{
  nvf,
  pkgs,
  ...
}: {
  imports = [
    nvf.homeManagerModules.default
  ];

  programs.nvf = {
    # enable nvf neovim distribution
    enable = true;

    # set stuff!
    settings = {
      vim = {
        # setting alias to _always_ use neovim
        viAlias = true;
        vimAlias = true;

        # useSystemClipboard = true;

        # setting some nvim settings that are not in nvf
        luaConfigPost = ''
          vim.opt.tabstop = 2
          vim.opt.shiftwidth = 2
          vim.opt.expandtab = true
          vim.opt.autoindent = true
          vim.opt.smartindent = true
          vim.opt.smarttab = true
          vim.opt.scrolloff = 20;
        '';

        # clipboard configuration
        clipboard = {
          enable = true;
          providers = {
            wl-copy.enable = true;
          };
          registers = "unnamed,unnamedplus";
        };

        # LSP configuration
        lsp = {
          enable = true;
          formatOnSave = true;
          lspkind.enable = true;
          lspconfig.enable = true;
          lightbulb.enable = false;
          lspsaga.enable = false;
          trouble.enable = false;
          lspSignature.enable = true;
          otter-nvim.enable = false;
          nvim-docs-view.enable = false;
        };

        # debugger configuration
        debugger = {
          nvim-dap = {
            enable = true;
            ui.enable = true;
          };
        };

        # disable spellcheck
        spellcheck.enable = false;

        # enable diagnostics
        diagnostics = {
          enable = true;
          config = {
            underline = true;
            virtual_lines = true;
          };
        };

        # language specific configuartion
        languages = {
          enableFormat = true;
          enableTreesitter = true;
          enableExtraDiagnostics = true;

          nix = {
            enable = true;
            lsp.enable = true;
            treesitter.enable = true;
            format = {
              enable = true;
              package = pkgs.alejandra;
            };
            extraDiagnostics = {
              enable = true;
              types = ["statix"];
            };
          };
          markdown.enable = true;
          bash.enable = true;
          clang.enable = true;
          css = {
            enable = true;
            format = {
              enable = true;
              package = pkgs.prettierd;
            };
          };
          html.enable = true;
          sql.enable = true;
          java.enable = true;
          kotlin = {
            enable = true;
            lsp.enable = true;
            treesitter.enable = true;
            extraDiagnostics.enable = true;
          };
          ts = {
            enable = true;
            format = {
              enable = true;
              package = pkgs.prettierd;
            };
          };
          lua.enable = false;
          python.enable = true;
          rust = {
            enable = true;
            lsp.enable = true;
            dap.enable = true;
            format.enable = true;
            crates.enable = true;
          };
          csharp = {
            enable = true;
            lsp = {
              enable = true;
              server = "csharp_ls";
            };
            treesitter.enable = true;
          };
        };

        # statusline configuration
        statusline = {
          lualine = {
            enable = true;
            theme = "catppuccin";
          };
        };

        # theme configuration
        theme = {
          enable = true;
          name = "catppuccin";
          style = "mocha";
          transparent = true;
        };

        # visual/ui configuration
        visuals = {
          nvim-scrollbar.enable = false;
          nvim-web-devicons.enable = true;
          nvim-cursorline.enable = true;
          cinnamon-nvim.enable = true;
          fidget-nvim.enable = false;

          highlight-undo.enable = true;
          indent-blankline.enable = true;
        };

        ui = {
          borders.enable = true;
          noice.enable = false;
          colorizer.enable = true;
          modes-nvim.enable = false; # the theme looks terrible with catppuccin
          illuminate.enable = true;
          breadcrumbs = {
            enable = true;
            navbuddy.enable = false;
          };
          fastaction.enable = true;
        };

        # autocomplete/intellisense configuration
        autopairs.nvim-autopairs.enable = true;
        autocomplete.nvim-cmp = {
          enable = true;
          sources = {
            nvim-lsp = "nvim_lsp";
            async-path = "async_path";
          };
        };

        # tabline configuration
        tabline = {
          nvimBufferline.enable = true;
          nvimBufferline.mappings = {
            closeCurrent = "<leader>x";
            cycleNext = "<tab>";
            cyclePrevious = "<S-tab>";
            moveNext = null;
            movePrevious = null;
            sortByDirectory = null;
            sortByExtension = null;
            sortById = null;
          };
        };

        treesitter = {
          context = {
            enable = true;
            setupOpts.max_lines = 3;
          };
        };

        binds = {
          whichKey.enable = true;
          cheatsheet.enable = true;
        };

        telescope.enable = true;

        git = {
          enable = true;
          gitsigns.enable = true;
          gitsigns.codeActions.enable = false; # throws an annoying debug message
          git-conflict.enable = true;
        };

        comments = {
          comment-nvim.enable = true;
        };

        # discord integration
        presence = {
          neocord.enable = true;
        };

        notify = {
          nvim-notify.enable = true;
        };

        dashboard = {
          dashboard-nvim.enable = false;
          alpha.enable = true;
        };

        filetree = {
          neo-tree = {
            enable = true;
            setupOpts.enable_refresh_on_write = true;
          };
        };

        # terminal integration configuration
        terminal = {
          toggleterm = {
            enable = true;
            lazygit.enable = true;
          };
        };

        # notes!
        notes = {
          obsidian = {
            enable = true; # more to be added here
            setupOpts = {
              workspaces = [
                {
                  name = "notes";
                  path = "~/Source/notes";
                }
              ];
            };
          };
          todo-comments.enable = true;
        };

        # ai assistant configuration
        assistant = {
          copilot = {
            enable = true;
            cmp.enable = true;
          };
        };

        # custom key mappings
        keymaps = [
          # Ctrl-S save
          {
            mode = ["n" "v" "i"];
            key = "<C-s>";
            action = "<cmd>w<CR>";
          }

          # toggle file explorer
          {
            mode = ["n"];
            key = "<leader><o>";
            action = "<cmd>Neotree toggle left<CR>";
          }

          # copy/cut/paste to system clipboard
          # {
          #   mode = ["v"];
          #   key = "<sc-c>";
          #   action = ''
          #     "+y
          #   '';
          #   noremap = true;
          # }
          # {
          #   mode = ["n"];
          #   key = "<sc-v>";
          #   action = ''
          #     l"+P
          #   '';
          #   noremap = true;
          # }
          # {
          #   mode = ["v"];
          #   key = "<sc-v>";
          #   action = ''
          #     "+P
          #   '';
          #   noremap = true;
          # }
          # {
          #   mode = ["c"];
          #   key = "<sc-v>";
          #   action = ''
          #     <C-o>l<C-o>"+<C-o>P<C-o>
          #   '';
          #   noremap = true;
          # }
          # {
          #   mode = ["i"];
          #   key = "<sc-v>";
          #   action = ''
          #     <ESC>l"+Pli
          #   '';
          #   noremap = true;
          # }
          # {
          #   mode = ["t"];
          #   key = "<sc-v>";
          #   action = ''
          #     <C-\><C-n>"+Pi
          #   '';
          #   noremap = true;
          # }
        ];

        ### end of settings
      };
    };
  };
}