From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Explain when guix edit is read-only.
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 19:06:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87invvarur.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lh0rcuf5.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Kost's message of "Sun, 24 Jul 2016 11:27:42 +0300")
Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
> myglc2 (2016-07-22 01:35 +0300) wrote:
>
>> * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix edit): Explain when you can and can't
>> edit the recipe
>> ---
>> doc/guix.texi | 10 ++++++++--
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
>> index e7b233d..914d24d 100644
>> --- a/doc/guix.texi
>> +++ b/doc/guix.texi
>> @@ -4485,7 +4485,7 @@ You can freely access a huge library of build logs!
>>
>> @cindex package definition, editing
>> So many packages, so many source files! The @command{guix edit} command
>> -facilitates the life of packagers by pointing their editor at the source
>> +facilitates the life of users and packagers by pointing their editor at the source
>> file containing the definition of the specified packages. For instance:
>>
>> @example
>> @@ -4494,9 +4494,15 @@ guix edit gcc@@4.9 vim
>>
>> @noindent
>> launches the program specified in the @code{VISUAL} or in the
>> -@code{EDITOR} environment variable to edit the recipe of GCC@tie{}4.9.3
>> +@code{EDITOR} environment variable to view the recipe of GCC@tie{}4.9.3
>> and that of Vim.
>>
>> +If you are using a Guix Git checkout (@pxref{Building from Git}), or
>> +have created your own packages on ‘GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH’ (*note Defining
>> +Packages::), you will be able to edit the package recipes. Otherwise,
Looks Info syntax here. Should be “@code{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}
(@pxref{Package Modules})”?
>> +you will be able to examine the read-only recipes for packages currently
>> +in the store.
>> +
>> If you are using Emacs, note that the Emacs user interface provides the
>> @kbd{M-x guix-edit} command and a similar functionality in the ``package
>> info'' and ``package list'' buffers created by the @kbd{M-x
>
> This looks reasonable to me, so if there are no comments/objections, I'm
> going to commit it.
Sounds good to me.
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-21 22:35 [PATCH] doc: Explain when guix edit is read-only myglc2
2016-07-24 8:27 ` Alex Kost
2016-07-24 17:06 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2016-07-25 14:25 ` Alex Kost
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