From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>
Cc: 69302@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#69302] [PATCH 1/2] doc: Add “Getting Started with the System” section.
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:30:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87frxicd6e.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v86ge2p8.fsf@pelzflorian.de> (pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de's message of "Thu, 22 Feb 2024 20:09:07 +0100")
Hi!
"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> skribis:
> This rewrite makes Guix System more approachable. Thank you for the tip
> with “guix style -f”!
:-)
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>> * doc/guix.texi (Getting Started with the System): New node.
>> (After System Installation): Refer to it. Remove note about ‘sudo guix
>> pull’.
>
> I was alarmed that you remove the note about sudo, but indeed you just
> moved it and not removed.
>
>> (Getting Started): Refer to it. Remove note about ‘guix system roll-back’.
>
> As above.
Right, I’ll clarify that in the commit log.
> Could you add a reference @uref{https://git-scm.com/book/en/, Git} like
> we do in the “Invoking guix pull” section?
Sure, will do.
>> +The previous section showed the overall workflow you would follow when
>> +administrating a Guix System machine (@pxref{Getting Started with the
>
> “administering” seems more correct than “administrating”. I’m not a
> native English speaker though.
Probably, I’m always hesitant.
>> The operating system is configured by providing an
>> @code{operating-system} declaration in a file that can then be passed to
>> -the @command{guix system} command (@pxref{Invoking guix system}). A
>> -simple setup, with the default Linux-Libre
>> -kernel, initial RAM disk, and a couple of system services added to those
>> +the @command{guix system} command, as we've seen before (@pxref{Invoking
>> +guix system}). […]
>
> Could you move the (@pxref{Invoking guix system}) before the “, as we've
> seen before”? Otherwise it appears as if “before” refers to “Invoking
> guix system”.
I like to avoid parenthetical expressions in the middle of a sentence,
as it breaks the flow, but in this case you’re right that it makes the
text ambiguous. I’ll change it.
Thanks!
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-24 11:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-21 14:58 [bug#69302] [PATCH 0/2] New "Getting Started" section for Guix System Ludovic Courtès
2024-02-21 16:47 ` [bug#69302] [PATCH 1/2] doc: Add “Getting Started with the System” section Ludovic Courtès
2024-02-22 15:57 ` Oleg Pykhalov
2024-02-24 11:26 ` Ludovic Courtès
2024-02-24 22:24 ` Oleg Pykhalov
2024-02-24 22:35 ` Ludovic Courtès
2024-02-25 14:48 ` [bug#69302] [PATCH v2 0/2] New "Getting Started" section for Guix System Ludovic Courtès
2024-02-25 14:48 ` [bug#69302] [PATCH v2 1/2] doc: Add “Getting Started with the System” section Ludovic Courtès
2024-02-27 11:21 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2024-02-27 11:39 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2024-02-28 21:48 ` Ludovic Courtès
2024-03-01 9:18 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2024-03-02 16:28 ` bug#69302: " Ludovic Courtès
2024-02-25 14:48 ` [bug#69302] [PATCH v2 2/2] doc: Add “Inspecting Services” section Ludovic Courtès
2024-02-27 11:54 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2024-02-22 19:09 ` [bug#69302] [PATCH 1/2] doc: Add “Getting Started with the System” section pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2024-02-24 11:30 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2024-02-21 16:47 ` [bug#69302] [PATCH 2/2] doc: Add “Inspecting Services” section Ludovic Courtès
2024-02-22 17:56 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
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