From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Kost Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Explain when guix edit is read-only. Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 11:27:42 +0300 Message-ID: <87lh0rcuf5.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43268) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bRElJ-0002fs-Ab for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2016 04:27:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bRElF-0002gO-0s for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2016 04:27:48 -0400 Received: from mail-lf0-x242.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::242]:34020) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bRElE-0002gK-OL for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2016 04:27:44 -0400 Received: by mail-lf0-x242.google.com with SMTP id l69so9667206lfg.1 for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2016 01:27:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (myglc2@gmail.com's message of "Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:35:34 -0400") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: myglc2 Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org 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! >=20=20 > @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: >=20=20 > @example > @@ -4494,9 +4494,15 @@ guix edit gcc@@4.9 vim >=20=20 > @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. >=20=20 > +If you are using a Guix Git checkout (@pxref{Building from Git}), or > +have created your own packages on =E2=80=98GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=E2=80=99 (*= note Defining > +Packages::), you will be able to edit the package recipes. Otherwise, > +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. --=20 Alex