Merge pull request #9126 from fricklerhandwerk/dedent

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 Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables:
-  - <span id="env-IN_NIX_SHELL">[`IN_NIX_SHELL`](#env-IN_NIX_SHELL)</span>\
+- <span id="env-IN_NIX_SHELL">[`IN_NIX_SHELL`](#env-IN_NIX_SHELL)</span>
    Indicator that tells if the current environment was set up by
    `nix-shell`. It can have the values `pure` or `impure`.
-  - <span id="env-NIX_PATH">[`NIX_PATH`](#env-NIX_PATH)</span>\
+  Indicator that tells if the current environment was set up by
-    A colon-separated list of directories used to look up the location of Nix
+  `nix-shell`. It can have the values `pure` or `impure`.
    expressions using [paths](@docroot@/language/values.md#type-path)
    enclosed in angle brackets (i.e., `<path>`),
    e.g. `/home/eelco/Dev:/etc/nixos`. It can be extended using the
    [`-I` option](@docroot@/command-ref/opt-common.md#opt-I).
-    If `NIX_PATH` is not set at all, Nix will fall back to the following list in [impure](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval) and [unrestricted](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-restrict-eval) evaluation mode:
+- <span id="env-NIX_PATH">[`NIX_PATH`](#env-NIX_PATH)</span>
-      1. `$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels`
+  A colon-separated list of directories used to look up the location of Nix
-      2. `nixpkgs=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixpkgs`
+  expressions using [paths](@docroot@/language/values.md#type-path)
-      3. `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels`
+  enclosed in angle brackets (i.e., `<path>`),
  e.g. `/home/eelco/Dev:/etc/nixos`. It can be extended using the
  [`-I` option](@docroot@/command-ref/opt-common.md#opt-I).
-    If `NIX_PATH` is set to an empty string, resolving search paths will always fail.
+  If `NIX_PATH` is not set at all, Nix will fall back to the following list in [impure](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval) and [unrestricted](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-restrict-eval) evaluation mode:
    For example, attempting to use `<nixpkgs>` will produce:
-        error: file 'nixpkgs' was not found in the Nix search path
+  1. `$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels`
  2. `nixpkgs=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixpkgs`
  3. `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels`
-  - <span id="env-NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE">[`NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE`](#env-NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE)</span>\
+  If `NIX_PATH` is set to an empty string, resolving search paths will always fail.
-    Normally, the Nix store directory (typically `/nix/store`) is not
+  For example, attempting to use `<nixpkgs>` will produce:
    allowed to contain any symlink components. This is to prevent
    “impure” builds. Builders sometimes “canonicalise” paths by
    resolving all symlink components. Thus, builds on different machines
    (with `/nix/store` resolving to different locations) could yield
    different results. This is generally not a problem, except when
    builds are deployed to machines where `/nix/store` resolves
    differently. If you are sure that you’re not going to do that, you
    can set `NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE` to `1`.
-    Note that if you’re symlinking the Nix store so that you can put it
+      error: file 'nixpkgs' was not found in the Nix search path
    on another file system than the root file system, on Linux you’re
    better off using `bind` mount points, e.g.,
-    ```console
+- <span id="env-NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE">[`NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE`](#env-NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE)</span>
    $ mkdir /nix
    $ mount -o bind /mnt/otherdisk/nix /nix
    ```
-    Consult the mount 8 manual page for details.
+  Normally, the Nix store directory (typically `/nix/store`) is not
  allowed to contain any symlink components. This is to prevent
  “impure” builds. Builders sometimes “canonicalise” paths by
  resolving all symlink components. Thus, builds on different machines
  (with `/nix/store` resolving to different locations) could yield
  different results. This is generally not a problem, except when
  builds are deployed to machines where `/nix/store` resolves
  differently. If you are sure that you’re not going to do that, you
  can set `NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE` to `1`.
-  - <span id="env-NIX_STORE_DIR">[`NIX_STORE_DIR`](#env-NIX_STORE_DIR)</span>\
+  Note that if you’re symlinking the Nix store so that you can put it
-    Overrides the location of the Nix store (default `prefix/store`).
+  on another file system than the root file system, on Linux you’re
  better off using `bind` mount points, e.g.,
-  - <span id="env-NIX_DATA_DIR">[`NIX_DATA_DIR`](#env-NIX_DATA_DIR)</span>\
+  ```console
-    Overrides the location of the Nix static data directory (default
+  $ mkdir /nix
-    `prefix/share`).
+  $ mount -o bind /mnt/otherdisk/nix /nix
  ```
-  - <span id="env-NIX_LOG_DIR">[`NIX_LOG_DIR`](#env-NIX_LOG_DIR)</span>\
+  Consult the mount 8 manual page for details.
    Overrides the location of the Nix log directory (default
    `prefix/var/log/nix`).
-  - <span id="env-NIX_STATE_DIR">[`NIX_STATE_DIR`](#env-NIX_STATE_DIR)</span>\
+- <span id="env-NIX_STORE_DIR">[`NIX_STORE_DIR`](#env-NIX_STORE_DIR)</span>
    Overrides the location of the Nix state directory (default
    `prefix/var/nix`).
-  - <span id="env-NIX_CONF_DIR">[`NIX_CONF_DIR`](#env-NIX_CONF_DIR)</span>\
+  Overrides the location of the Nix store (default `prefix/store`).
