nix edit
Open the Nix expression of a Nix package in $EDITOR. More information: https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-edit.html.
- Open the source of the Nix expression of a package from nixpkgs in your
$EDITOR:
nix edit {{nixpkgs#pkg}}
- Dump the source of a package to
stdout:
EDITOR=cat nix edit {{nixpkgs#pkg}}
