Re: "Perfect Setup" for hacking on Nix?

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> skribis:

> The Guix manual has a fantastic section on the "Perfect Setup" for
> hacking on Guix ((guix) The Perfect Setup).  This section provides
> excellent guidance for a newbie on how they can set up their development
> environment for hacking on Guix.  I found it tremendously useful when I
> was starting out as a Guile and Guix newbie.
>
> I have sometimes found myself looking at the Nix source code that is
> embedded in the Guix repository.  However, I don't have a lot of
> experience with C++, so I don't really know how I should set up my
> development environment for hacking on (or just browsing) that code.
>
> So, what's the "Perfect Setup" for hacking on Nix?

Good question!  :-)  I use Emacs without any of the fancy things.  M-x
compile, M-x grep, M-x rgrep, xgtags.el (for GNU GLOBAL tags) are good
enough for me.

That said, I’d be happy to hear about new tricks!  Does Semantic work
well these days?

Ludo’.