Re: Appropriate way to use Guix API from a Guile program

[sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com>]

 ---- On Thu, 21 May 2020 18:02:29 -0500 zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote ----
 > Dear sirgazil,
 > 
 > On Thu, 21 May 2020 at 22:53, Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> wrote:
 > > sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> writes:
 > 
 > > > Hmm, and is there any way for a Guile program installed as a Guix package to use the modules of the Guix obtained by the user with "guix pull" and also being able to take advantage of user-defined channels? Or is this just not possible at all?
 > >
 > > You need to add $HOME/.config/guix/current/share/guile/site/3.0 on
 > > GUILE_LOAD_PATH to access channel code from Guile programs.
 > 
 > If you feel in an experimental mood, you can try the Konrad's patch
 > [1].  It sets up the PATH accordingly and hides all the internals.
 > Well, "guix repl" launches a REPL with the current Guix modules
 > available and the patch extends that to scripts: "guix repl foo.scm".
 > Note that '--load-path' is supported so you can extend by your own
 > modules too.  Last, command-line arguments passed to the scripts are
 > not supported (yet).
 > 
 > Well, if it is a script without command-line argument, then "guix repl
 > foo.scm" is the thing that you would want, I guess.
 > If it is a script with command-line argument, then extend
 > "GUILE_LOAD_PATH" by '~/.config/guix/current/share/guile/site/3.0' and
 > run "guile foo.scm arg1 arg2" is the thing that you would want, I
 > guess.

Yes, the script accepts arguments.

 
 > Be careful to not mix the modules from the package named 'guix' --
 > modules installed with "guix install guix" -- and the modules of the
 > current Guix -- modules under
 > ~/.config/guix/current/share/guile/site/3.0.  I did the mistake once.
 > :-)

Been there, done that :)

Thanks, simon.