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Eelco Dolstra
82d771f6e6 * Manual updates. 2005-04-10 20:54:21 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
fb45b0f548 * Document nix-channel. 2005-04-09 17:16:00 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
8b70f138e0 * Lots of manual updates, in particular the new `nix-store --query'
options were documented, as well as the Nix configuration file.
2005-04-08 13:00:38 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
b9d8ecbc6a * More doc updates. 2005-04-07 15:51:27 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
57d023a184 * More manual updates. 2005-04-07 10:47:58 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
f1ae10b992 * Build hook documentation.
* nix-store options.
2005-04-07 09:36:35 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
806b91f104 * GC docs. 2005-04-07 08:17:04 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
128c174295 * Manual updates. 2005-04-05 15:28:30 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
229252941a * Some GC documentation. 2005-04-05 11:30:56 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
6c8cf567b8 * Use `--nonet' flag. 2005-04-05 11:29:46 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
4a83c12c5d * Added a glossary to the manual. 2005-04-01 15:34:23 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
67eff20906 * Manual updates. 2005-03-17 10:30:53 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
ad3121a52d * Documented common environment variables. 2005-03-16 16:45:29 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
f982df3cd7 * Update the user environments figure to show multiple profiles and
users.
* Change to base-32 hashes.
2005-03-16 14:40:48 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
afc3a7b79b * Automake 1.9 compatibility. 2005-03-16 10:46:33 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
693ff4f6bf * Some more updates. 2005-03-15 15:42:11 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
e301334696 * XInclude all the way. 2005-03-15 13:55:41 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
b376565b86 * Manual updates. 2005-03-15 13:21:32 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
7d75616f2c * NEWS and manual update for release 0.7. 2005-01-12 10:27:46 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
015beb7cd0 * Typo: genericBuilder -> genericBuild. 2004-12-17 13:46:07 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
9f8964a062 * More manual fixes. 2004-11-14 10:42:16 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
0b79a12082 * Manual fixes. 2004-11-14 00:24:57 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
54c7a870d5 * Document --delete-generations and other nix-env options. 2004-11-12 23:56:37 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
c2b0d6b02f * Document --eval-only and --parse-only options in nix-instantiate. 2004-11-12 23:22:08 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
32c7326850 * Typos. 2004-11-09 14:06:56 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
b8aaef5e4e * Documented the standard environment, including the generic builder. 2004-11-07 22:12:16 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
2c3b29c5ca * Everything you always wanted to know about functions and derivations
but were afraid to ask.
2004-11-07 20:36:45 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
ea6581b691 * Drop the grammar appendix. 2004-11-07 20:36:10 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
1bac7a10e6 * Operators, comments. 2004-11-07 18:58:49 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
55b35d6d77 * Lets, inheritance, assertions. 2004-11-07 13:53:07 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
0b1ee4802b * Typo fix. 2004-11-05 21:12:23 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
5f0300d18c * Generic builders. 2004-11-05 21:11:01 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
3e9d2038b4 * Start of language reference. 2004-11-05 15:39:30 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
6ca9c7f0a9 * Finished GNU Hello walkthrough. 2004-11-05 13:10:08 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
8b934694f2 * Manual: writing Nix expressions. 2004-11-04 20:21:08 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
5f2c5a306c * chapter -> appendix. 2004-11-02 08:25:29 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
0913f5a615 * Section about channels. 2004-11-01 16:21:37 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
ee5dcfade2 * Section about garbage collection. 2004-11-01 16:03:35 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
cbe8de592d * Profiles section. 2004-11-01 12:02:44 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
b05a596d61 * Document setuid Nix installs. 2004-10-31 17:08:48 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
0d80d237c5 * Add figures to make install' / make dist'. 2004-10-31 16:13:25 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
f8ac8d1ec8 * Began adding build farm docs. 2004-10-29 15:26:26 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
37d7abd694 * New language feature: with expressions.
The expression `with E1; E2' evaluates to E2 with all bindings in
  the attribute set E1 substituted.  E.g.,

    with {x = 123;}; x

  evaluates to 123.  That is, the attribute set E1 is in scope in E2.

  This is particularly useful when importing files containing lots
  definitions.  E.g., instead of

    let {
      inherit (import ./foo.nix) a b c d e f;

      body = ... a ... f ...;
    }

  we can now say

    with import ./foo.nix;

    ... a ... f ...

  I.e., we don't have to say what variables should be brought into scope.
2004-10-25 16:54:56 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
2cd590d96c * Instead of — use the actual Unicode character. By the way, to
edit the manual, you should have something like

    (modify-coding-system-alist 'file "\\.xml\\>" 'utf-8)

  in your ~/.emacs.
2004-10-18 12:22:14 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
692204e0c5 * Rewrite of package management stuff. 2004-10-14 16:43:09 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
febd8bed1b * Split overview chapter into a chapter on package management and a
chapter on writing Nix expressions.
2004-10-14 11:55:12 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
98c69e5172 * Unindent. 2004-10-14 11:54:41 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
371c57d8a7 * Updated the quick start section. Use channels instead of
downloading Nix expressions and calling nix-pull.  This is so
  user-friendly that even a Mac user can do it! :-)
2004-10-13 15:35:47 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
2b20701f78 * Better introduction.
* Set notes in a different color than warnings.
2004-10-13 15:08:35 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
5396304c73 * Use setre[ug]id() instead of setres[ug]id(), since the former is
more common than the latter (which exists only on Linux and
  FreeBSD).  We don't really care about dropping the saved IDs since
  there apparently is no way to quiry them in any case, so it can't
  influence the build (unlike the effective IDs which are checked by
  Perl for instance).
2004-09-09 15:55:31 +00:00