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From: Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Newbie packagers
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:19:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEwRq=o6moK=FACir4jCRcjrnSmQ+8S+1tcZo=8CFmuJJS0e_w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bn1rm1gk.fsf@gnu.org>

Thanks Ludo,

> I would propose the patch below as a start.  While it does not give
> detailed explanations, it provides terminology and pointers, in
> particular to this section of the Guile manual:
>
>   https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Expression-Syntax.html

this is nice, the pointer to the reference is actually the nicest
part because of the ungooglability of the various quoting characters.
And the small local explanation is good too.

> Unfortunately, this section of Guile’s manual is a reference and it
> lacks examples and a good overview.  I think we should fix it on Guile’s
> side instead of palliating this deficiency in Guix’s manual.
>
> If nobody beats me at it, I can try and improve this is in Guile’s
> manual afterwards.

I'll go read it and see what I find missing

-- 
Vincent Legoll

  reply	other threads:[~2016-07-21 17:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-21 13:21 Newbie packagers Vincent Legoll
2016-07-21 15:52 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-07-21 17:13   ` Vincent Legoll
2016-07-22  8:30     ` Chris Marusich
2016-07-23 10:21   ` Andreas Enge
2016-07-23 10:36     ` Vincent Legoll
2016-07-21 15:54 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-07-21 17:19   ` Vincent Legoll [this message]
2016-07-21 18:04     ` Vincent Legoll
2016-07-22  7:13       ` Vincent Legoll
2016-07-22 12:23         ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-07-22 12:43           ` Vincent Legoll
2016-07-22 12:41       ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-07-22 12:46         ` Vincent Legoll
2016-07-22 14:41           ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-07-22 20:01             ` Vincent Legoll

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