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[PATCH] doc: Explain when guix edit is read-only.
From: |
myglc2 |
Subject: |
[PATCH] doc: Explain when guix edit is read-only. |
Date: |
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:35:34 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix edit): Explain when you can and can't
edit the recipe
---
doc/guix.texi | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index e7b233d..914d24d 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4485,7 +4485,7 @@ You can freely access a huge library of build logs!
@cindex package definition, editing
So many packages, so many source files! The @command{guix edit} command
-facilitates the life of packagers by pointing their editor at the source
+facilitates the life of users and packagers by pointing their editor at the
source
file containing the definition of the specified packages. For instance:
@example
@@ -4494,9 +4494,15 @@ guix edit gcc@@4.9 vim
@noindent
launches the program specified in the @code{VISUAL} or in the
address@hidden environment variable to edit the recipe of address@hidden
address@hidden environment variable to view the recipe of address@hidden
and that of Vim.
+If you are using a Guix Git checkout (@pxref{Building from Git}), or
+have created your own packages on ‘GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH’ (*note Defining
+Packages::), you will be able to edit the package recipes. Otherwise,
+you will be able to examine the read-only recipes for packages currently
+in the store.
+
If you are using Emacs, note that the Emacs user interface provides the
@kbd{M-x guix-edit} command and a similar functionality in the ``package
info'' and ``package list'' buffers created by the @kbd{M-x
--
2.9.1
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