how can I put the Emacs manifest from a profile to the main profile

how can I put the Emacs manifest from a profile to the main profile

[gfp]

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Hi Guix,

I created a manifest for Emacs and put it in a separate profile.

How can I now transfer this manifest to my main profile?

Some other manifests which I put in a separate profile consisted only of 
one sentence which mentioned the package.

But Emacs is different. I put many specifications there.
That´s why my question.

thanks for help

Gottfried

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Re: how can I put the Emacs manifest from a profile to the main profile

[Cayetano Santos]

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>sam. 14 déc. 2024 at 15:29, gfp <gfp@posteo.at> wrote:

> Hi Guix,
>
> I created a manifest for Emacs and put it in a separate profile.
>
> How can I now transfer this manifest to my main profile?
>
> Some other manifests which I put in a separate profile consisted only of one sentence
> which mentioned the package.
>
> But Emacs is different. I put many specifications there.
> That´s why my question.

I’m using a different profile for emacs myself.

Not sure to follow, could you  share the manifest ?

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Re: how can I put the Emacs manifest from a profile to the main profile

[gfp]

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Hi,

> Not sure to follow, could you  share the manifest ?

This is my emacs manifest:

;emacs manifest
(use-modules ((gnu packages) #:select (specifications->manifest)))

(specifications->manifest
  (list "emacs"
        "emacs-adoc-mode"
        "emacs-alsamixer-el"
        "emacs-async"
        "emacs-calibredb"
        "emacs-cider"
        "emacs-clojure-mode"
        "emacs-company"
        "emacs-crdt"
        "emacs-chronometrist"
        "emacs-csv-mode"
        "emacs-dockerfile-mode"
        "emacs-elpher"
        "emacs-emms"
        "emacs-eww-lnum"
        "emacs-exwm"
        "emacs-flycheck"
        "emacs-flymake-kondor"
        "emacs-flyspell-correct"
        "emacs-forge"
        "emacs-geiser"
        "emacs-geiser-guile"
        "emacs-gnuplot"
        "emacs-google-translate"
        "emacs-guix"
        "emacs-helm"
        "emacs-helm-ag"
        "emacs-helm-descbinds"
        "emacs-helm-swoop"
        "emacs-htmlize"
        "emacs-magit"
        "emacs-markdown-mode"
        "emacs-nov-el"
        "emacs-ob-async"
        "emacs-org"
        "emacs-org-pomodoro"
        "emacs-ox-gfm"
        "emacs-ox-pandoc"
        "emacs-paredit"
        "emacs-pdf-tools"
        "emacs-pinentry"
        "emacs-pandoc-mode"
        "emacs-rjsx-mode"
        "emacs-shroud"
        "emacs-sqlite"
        "emacs-tablist"
        "emacs-telephone-line"
        "emacs-treemacs"
        "emacs-vterm"
        "emacs-web-mode"
        "emacs-wget"
        "emacs-which-key"
        "emacs-xwidgets"
        "mu"
        "paps"))


thanks

Gottfried


Am 14.12.24 um 19:07 schrieb Cayetano Santos:
> 
>> sam. 14 déc. 2024 at 15:29, gfp <gfp@posteo.at> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Guix,
>>
>> I created a manifest for Emacs and put it in a separate profile.
>>
>> How can I now transfer this manifest to my main profile?
>>
>> Some other manifests which I put in a separate profile consisted only of one sentence
>> which mentioned the package.
>>
>> But Emacs is different. I put many specifications there.
>> That´s why my question.
> 
> I’m using a different profile for emacs myself.
> 
> Not sure to follow, could you  share the manifest ?
> 
> --
> Cayetano Santos
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Re: how can I put the Emacs manifest from a profile to the main profile

[Cayetano Santos]

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>sam. 14 déc. 2024 at 19:33, gfp <gfp@posteo.at> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>> Not sure to follow, could you  share the manifest ?
>
> This is my emacs manifest:

Ok, so you try to combine two manifests, right ?

See Luis Felipe reply to your original email.

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Re: how can I put the Emacs manifest from a profile to the main profile

[Luis Felipe]

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Hi Gottfried,

On 14/12/24 15:29, gfp wrote:
> Hi Guix,
>
> I created a manifest for Emacs and put it in a separate profile.
>
> How can I now transfer this manifest to my main profile?

