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Re: [PATCH 0/2] emacs: Use full profile name in Guix buffer names.


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] emacs: Use full profile name in Guix buffer names.
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:37:41 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux)

Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:

> Currently names of buffers with Guix packages may look mysterious.
> If you call "M-x guix-installed-user-package", you get:
>
>   *Guix Package List: guix-profile*
>
> If you call "M-x guix-installed-system-packages", you get:
>
>   *Guix Package List: profile*
>
> It is not obvious what "guix-profile" and "profile" stand for.  The
> answer is: it is just a last part of profile name:
>
>   /var/guix/profiles/per-user/<user>/guix-profile → guix-profile
>   /var/guix/profiles/system/profile               → profile
>
> I think it will be more user-friendly if a default buffer name contains
> a full profile name.  The result buffer name may be a bit long, but at
> least it is clear, WDYT?

It’s going to be a bit long, indeed, but that sounds reasonable.

Ludo’.



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