
+      names = [ "Overpass" ];
       style = "Regular";
       size = 12.0;
     };
     input = { "type:touchpad" = { natural_scroll = "enabled"; }; };
+    bars = let config = config; in [{
+      position = "top";
+      inherit fonts;
+      statusCommand = "${pkgs.i3status}/bin/i3status";
+    }];
     window = {
       border = 2;
       titlebar = true;

wayland/waybar.nix

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-{
-  enable = true;
-}