Configure Node path.

[pxp9]

Greetings,

Maybe it is a stupid question,

Is it any way to configure node path in the Zed editor ?

The main problem I have is since I am using Nixos, Zed tries to launch is own node binary dynamically linked.

Also what I have note this is really important for some features like AI integration and other fancy stuff.

this is my configuration file generated by home-manager settings.

{
  "assistant": {
    "default_model": {
      "model": "claude-3-5",
      "provider": "zed.dev"
    },
    "default_open_ai_model": null,
    "version": "2"
  },
  "auto_install_extensions": {
    "elixir": true,
    "nix": true,
    "toml": true
  },
  "auto_update": false,
  "base_keymap": "VsCode",
  "buffer_font_size": 16,
  "hour_format": "hour24",
  "load_direnv": "shell_hook",
  "lsp": {
    "nix": {
      "binary": {
        "path_lookup": true
      }
    },
    "rust-analyzer": {
      "binary": {
        "path_lookup": true
      }
    }
  },
  "terminal": {
    "alternate_scroll": "off",
    "blinking": "off",
    "button": false,
    "copy_on_select": false,
    "detect_venv": {
      "on": {
        "activate_script": "default",
        "directories": [
          ".env",
          "env",
          ".venv",
          "venv"
        ]
      }
    },
    "dock": "bottom",
    "env": {},
    "font_family": "FiraCode Nerd Font",
    "font_features": null,
    "font_size": null,
    "line_height": "comfortable",
    "option_as_meta": false,
    "shell": "system",
    "toolbar": {
      "title": true
    },
    "working_directory": "current_project_directory"
  },
  "theme": "One Dark",
  "ui_font_size": 16,
  "vim_mode": true
}

and this is the error I am getting from Zed Logs.

stderr: "Could not start dynamically linked executable: /home/pxp9/.local/share/zed/node/node-v22.5.1-linux-x64/bin/node\nNixOS cannot run dynamically linked executables intended for generic
linux environments out of the box. For more information, see:
https://nix.dev/permalink/stub-ld
"
2024-10-20T12:08:36.063983318+02:00 [INFO] Node runtime install_if_needed
2024-10-20T12:08:43.803723903+02:00 [ERROR] Failed to install default prettier: prettier & plugins install: fetching latest npm versions: fetching latest npm version for package prettier: failed to execute npm info subcommand:

thank you in advance.

[JTKBowers]

Hey - I've run into a similar issue with nix on macOS. You should be able to add something along these lines to your zed settings:

  "node": {
    "path": "${pkgs.nodejs}/bin/node",
    "npm_path": "${pkgs.nodejs}/bin/npm"
  },

[pxp9]

but thanks for your suggestion.

[pxp9]

node = {
    path = lib.getExe pkgs.nodejs;
    npm_path = lib.getExe' pkgs.nodejs "npm";
};

this solution work for me at the end.