Re: Where has a cool feature gone?

[Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com>]

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Here are my attempts to install Gnu Guix:
None of them work!

www@www-HP-EliteBook-840-G2:~$ sudo apt-get Guix
[sudo] password for www:
E: Invalid operation Guix
www@www-HP-EliteBook-840-G2:~$ sudo apt-get GNU Guix
E: Invalid operation GNU
www@www-HP-EliteBook-840-G2:~$ sudo apt-get "GNU Guix"
E: Invalid operation GNU Guix
www@www-HP-EliteBook-840-G2:~$ sudo apt-get install "GNU Guix"
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package GNU Guix
www@www-HP-EliteBook-840-G2:~$ sudo apt-get install Guix
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package Guix

On Sat, 23 Jul 2022 at 23:04, Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org> wrote:

> Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > In another version of emacs the third argument to add-hook can be a
> > number between -70 and 70, like so:
> >
> > (add-hook 'find-file-hook 'dmp-find-file-hook 70)
> >
> > In the version of emacs that I am currently using (26.3) it turns non
> > nil third arguments to t otherwise leave nil as nil.
> >
> > Having numbers for the third argument seems like you have more
> > flexibility in order of the sequences of hooks to your hook variables.
> >
> > Do I need to upgrade the Emacs version?
>
> Yes, according to the NEWS file of Emacs 27.1:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> ** 'add-hook' does not always add to the front or the end any more.
> The replacement of 'append' with 'depth' implies that the function is
> not always added to the very front (when append/depth is nil) or the
> very end (when append/depth is t) any more because other functions on
> the hook may have specified higher/lower depths.  This makes it
> possible to control the ordering of functions more precisely, as was
> already possible in 'add-function' and 'advice-add'.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> > Ubuntu tells me I am using the
> > most up to date version of Emacs.
>
> Ubuntu is lying.  The latest version is 28.1.  Probably it's not in your
> version.  You can build Emacs yourself or use a PPA, or switch to a
> rolling release distribution (e.g. GNU Guix, which as stable as Ubuntu
> (if not more)), or install GNU Guix in your Ubuntu (alongside apt).
>
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