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Add note about Flatpak + NixOS to README.md
Adds note on how to expose host browsers on NixOS for the flatpak install.
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- [Configuration](docs/Configuration.md) - Config file format, rules, and settings.
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- [URI Scheme](docs/URI%20Scheme.md) - Custom `switchyard://` URLs for specifying browser preferences.
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- [Prior Art](docs/Prior%20Art.md) - Similar tools that inspired Switchyard.
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## Notes
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### Flaktpak on NixOS: host browsers are not detected
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On NixOS, browser desktop files live in `/run/current-system/sw/share/applications`, which is not visible inside Flatpak by default.
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To expose them to Switchyard, add the path to the XDG application search path:
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```bash
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flatpak override --user io.github.alyraffauf.Switchyard \
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--filesystem=/run/current-system/sw/share:ro \
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--env=XDG_DATA_DIRS=/app/share:/usr/share:/run/current-system/sw/share
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```