If you still have a copy of both manifests, the one that declares Emacs 
things only and the one that declares what goes into your default user 
profile, then you simply tell guix to use both manifests to create a new 
generation of your main profile:

     guix package -m path/to/manifest-emacs.scm -m path/to/manifest-main.scm

If you lost any of your manifest files, you can export them from their 
corresponding profiles. For example,

❶ Ask guix to list the profiles it knows about (maybe your 
Emacs-specific profile will be listed):

     guix package --list-profiles

❷ Export a manifest from a given profile (your Emacs profile, for example):

     guix package --export-manifest 
--profile=/path/to/gottfried-emacs-profile > manifest-emacs.scm

I hope that helps,



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Re: how can I put the Emacs manifest from a profile to the main profile

[gfp]

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Hi Luis,

thanks for your help.

I have got:
gfp@Tuxedo ~$ guix package --list-profiles
/home/gfp/Projekte/Emacs/guix-profil
/home/gfp/Projekte/Musik/guix-profil
/home/gfp/.config/guix/current
/home/gfp/.guix-profile


> If you still have a copy of both manifests, the one that declares Emacs 
>> things only and the one that declares what goes into your default user 
>> profile, then you simply tell guix to use both manifests to create a new 
>> generation of your main profile:

>   guix package -m path/to/manifest-emacs.scm -m 
>> path/to/manifest-main.scm


I would have to write:

guix package -m /home/gfp/Projekte/Emacs/emacs.scm -m 
/home/gfp/.guix-profile/manifest

Is that all right?

thanks

Gottfried



Am 14.12.24 um 19:13 schrieb Luis Felipe:
> Hi Gottfried,
> 
> On 14/12/24 15:29, gfp wrote:
>> Hi Guix,
>>
>> I created a manifest for Emacs and put it in a separate profile.
>>
>> How can I now transfer this manifest to my main profile?
> 
> If you still have a copy of both manifests, the one that declares Emacs 
> things only and the one that declares what goes into your default user 
> profile, then you simply tell guix to use both manifests to create a new 
> generation of your main profile:
> 
>      guix package -m path/to/manifest-emacs.scm -m 
> path/to/manifest-main.scm
> 
> If you lost any of your manifest files, you can export them from their 
> corresponding profiles. For example,
> 
> ❶ Ask guix to list the profiles it knows about (maybe your 
> Emacs-specific profile will be listed):
> 
>      guix package --list-profiles
> 
> ❷ Export a manifest from a given profile (your Emacs profile, for example):
> 
>      guix package --export-manifest 
> --profile=/path/to/gottfried-emacs-profile > manifest-emacs.scm
> 
> I hope that helps,


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Re: how can I put the Emacs manifest from a profile to the main profile

[Luis Felipe]

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On 15/12/24 15:08, gfp wrote:
> Hi Luis,
>
> thanks for your help.
>
> I have got:
> gfp@Tuxedo ~$ guix package --list-profiles
> /home/gfp/Projekte/Emacs/guix-profil
> /home/gfp/Projekte/Musik/guix-profil
> /home/gfp/.config/guix/current
> /home/gfp/.guix-profile
>
>
>> If you still have a copy of both manifests, the one that declares Emacs
>>> things only and the one that declares what goes into your default 
>>> user profile, then you simply tell guix to use both manifests to 
>>> create a new generation of your main profile:
>
>>   guix package -m path/to/manifest-emacs.scm -m
>>> path/to/manifest-main.scm
>
>
> I would have to write:
>
> guix package -m /home/gfp/Projekte/Emacs/emacs.scm -m 
> /home/gfp/.guix-profile/manifest
>
> Is that all right?

Almost right. The second manifest (/home/gfp/.guix-profile/manifest) is 
not the kind of manifest you can pass to the --manifest option. So, 
instead, get a manifest from your current main profile by exporting it 
as follows:

     guix package --export-manifest > manifest-main.scm

At this point, you can run:

     guix package -m /home/gfp/Projekte/Emacs/emacs.scm -m manifest-main.scm

Finally, you can save your manifests wherever you want and edit them as 
you want for future upgrades of your profile(s).

For more information about why /home/gfp/.guix-profile/manifest can't be 
passed as a manifest, you can read the comments in that file. For example:

     emacs .guix-profile/manifest

Please let us know if things worked well.


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Re: how can I put the Emacs manifest from a profile to the main profile

[gfp]

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Hi Luis,

> guix package --export-manifest > manifest-main.scm
>> 
>> At this point, you can run:
>> 
>>      guix package -m /home/gfp/Projekte/Emacs/emacs.scm -m 
>> manifest-main.scm

1.
I did that and interestingly it worked.

In the terminal it said:
followings packages are being installed.
It installed every single package of Emacs (including Emacs 29.4) in my 
main profile, which I had in the Emacs manifest.
So I have now 180 packages.

