move together all syntactic and semantic information into one
page, and add a page on data types, which in turn links to the syntax and
semantics.
also split out the note on scoping rules into its own page.
Co-authored-by: Ryan Hendrickson <ryan.hendrickson@alum.mit.edu>
* doc: fix `directory` definition in nix-archive.md
Before the change the document implied that directory of a single entry
contained entry:
"type" "directory" "type" directory" "entry" ...
After the change document should expand into:
"type" "directory" "entry" ...
Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
* string interpolation escape example
Make it easier to find the documentation, and the example might be enough for most cases.
Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
We don't apply any patches to it, and vendoring it locks users into
bugs (it hasn't been updated since its introduction in late 2021).
Closes https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/164
Change-Id: Ied071c841fc30b0dfb575151afd1e7f66970fdb9
(cherry picked from commit 80405d06264f0de1c16ee2646388ab501df20628)
* mention the actual meaning of FODs in the glossary
Co-authored-by: Alex Groleau <source@proof.construction>
Co-authored-by: Daniel Baker <daniel.n.baker@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
* docs: fix python nix-shell example
This Python code snippet depended on Python 2 which has been marked as insecure in 24.05.
I modernized the example so new users will not be surprised upon copying and pasting the snippet for exploration.
Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
This turns errors like:
error: flake output attribute 'hydraJobs' is not a derivation or path
into errors like:
error: expected flake output attribute 'hydraJobs' to be a derivation or
path but found a set: { binaryTarball = «thunk»; build = «thunk»; etc> }
This change affects all InstallableFlake commands.
Source: 20981461d4
Signed-off-by: Jörg Thalheim <joerg@thalheim.io>
* reword documentation on `nix-copy-closure`
- one sentence per line
- be more precise with respect to which Nix stores are being accessed
- make a clear distinction between store paths and store objects
- add links to definitions of terms
- clarify which machine is which
- --to and --from don't take arguments
Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
