refactor package installation

modules/module/settings/cat-packages.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+{
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  maybe = cat: pkgsList:
+    lib.optionals (config.cats.${cat} or false) pkgsList;
+in
+{
+  options.catPkgs = lib.mkOption {
+    type = lib.types.attrsOf (lib.types.listOf lib.types.package);
+    description = "Per-cat package lists, gated by cat toggles. Single source of truth for runtimeDeps and devShells.";
+  };
+
+  config.catPkgs = {
+    always = maybe "always" (with pkgs; [ ]);
+
+    clickhouse = maybe "clickhouse" (with pkgs; [ clickhouse-lts ]);
+
+    external = maybe "external" (with pkgs; [
+      perl
+      ruby
+      shfmt
+      sqlfluff
+      tree-sitter
+    ]);
+
+    julia = maybe "julia" [
+      (pkgs.julia-bin.withPackages config.settings.lang_packages.julia)
+    ];
+
+    lua = maybe "lua" (with pkgs; [ lua-language-server ]);
+
+    markdown = maybe "markdown" (with pkgs; [
+      python313Packages.pylatexenc
+      quarto
+      zk
+    ]);
+
+    nix = maybe "nix" (with pkgs; [
+      alejandra
+      nix-doc
+      nixd
+    ]);
+
+    optional = maybe "optional" (with pkgs; [
+      bat
+      broot
+      devenv
+      dust
+      fd
+      fzf
+      gawk
+      gh
+      git
+      hunspell
+      hunspellDicts.de-at
+      hunspellDicts.en-us
+      ispell
+      jq
+      just
+      lazygit
+      man
+      ncdu
+      pigz
+      poppler
+      ripgrep
+      tokei
+      wget
+      yq
+      zathura
+    ]);
+
+    python = maybe "python" (let
+      python_packages_fn =
+        if pkgs ? basePythonPackages
+        then ps: pkgs.basePythonPackages ps ++ config.settings.lang_packages.python
+        else _: config.settings.lang_packages.python;
+      python_with_packages = pkgs.python3.withPackages python_packages_fn;
+    in
+      with pkgs; [
+        python_with_packages
+        nodejs
+        ruff
+        basedpyright
+        uv
+      ]);
+
+    r = maybe "r" (let
+      r_packages = (pkgs.baseRPackages or [ ]) ++ config.settings.lang_packages.r;
+    in
+      with pkgs; [
+        (rWrapper.override { packages = r_packages; })
+        radianWrapper
+        (quarto.override { extraRPackages = r_packages; })
+        air-formatter
+        yaml-language-server
+        rnvimserver
+      ]);
+
+    # cats without packages get empty lists
+    general = [ ];
+    gitPlugins = [ ];
+    treesitterParsers = [ pkgs.tree-sitter ];
+    utils = [ ];
+  };
+}

modules/module/settings/cats.nix

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
       Set a category to `false` to skip its dependency/plugin specs.
 
       Available categories:
+      - always: always-on packages (not gated by a toggle)
       - clickhouse: Clickhouse client and tools
       - external: external tools and integrations
       - general: core Neovim plugins/features
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
   };
 
   config.cats = {
+    always = lib.mkDefault true;
     clickhouse = lib.mkDefault false;
     external = lib.mkDefault true;
     general = lib.mkDefault true;

modules/module/settings/runtime-path.nix

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{
-  config,
-  lib,
-  ...
-}:
-let
-  collect_runtime_packages = runtime_deps_type:
-    config.specCollect
-      (acc: spec:
-        let
-          is_enabled = if spec ? enable then spec.enable else true;
-          has_runtime_deps = (spec.runtimeDeps or false) == runtime_deps_type;
-          packages = spec.runtimePackages or [ ];
-        in
-        acc ++ lib.optionals (is_enabled && has_runtime_deps) packages
-      )
-      [ ];
-
-  prefix_packages = collect_runtime_packages "prefix";
-
-  to_path_specs = packages: [
-    {
-      data = [
-        "PATH"
-        ":"
-        "${lib.makeBinPath packages}"
-      ];
-    }
-  ];
-in
-{
-  config.prefixVar = lib.optionals (prefix_packages != [ ]) (to_path_specs prefix_packages);
-}