2.
I thought it will be like the manifest of Emacs which I had in a 
separate profile, but now every emacs package got separately installed.

3.
> Finally, you can save your manifests wherever you want and edit them as 
>> you want for future upgrades of your profile(s).

So, where is now my emacs manifest?

4.
At least I can open Emacs in my application list.

5.
Can I now delete my Emacs manifest in my separate profile?

thanks

Gottfried


Am 15.12.24 um 17:39 schrieb Luis Felipe:
> On 15/12/24 15:08, gfp wrote:
>> Hi Luis,
>>
>> thanks for your help.
>>
>> I have got:
>> gfp@Tuxedo ~$ guix package --list-profiles
>> /home/gfp/Projekte/Emacs/guix-profil
>> /home/gfp/Projekte/Musik/guix-profil
>> /home/gfp/.config/guix/current
>> /home/gfp/.guix-profile
>>
>>
>>> If you still have a copy of both manifests, the one that declares Emacs
>>>> things only and the one that declares what goes into your default 
>>>> user profile, then you simply tell guix to use both manifests to 
>>>> create a new generation of your main profile:
>>
>>>   guix package -m path/to/manifest-emacs.scm -m
>>>> path/to/manifest-main.scm
>>
>>
>> I would have to write:
>>
>> guix package -m /home/gfp/Projekte/Emacs/emacs.scm -m 
>> /home/gfp/.guix-profile/manifest
>>
>> Is that all right?
> 
> Almost right. The second manifest (/home/gfp/.guix-profile/manifest) is 
> not the kind of manifest you can pass to the --manifest option. So, 
> instead, get a manifest from your current main profile by exporting it 
> as follows:
> 
>      guix package --export-manifest > manifest-main.scm
> 
> At this point, you can run:
> 
>      guix package -m /home/gfp/Projekte/Emacs/emacs.scm -m 
> manifest-main.scm
> 
> Finally, you can save your manifests wherever you want and edit them as 
> you want for future upgrades of your profile(s).
> 
> For more information about why /home/gfp/.guix-profile/manifest can't be 
> passed as a manifest, you can read the comments in that file. For example:
> 
>      emacs .guix-profile/manifest
> 
> Please let us know if things worked well.
> 


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Re: how can I put the Emacs manifest from a profile to the main profile

[Luis Felipe]

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On 15/12/24 17:42, gfp wrote:
> Hi Luis,
>
>> guix package --export-manifest > manifest-main.scm
>>>
>>> At this point, you can run:
>>>
>>>      guix package -m /home/gfp/Projekte/Emacs/emacs.scm -m 
>>> manifest-main.scm
>
> 1.
> I did that and interestingly it worked.
>
> In the terminal it said:
> followings packages are being installed.
> It installed every single package of Emacs (including Emacs 29.4) in 
> my main profile, which I had in the Emacs manifest.
> So I have now 180 packages.

Mission accomplished then, right?


> 2.
> I thought it will be like the manifest of Emacs which I had in a 
> separate profile, but now every emacs package got separately installed.
>
> 3.
>> Finally, you can save your manifests wherever you want and edit them as
>>> you want for future upgrades of your profile(s).
>
> So, where is now my emacs manifest?

It is in the same location (/home/gfp/Projekte/Emacs/emacs.scm). Nothing 
happens to your manifests when you use them. They are similar to 
shopping lists; Guix will read them, when you pass them with the 
--manifest option, to know what packages to put in your profile(s), but 
that's it, the manifest files won't be modified in any way by Guix. So, 
similarly to the Emacs-related manifest you just used, the manifest we 
named "manifest-main.scm" is still a Scheme file and it is still in the 
same folder it was saved to when you called "guix package 
--export-manifest > manifest-main.scm".


> 4.
> At least I can open Emacs in my application list.

Right, that's the expected result. Your main profile should now have the 
union of the packages listed in the two manifests you used.


> 5.
> Can I now delete my Emacs manifest in my separate profile?

Yes, assuming you are managing the profile located in 
/home/gfp/Projekte/Emacs/guix-profil by yourself using Guix commands and 
not through some third-party software that expects 
/home/gfp/Projekte/Emacs/emacs.scm to exist.

You can delete manifest files or save them in any folder you want for 
future use or share them with other people. You could even save all your 
manifest files in your pocket if you'd like to. It's up to you. Your 
current profiles don't depend on them to work. Nothing will break if the 
manifests are not in your machine any more.


> thanks

You're welcome :)



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