Hi Gottfried

> I created a manifest for Emacs only.
> 
> After doing it, Guix asked me to set the PATH.
> 
> I did it and after that this Emacs Manifest changed my general profile.
> It became my general profile.
> I couldn’t use my other programmes any more.
> So I had to do a rollback.

When you do

    guix package -m path/to/manifest.scm

It shall *replace* the packages in your default profile
(~/.guix-profile) with those specified by the manifest.

But if you instead do

   guix package -p path/to/some/profile -m path/to/manifest.scm

It shall modify/initialize the profile you specified :)

Best,
Wojtek

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On Sun,  5 Mar 2023 08:44:15 +0000
Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> wrote:

> Hi Gary,
> 
> thank you very much for sharing your Emacs manifest.
> 
> I tried to do what you said.
> 
> I created a manifest for Emacs only.
> 
> After doing it, Guix asked me to set the PATH.
> 
> I did it and after that this Emacs Manifest changed my general profile.
> It became my general profile.
> I couldn’t use my other programmes any more.
> So I had to do a rollback.
> 
> 1.
> I don’t know what I did wrong.
> 
> 2.
> AFAIK to create a manifest is not yet a profile.
> I have to create a manifest and then to create a profile with it.
> Am I right?
> 
> 
> 2.
> If so, after creating a manifest, which commands do I have to use to 
> make it a separate profile?
> 
> Probably to generate a manifest and make it a separate profile goes 
> together, but I don’t know how to do it.
> 
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Gottfried
> 
> 
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 10:10:38 -0500
> > From: Gary Johnson <lambdatronic@disroot.org>
> > To: Rodrigo Morales <moralesrodrigo1100@gmail.com>  
> 
> 
> > I do manage all of my Emacs packages with Guix. I list `emacs` and all
> > of its packages in a manifest file (emacs.scm). It looks like this with
> > my custom packages elided:
> > 
> > ```
> > (use-modules ((gnu packages) #:select (specifications->manifest)))
> > 
> > (specifications->manifest
> >   (list "emacs"
> >         "emacs-adoc-mode"
> >         "emacs-alsamixer-el"
> >         "emacs-async"
> >         "emacs-calibredb"
> >         "emacs-cider"
> >         "emacs-clojure-mode"
> >         "emacs-company"
> >         "emacs-crdt"
> >         "emacs-csv-mode"
> >         "emacs-elpher"
> >         "emacs-emms"
> >         "emacs-eww-lnum"
> >         "emacs-exwm"
> >         "emacs-flycheck"
> >         "emacs-flymake-kondor"
> >         "emacs-flyspell-correct"
> >         "emacs-forge"
> >         "emacs-geiser"
> >         "emacs-geiser-guile"
> >         "emacs-gnuplot"
> >         "emacs-google-translate"
> >         "emacs-helm"
> >         "emacs-helm-ag"
> >         "emacs-helm-descbinds"
> >         "emacs-helm-swoop"
> >         "emacs-htmlize"
> >         "emacs-magit"
> >         "emacs-markdown-mode"
> >         "emacs-nov-el"
> >         "emacs-ob-async"
> >         "emacs-org"
> >         "emacs-org-pomodoro"
> >         "emacs-ox-gfm"
> >         "emacs-paredit"
> >         "emacs-pdf-tools"
> >         "emacs-pinentry"
> >         "emacs-rjsx-mode"
> >         "emacs-shroud"
> >         "emacs-telephone-line"
> >         "emacs-treemacs"
> >         "emacs-vterm"
> >         "emacs-web-mode"
> >         "emacs-which-key"
> >         "mu"))
> > ```
> > 
> > I actually split up all the user packages on my system into manifests
> > and isntall each one into its own profile, which I then activate on
> > startup. However, that's not really necessary for this example. You can
> > install the manifest packages above into your user profile with this
> > command:
> > 
> > ```
> > guix package -m emacs.scm
> > ```  
> 
> >   ~Gary
> >   
>