Way too many changes for one commit sorry it's been a while

configuration.nix

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     calibre
     cobalt # Static site generator written in Rust
     # unstable.comaps
+    colordiff # https://www.colordiff.org/
     contrast
     converseen
     cruft
@@ -46,8 +47,11 @@
     curl
     ddev
     dbeaver-bin
+    delta # https://github.com/dandavison/delta syntax highlighting for git, diff, etc
+    diff-so-fancy # https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy git etc diff highlighting
     diffr
     dig
+    direnv
     dmidecode
     docker
     docker-buildx
@@ -67,17 +71,21 @@
     getxbook
     # gimp-with-plugins # Currently breaks build, but works if in nix shell solo
     ghostty
+    gImageReader # OCR image to text
     git
     git-open
+    gitui # https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui
     gtk3 # for Pomodoro Prompt
     gnucash
     gnumake
     gobject-introspection # for Pomodoro Prompt
     # handbrake # converting video, https://handbrake.fr/
+    helix # modal text editor
     htop
     hunspell
     hunspellDicts.en_US-large
     hunspellDicts.es_MX
+    i2p # invisible internet, privacy http://geti2p.net/
     inetutils # telnet among other things
     # jitsi # - this is unusuable with a regular Jitsi Meet server like May First?
     jitsi-meet-electron # currently breaks build
@@ -120,6 +128,7 @@
     md2pdf
     mdbook
     meld
+    mise # Mise-en-place, development environment setup tool
     mkcert
     mmv
     ncdu
@@ -129,10 +138,16 @@
     nextcloud-client
     # nheko # For matrix but relying on insecure olm-3.2.16
     # nfs-utils
+    niri # scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor, whatever exactly that is
+    nirius
+    niriswitcher
     nix-search-cli
+    novelwriter
     onlyoffice-desktopeditors
     # openshot-qt # Video editing, http://www.openshot.org/ # SUPER frustrating dependency to track down, it relied on insecure qtwebengine-5.15.19
+    pandoc # convert between markup formats https://hackage.haskell.org/package/pandoc-cli 
     # peruse # Read comic books, zines, graphic novels a bit more easily # 'peruse' has been removed as it depends on KDE Gear 5, which has reached EOL
+    paperwork # Digital document manager with OCR
     photini # digital photograph metadata editing
     php # does PHP 8.2 currently and there's php81, php83, and php84 alternatives
     php82Packages.composer
@@ -157,16 +172,18 @@
     recoll
     repren
     reveal-md
-    rink
+    rink # calculator and unit converter
     rofi
     # rustdesk - not using error-ish
     # samba - not using…?
     sassc # Convenient to use directly, though it is deprecated in favor of dart-sass i think
+    sc-im # terminal spreadsheets https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im
     shortwave
     shotwell # Even though i'm not on Gnome anymore, really don't see the need to switch to KPhotoAlbum (NixOS has to download more for that anyway).  The other option is digikam and if getting into RAW and editing more, darktable
     signal-desktop
     sioyek # Science-document-focused PDF viewer
     slack
+    slides # markdown presentation viewer
     sly # simple image editing
     spideroak # backups
     starship # fancy command line prompt
@@ -188,10 +205,11 @@
     wget
     whois
     vlc
+    vivaldi # proprietary but privacy-focused web browser
     vscodium
     # wcalc - command-line calculator but rink does that plus unit conversion!
     wl-clipboard-rs
-    wrapGAppsHook # for Pomodoro Prompt
+    # wrapGAppsHook # for Pomodoro Prompt ; would need to use wrapGAppsHook4 or 3
     xorg.xkill
     # xpdf # Simple PDF viewer - currently marked insecure
     yt-dlp
@@ -261,6 +279,7 @@
   i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
 
   i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
+    LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
     LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8";
     LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8";
     LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8";
@@ -272,6 +291,9 @@
     LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8";
   };
 
+  # Temporarily remove Orca which cannot be turned off and unfortunately also is not able to work well on KDE etc.  Here in NVIM, for example, it tells me when i write a 'space' and claims any line i go to is blank— worse than useless. 
+  services.orca.enable = false;
+
   # Just make bin/bash work, see https://github.com/Mic92/envfs
   # via the long, sad https://discourse.nixos.org/t/add-bin-bash-to-avoid-unnecessary-pain/5673/37
   services.envfs.enable = true;
@@ -290,6 +312,28 @@
   services.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
   services.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;
 
+  # Enable DNSmasq and hope it fixes DDEV.
+  # UPDATE disabled it all some months after enabling since my computer on 2025-12-27
+  # spontanously shut off once and froze once; both times the last logged message was 
+  # "dnsmasq dies and gets respawned too quickly. Back off. Something is very wrong"
+  # services.dnsmasq.enable = true;
+  # services.dnsmasq = {
+  #  enable = true;
+  #  settings = {
+  #    address = "/.dev/127.0.0.1";
+  #    domain = "dev";
+  #    local = "/dev/";
+  #    bind-interfaces = true;
+  #    listen-address = "127.0.0.1";
+  #    server = [
+  #      "8.8.8.8"
+  #      "8.8.4.4"
+  #      "1.1.1.1"
+  #    ];
+  #  };
+  # };
+  # networking.networkmanager.dns = "dnsmasq";
+
   # Configure keymap in X11
   services.xserver.xkb = {
     layout = "us";
@@ -345,7 +389,7 @@
     description = "mlncn";
     extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "docker" "scanner" "lp" ];
     packages = with pkgs; [
-      # discord # trash as is predictable, but damn it is hard to get Nix to say what the damn problem is, --show-trace on the rebuild is the only way because i can only get nix why-depends
+      discord # trash as is predictable, but damn it is hard to get Nix to say what the damn problem is, --show-trace on the rebuild is the only way because i can only get nix why-depends
       kdePackages.kate
       logseq
     ];