From ead8ff2afd21776be89cc07a829c4a6476aebdf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas G. Lopes" <thomasgl@pm.me>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:41:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] stop declarative maccel parameter tuning in nixos

---
 modules/hosts/nixos.nix | 19 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/hosts/nixos.nix b/modules/hosts/nixos.nix
index cb2c596..3fc15af 100644
--- a/modules/hosts/nixos.nix
+++ b/modules/hosts/nixos.nix
@@ -100,12 +100,19 @@ in {
     hardware.maccel = {
       enable = true;
       enableCli = true;
-      parameters = {
-        mode = "linear";
-        sensMultiplier = 1.0;
-        acceleration = 0.3;
-        offset = 2.0;
-        outputCap = 2.0;
+    };
+
+    # Dotfile-managed maccel settings: place an executable script at
+    # ~/.config/maccel/apply.sh with your preferred `maccel set ...` commands.
+    systemd.user.services.maccel-apply-dotfiles = {
+      description = "apply maccel params from ~/.config/maccel/apply.sh";
+      wantedBy = ["default.target"];
+      after = ["default.target"];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        ExecStart = ''
+          ${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash -lc 'PATH=/run/current-system/sw/bin:$PATH; if [ -x "$HOME/.config/maccel/apply.sh" ]; then "$HOME/.config/maccel/apply.sh"; fi'
+        '';
       };
     };