    Overrides the location of the system Nix configuration directory
    (default `prefix/etc/nix`).
-  - <span id="env-NIX_CONFIG">[`NIX_CONFIG`](#env-NIX_CONFIG)</span>\
+- <span id="env-NIX_DATA_DIR">[`NIX_DATA_DIR`](#env-NIX_DATA_DIR)</span>
    Applies settings from Nix configuration from the environment.
    The content is treated as if it was read from a Nix configuration file.
    Settings are separated by the newline character.
-  - <span id="env-NIX_USER_CONF_FILES">[`NIX_USER_CONF_FILES`](#env-NIX_USER_CONF_FILES)</span>\
+  Overrides the location of the Nix static data directory (default
-    Overrides the location of the Nix user configuration files to load from.
+  `prefix/share`).
-    The default are the locations according to the [XDG Base Directory Specification].
+- <span id="env-NIX_LOG_DIR">[`NIX_LOG_DIR`](#env-NIX_LOG_DIR)</span>
    See the [XDG Base Directories](#xdg-base-directories) sub-section for details.
-    The variable is treated as a list separated by the `:` token.
+  Overrides the location of the Nix log directory (default
  `prefix/var/log/nix`).
-  - <span id="env-TMPDIR">[`TMPDIR`](#env-TMPDIR)</span>\
+- <span id="env-NIX_STATE_DIR">[`NIX_STATE_DIR`](#env-NIX_STATE_DIR)</span>
    Use the specified directory to store temporary files. In particular,
    this includes temporary build directories; these can take up
    substantial amounts of disk space. The default is `/tmp`.
-  - <span id="env-NIX_REMOTE">[`NIX_REMOTE`](#env-NIX_REMOTE)</span>\
+  Overrides the location of the Nix state directory (default
-    This variable should be set to `daemon` if you want to use the Nix
+  `prefix/var/nix`).
    daemon to execute Nix operations. This is necessary in [multi-user
    Nix installations](@docroot@/installation/multi-user.md). If the Nix
    daemon's Unix socket is at some non-standard path, this variable
    should be set to `unix://path/to/socket`. Otherwise, it should be
    left unset.
-  - <span id="env-NIX_SHOW_STATS">[`NIX_SHOW_STATS`](#env-NIX_SHOW_STATS)</span>\
+- <span id="env-NIX_CONF_DIR">[`NIX_CONF_DIR`](#env-NIX_CONF_DIR)</span>
    If set to `1`, Nix will print some evaluation statistics, such as
    the number of values allocated.
-  - <span id="env-NIX_COUNT_CALLS">[`NIX_COUNT_CALLS`](#env-NIX_COUNT_CALLS)</span>\
+  Overrides the location of the system Nix configuration directory
-    If set to `1`, Nix will print how often functions were called during
+  (default `prefix/etc/nix`).
    Nix expression evaluation. This is useful for profiling your Nix
    expressions.
-  - <span id="env-GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE">[`GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE`](#env-GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE)</span>\
+- <span id="env-NIX_CONFIG">[`NIX_CONFIG`](#env-NIX_CONFIG)</span>
-    If Nix has been configured to use the Boehm garbage collector, this
+
-    variable sets the initial size of the heap in bytes. It defaults to
+  Applies settings from Nix configuration from the environment.
-    384 MiB. Setting it to a low value reduces memory consumption, but
+  The content is treated as if it was read from a Nix configuration file.
-    will increase runtime due to the overhead of garbage collection.
+  Settings are separated by the newline character.
 - <span id="env-NIX_USER_CONF_FILES">[`NIX_USER_CONF_FILES`](#env-NIX_USER_CONF_FILES)</span>
  Overrides the location of the Nix user configuration files to load from.
  The default are the locations according to the [XDG Base Directory Specification].
  See the [XDG Base Directories](#xdg-base-directories) sub-section for details.
  The variable is treated as a list separated by the `:` token.
 - <span id="env-TMPDIR">[`TMPDIR`](#env-TMPDIR)</span>
  Use the specified directory to store temporary files. In particular,
  this includes temporary build directories; these can take up
  substantial amounts of disk space. The default is `/tmp`.
 - <span id="env-NIX_REMOTE">[`NIX_REMOTE`](#env-NIX_REMOTE)</span>
  This variable should be set to `daemon` if you want to use the Nix
  daemon to execute Nix operations. This is necessary in [multi-user
  Nix installations](@docroot@/installation/multi-user.md). If the Nix
  daemon's Unix socket is at some non-standard path, this variable
  should be set to `unix://path/to/socket`. Otherwise, it should be
  left unset.
 - <span id="env-NIX_SHOW_STATS">[`NIX_SHOW_STATS`](#env-NIX_SHOW_STATS)</span>
  If set to `1`, Nix will print some evaluation statistics, such as
  the number of values allocated.
 - <span id="env-NIX_COUNT_CALLS">[`NIX_COUNT_CALLS`](#env-NIX_COUNT_CALLS)</span>
  If set to `1`, Nix will print how often functions were called during
  Nix expression evaluation. This is useful for profiling your Nix
  expressions.
 - <span id="env-GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE">[`GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE`](#env-GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE)</span>
  If Nix has been configured to use the Boehm garbage collector, this
  variable sets the initial size of the heap in bytes. It defaults to
  384 MiB. Setting it to a low value reduces memory consumption, but
  will increase runtime due to the overhead of garbage collection.
 ## XDG Base Directories