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Re: "M-x guix" - magit-like interface for guix commands
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Alex Kost |
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Re: "M-x guix" - magit-like interface for guix commands |
Date: |
Sun, 30 Aug 2015 12:35:30 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
Ludovic Courtès (2015-08-29 19:01 +0300) wrote:
> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès (2015-08-28 12:37 +0300) wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>> Of course, you’re effectively the maintainer of that part.
>>
>> OK, but I also made some changes outside "emacs" dir:
>
> Right, thanks for the heads-up then. ;-)
>
>> - I exported stuff from (guix scripts lint) and (guix scripts graph):
>> so that when a user choose "--checkers" option for 'guix lint' or
>
> Regarding:
>
> Author: Alex Kost <address@hidden>
> AuthorDate: Wed Aug 12 14:17:44 2015 +0300
> Commit: Alex Kost <address@hidden>
> CommitDate: Fri Aug 28 23:03:58 2015 +0300
>
> guix lint: Export checkers and <lint-checker> accessors.
>
> * guix/scripts/lint.scm (%checkers, make-lint-checker, lint-checker,
> lint-checker?, lint-checker-name, lint-checker-description,
> lint-checker-check): Export.
>
> This is fine, but please don’t export ‘make-lint-checker’ (people should
> use the nicer ‘lint-checker’ macro instead.)
Fixed (both for ‘make-lint-checker’ and ‘make-node-type’).
>> - I moved emacs info node from "Package Management" to "Top" because it
>> is not just about package management anymore (as there are
>> "guix-prettify" and shell completions, and now there is also popup
>> interface for all guix commands).
>
> Regarding:
>
> Author: Alex Kost <address@hidden>
> AuthorDate: Thu Aug 13 20:16:29 2015 +0300
> Commit: Alex Kost <address@hidden>
> CommitDate: Fri Aug 28 23:03:59 2015 +0300
>
> doc: Reorganize "Emacs Interface" node.
>
> * doc/guix.texi (Package Management): Move "Emacs Interface" node to ...
> (Top): ...here, since it is not just about package management.
> * doc/emacs.texi: Shift all nodes one level up (@section -> @chapter,
> etc.).
> Rename "Emacs Usage" node into "Emacs Package Management". Move
> "Emacs
> Configuration" node here.
>
> It sounds good to me. Perhaps add something like this in this commit:
>
>
> --- a/doc/guix.texi
> +++ b/doc/guix.texi
> @@ -972,9 +972,9 @@ features.
>
> This chapter describes the main features of Guix, as well as the package
> management tools it provides. Two user interfaces are provided for
> -routine package management tasks: a command-line interface
> -(@pxref{Invoking guix package, @code{guix package}}), and a visual user
> -interface in Emacs (@pxref{Emacs Interface}).
> +routine package management tasks: A command-line interface described below
> +(@pxref{Invoking guix package, @code{guix package}}), as well as a visual
> user
> +interface in Emacs described in a subsequent chapter (@pxref{Emacs
> Interface}).
>
> @menu
> * Features:: How Guix will make your life brighter.
Sure.
>> - And finally I moved a part of code from 'guix-main' to a new
>> 'run-guix' procedure (in (guix ui) module).
>
> Regarding:
>
> Author: Alex Kost <address@hidden>
> AuthorDate: Sun Aug 16 10:28:04 2015 +0300
> Commit: Alex Kost <address@hidden>
> CommitDate: Fri Aug 28 23:03:59 2015 +0300
>
> ui: Add 'run-guix'.
>
> * guix/ui.scm (guix-main): Move the code to run guix command line to ...
> (run-guix): ...here. New procedure. Export it.
>
>
> [...]
>
> +(define (run-guix . args)
> + "Run guix command defined by command line ARGS."
>
> Missing “the” (“Run the 'guix' command”.) Also please add something
> like, “Unlike ‘guix-main’, this procedure assumes that locale, i18n
> support, and signal handling has already been set up.”
Done.
>> As for the emacs part: many long options don't have short analogs, so I
>> chose keys (for popup windows) that seem appropriate for me, but they
>> may not be good defaults for others. The same thing with guix commands.
>> For example, I chose "p" for "package", "P" for "pull" and "u" for
>> "publish"; or "s" for "system" and "z" for "size", etc. But maybe it is
>> OK for now, and may be fixed later, if people will complain about
>> strange popup keys, WDYT?
>
> At first sight that looks good to me, because it uses the first letter
> of the most common commands (‘package’ vs. ‘pull’, ‘system’ vs. ‘size’,
> etc.) But we can always adjust them later if needed.
OK, that was my thought as well.
>> Also perhaps there are too many auxiliary commits (add this, add that),
>> not sure if it's acceptable.
>
> That’s OK.
>
> Besides, this commit:
>
> References: wip-emacs-popup-ui origin/wip-emacs-popup-ui
> Author: Alex Kost <address@hidden>
> AuthorDate: Tue Aug 18 11:32:42 2015 +0300
> Commit: Alex Kost <address@hidden>
> CommitDate: Fri Aug 28 23:04:00 2015 +0300
>
> emacs: Use popup interface instead 'guix-pull' command.
>
> * emacs/guix-base.el (guix-pull): Remove.
> * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Commands): Adjust accordingly.
> * emacs/guix-main.scm: Do not use (guix scripts pull) module.
>
> removes M-x guix-pull. But that means that people who don’t have
> magit-popup no longer have a way to run that command, which I’d like to
> avoid.
>
> Is it possible to keep it?
Yes, I just didn't like it; but OK, I'll leave it.
>> Yes, I think so. I have rebased "wip-emacs-popup-ui" branch on master
>> and made some final tweaks. So this is the last warning! :-) If you
>> still don't have comments/notes, I'm ready to push these commits.
>
> Well thanks for insisting, now you have a bunch of actions to take. ;-)
Thank you for checking! I have fixed everything you noted locally.
So should I update wip-emacs-popup-ui branch now or push these commits
to master or maybe send the patches to ML?
--
Alex
- "M-x guix" - magit-like interface for guix commands, Alex Kost, 2015/08/14
- Re: "M-x guix" - magit-like interface for guix commands, Ludovic Courtès, 2015/08/25
- Re: "M-x guix" - magit-like interface for guix commands, Alex Kost, 2015/08/26
- Re: "M-x guix" - magit-like interface for guix commands, Ludovic Courtès, 2015/08/28
- Re: "M-x guix" - magit-like interface for guix commands, Alex Kost, 2015/08/28
- Re: "M-x guix" - magit-like interface for guix commands, Ludovic Courtès, 2015/08/29
- Re: "M-x guix" - magit-like interface for guix commands,
Alex Kost <=
- Re: "M-x guix" - magit-like interface for guix commands, Ludovic Courtès, 2015/08/30
- Re: "M-x guix" - magit-like interface for guix commands, Alex Kost, 2015/08/30