invoking info guix

invoking info guix

[Catonano]

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In a terminal I can issue this command

~$ info guix

and have the guuix manual pop up

In Emacs I can do

M-x info

but then I find myself in a general page, a sort of index and I have to
search through it in order to find the guix "link"

How can I end up in the Guix manual front page directly even when using
Emacs ?

Thanks

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Re: invoking info guix

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Catonano <catonano@gmail.com> writes:

> In a terminal I can issue this command
>
> ~$ info guix
>
> and have the guuix manual pop up
>
> In Emacs I can do
>
> M-x info
>
> but then I find myself in a general page, a sort of index and I have to
> search through it in order to find the guix "link"
>
> How can I end up in the Guix manual front page directly even when using
> Emacs ?

Not directly answering your question, but from the Directory node (the
so-called general page), use press `m' then "guix RET".

Also, you can bind a key to a command that directly does (info
"(guix)"):

  (global-set-key (kbd "<f5>") (lambda () (interactive) (info "(guix)")))


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou                                                0x80A93738

Re: invoking info guix

[Oleg Pykhalov]

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Hello Catonano,

Catonano <catonano@gmail.com> writes:

[…]

> In Emacs I can do
>
> M-x info
>
> but then I find myself in a general page, a sort of index and I have to
> search through it in order to find the guix "link"
>
> How can I end up in the Guix manual front page directly even when using
> Emacs ?

Personally I press ‘m’ then type ‘guix’ and ‘RET’.  But if it not enough
you could bind e.g. to ‘<f6>’ with:

    (global-set-key (kbd "<f6>") (lambda ()
                                   (interactive)
                                   (Info-goto-node "(guix)")))

or with ability to call ‘M-x Info-goto-node-guix’ and ‘<f6>’:

    (defun Info-goto-node-guix ()
      (interactive)
      (Info-goto-node "(guix)"))

    (global-set-key (kbd "<f6>") 'Info-goto-node-guix)

Both last variants don't require ‘M-x info’.

Oleg.

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Re: invoking info guix

[Arun Isaac]

Catonano <catonano@gmail.com> writes:

> How can I end up in the Guix manual front page directly even when using
> Emacs ?

Eval (info "(guix)") and you'll end up on the Guix manual front page.

But, I don't actually do this. I use helm-info from the helm
package. Using helm-info, I find it very convenient to search through
the manual and jump straight to the page I want. Have you tried
helm-info?

> I have to search through it in order to find the guix "link"

M-x info-menu or default keybinding of "m" is a good way to navigate
this menu.

Re: invoking info guix

[Clément Lassieur]

Catonano <catonano@gmail.com> writes:

> In a terminal I can issue this command
>
> ~$ info guix
>
> and have the guuix manual pop up
>
> In Emacs I can do
>
> M-x info
>
> but then I find myself in a general page, a sort of index and I have to
> search through it in order to find the guix "link"
>
> How can I end up in the Guix manual front page directly even when using
> Emacs ?
>
> Thanks

Hi Catonano,

As Arun and Oleg said, 'm' is very useful (maybe with C-u), and 'd'
too.  And there is the 'info-display-manual' command too.

But what you should really do (in my humble opinion :-)) is to read the
(info "info") manual.  It is very well done and explains everything in
an interactive way.

Clément

Re: invoking info guix

[Catonano]

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2018-03-17 11:08 GMT+01:00 Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>:

> Catonano <catonano@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > In a terminal I can issue this command
> >
> > ~$ info guix
> >
> > and have the guuix manual pop up
> >
> > In Emacs I can do
> >
> > M-x info
> >
> > but then I find myself in a general page, a sort of index and I have to
> > search through it in order to find the guix "link"
> >
> > How can I end up in the Guix manual front page directly even when using
> > Emacs ?
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Hi Catonano,
>
> As Arun and Oleg said, 'm' is very useful (maybe with C-u), and 'd'
> too.  And there is the 'info-display-manual' command too.
>

I tried m right now and it suffices

helm is awesome but I don' t want to install further packages and learn new
things.
I just want to be ushered in the Guix info page right....  now ;-)


> But what you should really do (in my humble opinion :-)) is to read the
> (info "info") manual.  It is very well done and explains everything in
> an interactive way.
>

I have a reading phobia :-)

My first computer as an adult was an Apple Macintosh

At the time the mantra was that if something required a manual to be read,
it was not well made ;-)

Now, now, I'm perfectly aware of the historical and cultural differences ;-)

I was a young adult back then and changing habits is harder and harder with
the flow of the time

I' ll take a look at the info info page though

You gotta give me I came a loooong way !! :-)

Thank you all people for your suggestions !
Ciao

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Re: invoking info guix

[Oleg Pykhalov]

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Catonano <catonano@gmail.com> writes:

> 2018-03-17 11:08 GMT+01:00 Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>:

[…]

>> But what you should really do (in my humble opinion :-)) is to read the
>> (info "info") manual.  It is very well done and explains everything in
>> an interactive way.
>>
>
> I have a reading phobia :-)
>
> My first computer as an adult was an Apple Macintosh
>
> At the time the mantra was that if something required a manual to be read,
> it was not well made ;-)

First of all GNU Documentation is not Apple manual.  :-)


You don't need to read it at once and remember, because you have it
always at your finger tips with handful feautures to search for
something really fast.  The only feauture (which I found useful for ‘M-x
occur’) not described in the "(info)" manual is that you could ‘M-x
widen’ or ‘<C-x n w>’ and look on info page all at once.

Oleg.

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