Re: guix package is slow

[Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>]

Hello!

Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> writes:

[...]

>>> Another way in ‘M-x guix-all-packages’ or any ‘guix-search-by-*’:
>>>
>>>   • Hit ‘i’ on not installed packages.
>>>   • Hit ‘d’ on installed package.
>>>   • Hit ‘x’ to apply.
>>
>> Thanks Oleg! I keep forgetting about this interface;
>
> he-he, it is only one of about 10 different interfaces of this kind (for
> packages, profiles, generations, services, etc.).  If you use only "M-x
> guix", you miss most of Emacs-Guix features.

Good to know! I'll investigate the various guix-* commands from now :)

>> there doesn't seem
>> to be an entry point from M-x guix for easy discovery.
>
> "M-x guix" can't be an entry point for this or any other interface, it
> is only for "guix" *shell* commands.  Actually I'm very surprised
> someone uses "M-x guix", I find it unpractical.

My main usage of M-x guix seems to be M-x guix e(dit to find package
definitions or see if a package already exists which is often quicker
than looking at the often overwhelming 'guix package --search' output.

> it to "M-x guix-command", and to make "M-x guix" a real entry point for
> the various Emacs-Guix commands (including "guix-command" and all the
> interfaces).

Sounds good!

Maxim